| >And who's to say I'm being drip-feed these movies on autoplay? Statistics! For Netflix, 80% of subscribers’ watch choices come from their personal recommendation engine.[1] >But there's nothing stopping me from stopping the DVD halfway through. Yeah, but you are less likely to do so given the effort it takes you to start. Same with vinyl disks: I rarely don't listen to an entire side if I start playing a disk. >I don't see the lack of streaming as preserving value It's not the lack of streaming, it's shaping the experience. As an analogy: Michelin-star restaurants probably don't have delivery. It's not that "lack of delivery" is driving their value, it's that sitting down there allows you to experience the food more fully. [1]https://techjury.net/stats-about/netflix/ |
Very salient point. Fully agree.