• TWeaK@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Netflix didn’t kill cable’s income, cable did that all on its own.

    Netflix has had some successes with their own shows, however their approach has always been “throw all the shit against the wall and see what sticks”.

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      1 year ago

      No, netflix did. Let’s not be silly. Cable succeeded by itself for decades then netflix came along and said have everything for ten bucks a month. Everyone switched. Cable started its death ride its been on since.

      But netflix could only offer everything for ten bucks a month because Cable customers were the ones paying for that content to be made.

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        1 year ago

        Netflix offered an alternative, but people left cable because cable was crap. If cable was good, people wouldn’t have left.

        Netflix could still offer things for $10 a month, but they don’t want to, because now they’re crap, too. They’re not crap because cable isn’t producing any more shows, though - the old shows are still just as strong of a draw as they always have been. However it doesn’t help that these old shows have exclusive deals where they all end up on different platforms.

        The main reason we don’t have good new shows anymore is the strikes. Covid a little bit, too, but in general the writers and actors just haven’t been working so much.