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by nemomarx 408 days ago
I feel like Netflix did pretty successfully compete with cable tv? they're not the same product but you could reasonably say it's the same market
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That's the parent's point
I agree, let’s say they competed in home entertainment. A category so broad that Netflix themselves considered any potential option a household member had at the couch as competition. That includes video game consoles, cable boxes, other streaming apps, etc. Hypothetically: Would you say Netflix is such a competitor with Nintendo that we shouldn’t accept their investing partners criticism of Nintendo if they had a monopoly?
Netflix does have games now, so they're not a bad comparison.