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Netflix Q2 '17: 5.2 million new subscribers and $2.76 billion in revenue
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Remember five years ago when they raised their base price to $9.99 a month and everyone lost their minds? People genuinely thought it was the end of Netflix, fun times.
I don't know a single person under the age of 35 who doesn't. The value proposition is just crazy.
I don't know a single person under the age of 35 who doesn't. The value proposition is just crazy.
The price point is pretty good for the amount of quality entertainment provided.
More_Badass
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Not even that. Netflix is now something you have literally the moment you're old enough to watch TV because parents put on Netflix for their toddlers, and then those toddlers get old enough to just use Netflix themselves, maybe even have their own tablets, when they're 6 or 7. My 6 year old cousin swipes through Netflix like a pro to get to her favorite cartoons
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Wikipedia has a handy list of all of films:
There's fewer out-and-out comedies than I remember but I guess my point is if you buy a comedy film that's happy to be distributed by Netflix they have to KNOW they're not getting five-star quality, they're just hoping people will watch it because someone they recognise is in it.
Yup. Good times. I said it back then and I still stand by it, I would gladly pay $20 for Netflix.
Dreams-Visions
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Back in the day when Starz split off and refused to support Netflix and others were looking at making competitors, Netflix future did look like it may be questionable as their movie selection was weak and TV show selection was just okay. Then they had to raise the price to compete further.
Then came Netflix Originals and along with shows like Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, and Dexter came to the service...and the fucking equation changed. They had some of the best shows on regular TV and were creating programming that would rival anything on HBO, Starz, FX, and Showtime. In many cases, they offered programming with similar quality and superior quantity. Such an outcome was unthinkable 7-10 years ago. Even to this day it doesn't sound right that Netflix original programming is as good as or better than what's on HBO.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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god bless netflix, and fuck you all that let Marco Polo die.
they really keep improving my local content and their original content is usually killer stuff so i hope they keep doing what they are doing
they really keep improving my local content and their original content is usually killer stuff so i hope they keep doing what they are doing
They about to steal all of Crunchyroll's anime.
Amazon beat them to the punch.
I think Marco Polo was always dead. Apparently total budget for season 1 was something unfathomable like 100M or something. There's no coming back from that...I think the fact it got a second season and a little spin off movie was more than anyone could have hoped for out of it.
alexthekid
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Thats because it isnt as good as whats on HBO, even to this day.
Dreams-Visions
Member
It's pretty close, though and YMMV based on what kind of shows you like. Any way you slice it, Netflix is far closer to HBO levels of quality than anyone imagined.
Palette Swap
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They really lack high profile simulcasts.
From a technological standpoint, I'd love for Amazon or Netflix to bury Crunchyroll, but both lack the library, comparatively.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Agreed.
Man, I remember back when Netflix first suggested they were going to do original programming. "LOL" was the general response. Who would stoop to let themselves be cast in Netflix shows and movies? It was as if the premise itself was insulting.
It's not so funny anymore.
I wonder where Netflix would be if they had been able to kill net neutrality years ago. That was also a big worry for Netflix; it looked like ISPs would try to kneecap them. Forcing them to pay more money to ISPs, raising the price over and over. While they did raise the price, they still justified the increase with additional value-add.
Also doesn't matter when one can't watch a show without the app crashing or not even loading.
Was going to subscribe to them to rewatch entourage and get through the wire for the first time. That trial period lost them a potential subscriber.