Mike Masnick ✅Feb 2, 2023
Kinda hoping that Netflix's new "we'll ban you if you watch the Netflix account you paid for outside of your home too much" story turns into a "New Coke"-style business school case study in how to do something totally stupid that pisses off your most loyal customers, and leads Netflix to reverse course quickly.
Show threadThat Anonymous Coward

@mmasnick

Nope they'll keep going until the point someone with a brain points out that all of this chasing of pennies is destroying the whole thing.

That if the stream is paid for, no one needs to care where its used.

That a show needs more than 3 episodes before you decide to cancel it. Some of the biggest hits had slow starts, but Netflix is chasing pennies & wondering why users are going elsewhere.

Feb 2, 2023 at 12:48amWeb
Show threadIron Curtain (Chiptunes)Feb 2, 2023
@That_AC @mmasnick Netflix's main problem is that they invest in far too many original shows without supporting said original shows past two seasons (despite their official claims to the contrary).
Show threadDante MercurioFeb 2, 2023
@IronCurtain @That_AC @mmasnick I’ve said this same thing, since they already invested heavy in an incomplete show why not just continue for a few extra episodes to complete the storyline. No one will start an incomplete series but they’d own a much more valuable show for life if it was and who knows, it could become a cult favorite later on.
Show threadThat Anonymous CowardFeb 2, 2023

@dantemercurio @IronCurtain @mmasnick

Or 1899 where they KNEW that it was meant to be a show that needed a few seasons to unwind the story and they just end it based on soem metric that ignores the long arc

Show threadJames GilbertFeb 2, 2023
@IronCurtain @That_AC @mmasnick I'm still carrying a torch for The OΛ. I subscribe for a month if there's something I want to watch.