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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by ghaff on Monday January 03, 2022 @06:55PM (#29788873)
They'll be a studio with a streaming platform. One that is perhaps better than average. Which implies the engineers will be the help on-par with the other studios with streaming platforms. If content is the differentiator why overspend on the platform?
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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by discardable_dan on Monday January 03, 2022 @10:03PM (#29790771)
The issue is their content is actually a very poor point in differentiation. I watch a larger amount of TV than I'd care to admit, and honestly Netflix is awful for content.

- Disney has Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, and a long tail of childhood classic films. - HBO has Warner Brothers, DC, Cartoon Network (including a nostalgia back catalog), the best TV shows made in the 00s, and a long tail of adult films. - Netflix's largest successes in the last two years are Tiger King, Squid Game, The Witcher, and a long tail of shows cancelled after Season 1 and short-run miniseries.

At this point, Netflix is a last-resort source of entertainment for me, even after (ad-riddled) YouTube. I mostly only use it to watch their weird reality shows (Blown Away, Sugar Rush) and check out shows friends recommend. I suspect even Paramount+ has a larger selection of TV shows I'd like to watch compared to Netflix.

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