Fragmentation of streaming services - can they survive

I see Netflix is back on the up.

As someone who gave up Netflix for a trial of D+ I can see why..

I'm back on netflix. Ran out of stuff in D+ in 3 months.
 
I got an email about enabling profile exports on my account. Again, trying to make it easier for someone to take their viewing data and open their own paid account. Not a bad idea tbf.

I couldn't quite understand why they wanted me to enable or disable it on the account though? Surely just give it as an option...
 
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AndyCr15 said:
I got an email about enabling profile exports on my account. Again, trying to make it easier for someone to take their viewing data and open their own paid account. Not a bad idea tbf.

I couldn't quite understand why they wanted me to enable or disable it on the account though? Surely just give it as an option...
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First step in trying to end account sharing.
 
Yes. that doesn't answer my question of why they need me to enable it. Just add it as an option? They aren't asking if you want to, they are asking if I want to enable the option to. Why would it matter. Just enable the option... if I don't want to export and account, I'm not going to export an account...
 
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AndyCr15 said:
I got an email about enabling profile exports on my account. Again, trying to make it easier for someone to take their viewing data and open their own paid account. Not a bad idea tbf.

I couldn't quite understand why they wanted me to enable or disable it on the account though? Surely just give it as an option...
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I saw that this morning - a lot of media sources are saying "this is feature users have requested for ages" ....... really?
 
Big Q3 results yesterday for Netflix. I reckon they'll push on further especially coming into winter season. Can see them easily pushing to $400 a share and staying ahead of the other services.

Coming into winter season especially, Netflix just has a larger variety.

2.3 million new subs is a huge gain.
 
Password sharing might be chargable quite soon.

Wonder how they will implement it ?

We " think " you are password sharing , do you agree to an extra charge ?

www.engadget.com

Netflix will begin charging 'extra user' fees early next year

Netflix is making good on its threats to crackdown on password sharing with a monthly 'extra user' fee.
www.engadget.com www.engadget.com


I cancelled in August although I might try the Turkish Vpn trick in the future.

Wonder what Vpn usage will do to their password sharing detection.
 
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those 2.3M are worldwide netflix users ... wheras in the uk
inflation here is somewhat restraining
The launch of Paramount+, home to content such as Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Yellowstone and Halo, helped drive up the total number of paid-for streaming subscriptions overall in the UK by 108,000 to 28.2m in the third quarter.

The growth figures are somewhat flattered by Paramount+ being offered for free to all Sky TV customers who have a cinema package as part of their pay-TV bundle.

Nevertheless, Kantar’s figures show that while Prime Video, Paramount+ and Disney+ accounted for the vast majority of new streaming on demand subscribers in the third quarter – 29.4%, 24.6% and 17.5% respectively – Netflix continues to struggle.

The company took just a 2.1% share of new subscribers over the three-month period, a fifth of the proportion for the same period last year, with only ITV and the BBC’s BritBox service faring worse
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thought their password sharing mitigation was going to be periodic 2 factor authorisation codes on bill payers phone.
 
This thread highlights one thing. Greed. These services make enough money yet they play with fire pushing it as far as they can go in terms of financial gain. In some ways I'd love to see millions of people boycott some of these services to see them fail, but such is our addiction and need to consume content these days I guess the majority will keep bending over and paying. We really are all slaves to these corporate animals.
 
Are people watching a different Netflix to me? Whenever I subscribe the highlighted shows are the ones I’ve already watched when I first subscribed. Not interested in Stranger Things but I understand that brought a lot of viewers.

If you’re a regular cinema goer it’s mostly pointless and their “exclusive” movies have been mostly average.

I do enjoy Drive to Survive but think it’s getting a bit OTT so probably won’t resub just for that.
 
I'm the opposite to a lot on here. I literally cannot fathom the thought of running out of stuff to watch. I mean how much time do you have on your hands? lol I have access to Prime and Netflix and we have Virgin TV back home mainly for live sport. Even though I have long train commutes I never run out of stuff to watch. Prime for example currently has all the whole catalogue of Bond films free to stream. That's a good month or two for me to get through them even if I try hard!
 
I don't really understand the markets and analysts regarding these services. Obviously at some point they reach saturation and cannot grow anymore. They shouldn't be expected to grow indefinitely. What is wrong with reaching a certain size and maintaining it?

I cancelled my Netflix after the last Cobra Kai came out. No need to go back until there are some new interesting series I want to watch. A friend of mine was using my sub in Mexico since we used to share a house. When he logged in with my details after the sub was cancelled, Netflix automatically re-activated the subscription upgraded it to UHD and added it to the IZZI (cable tv) bill, which is paid by his landlord.
 
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I'm the opposite to a lot on here. I literally cannot fathom the thought of running out of stuff to watch. I mean how much time do you have on your hands? lol I have access to Prime and Netflix and we have Virgin TV back home mainly for live sport. Even though I have long train commutes I never run out of stuff to watch. Prime for example currently has all the whole catalogue of Bond films free to stream. That's a good month or two for me to get through them even if I try hard!
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It took me 4 years to exhaust Netflix. It took 4 months to exhaust D+.

But I have niche tastes! :D
 
The original principle has been lost.

Everything on Netflix would have been great, you could be paying £15, but for the entire world's catalog of movies would be awesome.

But the inevitable happened, greed, now the movie producers splitting of releasing their own services, which effectively forced Netflix into making their own content.

Netflix been the original, and that their own stuff is high quality, I will be sticking with it at least for a while, but I am never going to be signing up to all of them, the combined costs would make little sense. It would be like the days of paying £100 a month for sky.

On top of this we have the regional nonsense, "sorry sky offered us a lot so we sold some content to them, meaning you need sky to watch those movies".
 
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The original principle has been lost.

Everything on Netflix would have been great, you could be paying £15, but for the entire world's catalog of movies would be awesome.

But the inevitable happened, greed, now the movie producers splitting of releasing their own services, which effectively forced Netflix into making their own content.

Netflix been the original, and that their own stuff is high quality, I will be sticking with it at least for a while, but I am never going to be signing up to all of them, the combined costs would make little sense. It would be like the days of paying £100 a month for sky.

On top of this we have the regional nonsense, "sorry sky offered us a lot so we sold some content to them, meaning you need sky to watch those movies".
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Isn't Amazon the original? It bought Love Film (2002) back in the early 2011

EDIT: I stand corrected Netflix was founded in 1997.
 
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chrcoluk said:
The original principle has been lost.

Everything on Netflix would have been great, you could be paying £15, but for the entire world's catalog of movies would be awesome.

But the inevitable happened, greed, now the movie producers splitting of releasing their own services, which effectively forced Netflix into making their own content.

Netflix been the original, and that their own stuff is high quality, I will be sticking with it at least for a while, but I am never going to be signing up to all of them, the combined costs would make little sense. It would be like the days of paying £100 a month for sky.

On top of this we have the regional nonsense, "sorry sky offered us a lot so we sold some content to them, meaning you need sky to watch those movies".
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It is a shame.
Netflix for me will be my default. And I'll pop in and out of the others.
Maybe a month of Disney every year etc.

So far none of the others even come close to Netflix for my tastes.


Maybe as finances get stretched some of these fringe services may fall away
 
Get a VPN so you have acess to other countries library's.

Saying that people need to renew and cancel their subscription when they want to watch or have nothing to watch. I don't practice what I preach as I'm paying under 5 quid for the full 4k package a month. What's it at now 16+ quid?

Binge watching is an important metric from shows to get renewed and one Netflix watch closely.

Only other service I have is prime but if they separate from the shipping service I won't be subbing
 
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