Netflix officially removes Basic - the cheapest ad-free tier

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Netflix officially removes Basic - the cheapest ad-free tier
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Netflix didn’t fuck their monopoly up. They just didn’t have an eternal technological moat. Their monopoly had an expiration date which is why they shifted to content generation.

Nowadays the problem they face is that there isn’t enough people on the planet to grow forever, so in order to keep growing they have to squeeze harder.

Their content is terrible tough, there they did drop the ball.

Seems like everything they made that was good was cancelled after one season. I dumped them for that, then they went all greed and now I hit the high seas if there's something I really want to watch.

All good shows that don't blow up to Stranger Things levels get cancelled and the recommendation algorithm prioritizes mediocre over great. Why would I pay for that 🤷‍♂️

It's the Fox model, which is what killed Firefly.

Airing episodes out of order didn't help either

There are over 8 billion people on the planet and Netflix is an international company. If they decided to not fuck around and find out they could have had the majority of that market for pennies and held it well past today.

They had the monopoly on a golden platter and fucked it up. If they were smart they would have cemented that position.