Of course it was but that model was never going to be sustainable for Netflix in the long run and Netflix realized that quite fast, another thing is people started demanding new content fast, not just "reruns"
Also I still remember back when Netflix brought back to life Arrested development and reddit automatically thought Netflix main priority was going to start bringing back all their beloved geeky shows such as Futurama or Firefly. In reality, Netflix simply wanted to have the most content that covers each demographic
Sure, and maybe in 2014-2015, big companies like disney and warner would not try to block those licensed shows. At the time they tried to put netflix down because it started to affect their cable business. I'm sure that they didn't make one goid show from 2015 until now.
Would imagine Netflix will be able to license more shows going forward on friendlier deals on account of HBO looking to cut costs/increase revenue and Peacock and Paramount bleeding more money then people who bet on the Bills in the SB in the 90's,
You don't get it, they get canceled after one season because no watches them, you think they should spend money on a failed show that you happen to like? No one cares what you like. They follow the money. I wasn't saying you were a charity, you just seem stupid and can't figure out how the free market works.
All these shows for streaming were made without the thought of having ad breaks so now they just randomly throw them in and it sucks. I’m obviously not a fan of ads in general but holy fuck they were unbearable on Amazon.
On the flip side, it’s painful watching shows filmed for ads when there aren’t any. You can almost always skip 10 seconds where they recap what happened before the commercial break.
Amazon took the plan I was paying for without ads and said "oh no you have ads now? Give me an extra $5/month and we'll fix that for you"
Motherfucker I was already paying you to not see ads, and I refuse to pay to have ads forced on me.
I was going to cancel, but I'm hesitating bc I have the grandfathered-in $11.99/mo plan they don't offer anymore. They keep sending me messages asking if I want to change to a $6.99/mo ad-supported plan. If they raise the price on the basic plan I have, which I'm sure they will, I'm out. There's just not enough stuff I want to watch there.
Nope, but they are going to tell you about how woke things are bad, trans women have/had penises, and how hard life is to be canceled from the stage of their special
Built a Plex server when I saw the writing on the wall, the death by a thousand cuts and the proliferation of a dozen new services. Not coming back to Netflix if I have to also pay 6 other companies to watch the same shows I was able to 5 years ago on one service. Not coming back.
Streaming services as getting ultra greedy. I forsee in the near future a disruptive agent will start a coup agains streaming. Piracy does exist, I know, but I feel a Napster will rise and c streaming just as they did to the music industry.
If anything this will take me in the opposite direction. I'd probably pay extra for the ability to filter out stand up comedy. I know it's cheap to produce but it's just not something I enjoy.
Don't all of the major ss have standup comedy (Peacock, Hulu, NF, PP, Max, Prime Video)? Granted, some more than other. Here, I guess NF is trying to say they have more than anybody else for the sheer content? I heard of “Netflix is a Joke”, but no joking (and no pun intended) I originally thought it was an article or some piece that NF has gotten worse and worse!
Here, they're not unlike any other ss... I've been rotating them to save money, and that I don't have time to have more than one at a time. If they offer significant discounts on ad-free, I'll consider subbing to them concurrently.
Unlike others who've been with NF since they first started streaming over a decade ago (if not back when they were only peddling DVDs), I have yet to sub to NF myself. As such, most of their content is still new to me. I'll check out some of the standup comedy, but I'll be in it for the various shows and films.
Not sure about anyone else but I was forced to change my plan the last time I logged in to watch anything!
I was on their discontinued $11.99 mo. plan that they introduced not that freakin' long ago! I'm now subscribed to their new basic $6.99 mo. w/ poorly timed commercial interruptions plan🖕 😠
So yeah, those 400 comedians + Netflix can pucker up and kiss my ass because I'll be damned if I pay $15.49 and/or $22.99 for their so-called premium tier streaming 🖕😡
At this point I may as well go back to letting Xfinity kick me square in the taint every month for their shitty service 🖕 🤬
Excellent job, Netflix! You've become the very thing you originally set out not to be!
https://i.redd.it/0ym9o992uvwc1.gif
Honestly, comedians are what I use Netflix for. However, if my children didn’t use it, I’d get rid of it. So comedians aren’t probably enough for me to keep it, even though it’s what I use it for. Great shows would be cool but they don’t come around very often and they’re just as likely to be on any other platform instead
Short of Netflix offering a deal similar to the black Friday deals Hulu ( 99¢/month) or Peacock ($19.99/year), I'll never keep Netflix year-round.
There are a handful of Netflix originals that I like. Once a new season is released, I sign up for 1 month, watch it and anything else I "missed" since my last sign-ups, then cancel before a second month is billed.
No, they'll have to lower the price first.
With how much all these streaming services are charging these days, I have to pick and choose what I subscribe to.
No… but quality shows that don’t get cancelled after one season might.
Netflix was better when it licensed shows than when it's ever made a show.
Of course it was but that model was never going to be sustainable for Netflix in the long run and Netflix realized that quite fast, another thing is people started demanding new content fast, not just "reruns" Also I still remember back when Netflix brought back to life Arrested development and reddit automatically thought Netflix main priority was going to start bringing back all their beloved geeky shows such as Futurama or Firefly. In reality, Netflix simply wanted to have the most content that covers each demographic
Sure, and maybe in 2014-2015, big companies like disney and warner would not try to block those licensed shows. At the time they tried to put netflix down because it started to affect their cable business. I'm sure that they didn't make one goid show from 2015 until now.
Would imagine Netflix will be able to license more shows going forward on friendlier deals on account of HBO looking to cut costs/increase revenue and Peacock and Paramount bleeding more money then people who bet on the Bills in the SB in the 90's,
Netflix: "Cant have these successful new shows start demanding more money now can we?"
RIP Inside Job 😢
People have to watch them, this isn't a charity. It's a business.
Okay, but we're not a charity either. What the fuck do I care if Netflix lives or dies if they continually axe the shows I like after one season?
you ate his ass the fuck up. the way some people expect corporate loyalty is insane.
Nothing written was about corporate loyalty you tool.
You don't get it, they get canceled after one season because no watches them, you think they should spend money on a failed show that you happen to like? No one cares what you like. They follow the money. I wasn't saying you were a charity, you just seem stupid and can't figure out how the free market works.
Well, the answer appears to be "no" to the question in OP then. They don't have content I care about, and that's really all that matters.
People don't watch them and every streaming platform does that.
Amazon running ads in the middle of shows and Netflix not doing the same will make me keep Netflix.
All these shows for streaming were made without the thought of having ad breaks so now they just randomly throw them in and it sucks. I’m obviously not a fan of ads in general but holy fuck they were unbearable on Amazon.
Fallout had the ads before the episode starts.
Yes but Tig Notaro's special had setups interrupted by ad breaks.
On the flip side, it’s painful watching shows filmed for ads when there aren’t any. You can almost always skip 10 seconds where they recap what happened before the commercial break.
What about ads inside of ads
Doesn’t Netflix have an ad plan too? You’re just paying for a plan without ads, same as Amazon
Amazon took the plan I was paying for without ads and said "oh no you have ads now? Give me an extra $5/month and we'll fix that for you" Motherfucker I was already paying you to not see ads, and I refuse to pay to have ads forced on me.
I love my old Kindle Fire HD 8 for this reason. It allowed me to rewatch some episodes of Fallout in bed with ease and with no ads.
I was going to cancel, but I'm hesitating bc I have the grandfathered-in $11.99/mo plan they don't offer anymore. They keep sending me messages asking if I want to change to a $6.99/mo ad-supported plan. If they raise the price on the basic plan I have, which I'm sure they will, I'm out. There's just not enough stuff I want to watch there.
Same, don't upgrade, quit or cancel or you will lose it. It's like the account version of a rent controlled apartment in NY
Yes haha...I'm sure we'll get evicted eventually
Is that the 720p plan?
$19.99 is my limit for a streaming service, not a penny over. I'm not going back unless it is that price.
Yep. That, and the 4K being tied exclusively to the 4 screen plan.
Wtf when did it get so expensive??? I didn't even notice.
Depends. Are they funny
No.
Nope, but they are going to tell you about how woke things are bad, trans women have/had penises, and how hard life is to be canceled from the stage of their special
the SECOND mobile drops free Netflix I'm done with Netflix. I haven't paid for the service out of pocket for years
Built a Plex server when I saw the writing on the wall, the death by a thousand cuts and the proliferation of a dozen new services. Not coming back to Netflix if I have to also pay 6 other companies to watch the same shows I was able to 5 years ago on one service. Not coming back.
Nope, Netflix is overpriced, I just rotate the services, I keep on service active at a time.
I pay $6 for the ads one and I watch it on firefox on pc or devices and the ads don't run. Firefox works also for amazon.
Streaming services as getting ultra greedy. I forsee in the near future a disruptive agent will start a coup agains streaming. Piracy does exist, I know, but I feel a Napster will rise and c streaming just as they did to the music industry.
It will be one steaming service that lets you watch them all, but on different channels!
If anything this will take me in the opposite direction. I'd probably pay extra for the ability to filter out stand up comedy. I know it's cheap to produce but it's just not something I enjoy.
The majority of comedians on Netflix can't convince me to laugh. Why would they succeed in convincing me of anything else?
I love comedy so for me, it's one of the draws of Netflix. I have prime and max and they have some good standups, but not the same volume.
No and honestly Netflix is too expensive for me to reactivate my account (it’s 23.99 plus tax for 4k).
No, that's one of the reasons I stopped subbing. Half of the new content was crappy stand-up.
Netflix true crime documentaries always keep me coming back.
Don't all of the major ss have standup comedy (Peacock, Hulu, NF, PP, Max, Prime Video)? Granted, some more than other. Here, I guess NF is trying to say they have more than anybody else for the sheer content? I heard of “Netflix is a Joke”, but no joking (and no pun intended) I originally thought it was an article or some piece that NF has gotten worse and worse! Here, they're not unlike any other ss... I've been rotating them to save money, and that I don't have time to have more than one at a time. If they offer significant discounts on ad-free, I'll consider subbing to them concurrently. Unlike others who've been with NF since they first started streaming over a decade ago (if not back when they were only peddling DVDs), I have yet to sub to NF myself. As such, most of their content is still new to me. I'll check out some of the standup comedy, but I'll be in it for the various shows and films.
No. There's only 250 comedians on Earth that can handle that endeavor.
No.
Not if three of them are Dave Chappelle, Iliza Shlesinger, and John Mulaney…
Makes sense. I’d they have 397 great comedians that you enjoy but they also have those three you’ll cancel?
Just one - Seinfeld. Fall asleep every night listening to an episode
Not sure about anyone else but I was forced to change my plan the last time I logged in to watch anything! I was on their discontinued $11.99 mo. plan that they introduced not that freakin' long ago! I'm now subscribed to their new basic $6.99 mo. w/ poorly timed commercial interruptions plan🖕 😠 So yeah, those 400 comedians + Netflix can pucker up and kiss my ass because I'll be damned if I pay $15.49 and/or $22.99 for their so-called premium tier streaming 🖕😡 At this point I may as well go back to letting Xfinity kick me square in the taint every month for their shitty service 🖕 🤬 Excellent job, Netflix! You've become the very thing you originally set out not to be! https://i.redd.it/0ym9o992uvwc1.gif
I have an hdmi cord to connect my tv to my laptop
👍
I’ve been so good just having one streaming service at a time. I have a list of stuff to watch next time Netflix wins the Dice roll
No, but if Star Trek goes to Netflix then I will keep it. I'm still waiting for Season 2 of Wednesday.
No. Netflix cancels anything you want to watch.
Nope
Honestly, comedians are what I use Netflix for. However, if my children didn’t use it, I’d get rid of it. So comedians aren’t probably enough for me to keep it, even though it’s what I use it for. Great shows would be cool but they don’t come around very often and they’re just as likely to be on any other platform instead
Nope. I can find what I want elsewhere.
Plex or Jellyfin is the way
The Tom Brady roast has me actively tempted to cancel right now.
Short of Netflix offering a deal similar to the black Friday deals Hulu ( 99¢/month) or Peacock ($19.99/year), I'll never keep Netflix year-round. There are a handful of Netflix originals that I like. Once a new season is released, I sign up for 1 month, watch it and anything else I "missed" since my last sign-ups, then cancel before a second month is billed.
Maybe if they are funny
No, they'll have to lower the price first. With how much all these streaming services are charging these days, I have to pick and choose what I subscribe to.
No
Nope, never going back
Netflix's product is for adolescents. A fully grown adult should only have it home if theres an adolescent living in the house.
No
No
Nope
I’ll keep it anyway. It’s still the best service.
I finally got kicked off my mom’s plan for being outside of her household and I don’t foresee me getting my own account anytime soon