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by PastaMonster
3011 days ago
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"extremely US centric"
All content services are like this. Even Netflix hides some content from non-Americans. The common excuse is licensing and copyright. Yet none of these services are actively trying to fix it. They just do not care about non-Americans. Many other American companies make excuses too. Apparently non-American money is no good. Heck, Microsoft have differing support services. They even actively try and hide the contact information. When you find you figure out quickly they ignore your contact requests. Unless you mention bomb, gun or addresses of their employees families. Oh the creepy things you have to do to get them to do their job. It is vile nasty work indeed. |
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What do you think initiatives like Netflix Originals are for?
Content owners are trying very hard to squeeze as much as they can without losing all their agreements.
Netflix is ubiquitous so clearly they can be charged more and more until they drop the agreement and a show falls off.
Do you really think Netflix wants anything less than to offer every TV show and movie ever created? That'd be a huge advantage for them.
But every step they take toward that makes it harder to negotiate for more. So they've started making their own content that costs upfront but with no recurring fees.