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by mitchdoogle 1880 days ago
Issue 4 (piecemeal content) is a bit ridiculous if you think about it. Netflix, as an example, has enough content to last a person their entire life and adding more every month.
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That's assuming a rather undiscriminating consumer, and honestly, may not even be true in all cases anyhow... Netflix has become extremely adept at building a UI that hides how thin their offerings have actually become. If a 20-year-old tried to make the Netflix April 2021 library last their entire life I suspect they'd be disappointed well before they are 30 assuming reasonably average amouts of time spent watching it.
Content is not fungible. I want that show in particular and not something else, and Netflix often cannot deliver on that want.