▲ 130 ▼ Netflix Has Lost the War on Movie Theaters — Netflix spent the last 10 years trying to render movie theaters obsolete. Now the company is giving up just in time to avoid becoming obsolete itself. Discussion (www.indiewire.com) submitted 1 week ago by TheImpressiveX@piefed.social to c/movies@piefed.social 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 17 points 1 week ago (4 children) Netflix was a good idea but they got greedy, but luckily there are alternatives. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Karjalan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 child) I still remember, in the early days, their ceo bragging about them "not having and never having ads", and that you could share your password with friends as a feature. Between going back on those features/promises, hiking prices way the fuck up, and making big budget slop movies before ai slop... I'll be surprised if they don't, ironically, go the way of blockbuster some day They used to also be known is the company that saved cancelled shows. Now they're known as the company that always cancels shows before they complete. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago they probably realized the immense cost of having a streaming service around, so they try to squeeze whatever penny out of people. its why they kept trek as long as they did for paramount. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) unfortunately they are the ones producing the shows though, albeit with varying degrees of quality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 1 point 1 week ago And what makes you believe Netflix is protected from piracy? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Karjalan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 child) I still remember, in the early days, their ceo bragging about them "not having and never having ads", and that you could share your password with friends as a feature. Between going back on those features/promises, hiking prices way the fuck up, and making big budget slop movies before ai slop... I'll be surprised if they don't, ironically, go the way of blockbuster some day They used to also be known is the company that saved cancelled shows. Now they're known as the company that always cancels shows before they complete. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago they probably realized the immense cost of having a streaming service around, so they try to squeeze whatever penny out of people. its why they kept trek as long as they did for paramount. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago they probably realized the immense cost of having a streaming service around, so they try to squeeze whatever penny out of people. its why they kept trek as long as they did for paramount. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) unfortunately they are the ones producing the shows though, albeit with varying degrees of quality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 1 point 1 week ago And what makes you believe Netflix is protected from piracy? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 1 point 1 week ago And what makes you believe Netflix is protected from piracy? permalink fedilink source parent