[ SECRET POST #4357 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4357 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

The reason that they're purging content that they don't make themselves is because they're worried about their partners starting their own streaming services and pulling content off Netflix as a result. Easily the most significant and impactful incident of this trend is Disney's planned streaming service. So, obviously it's not Disney's fault that Netflix cancelled American Vandal, but I'm not sure it helps your case, either.


so netflix is cancelling everything that isn't theirs alone just because the people who do make them might one day somehow start their own streaming service? are you even fucking serious right now?

[(Anonymous)]

The crazy thing is...they are. It is hilarious.

[(Anonymous)]

what's your explanation

[(Anonymous)]

netflix is, now bear with me, a big grown-up company that makes its own decision sometimes, based on its own decisions alone.

[(Anonymous)]

Of course. But they also probably have some reasons for their decision - some reason for thinking that it would be in their financial interest. It seems unlikely that the shows that are underperforming for them just happen to be the ones that they make with external partners. On the other hand, it seems to make sense that Netflix would want to own as much of their own content as possible, as other content producers move towards creating their own streaming platforms and becoming direct competitors with Netflix.

That doesn't make Netflix victims, or morally right, or anything. I just think it's the most likely explanation for their behavior. I really have no idea what you're even saying at this point tbh, or what you think is happening

[(Anonymous)]

The reason being that Netflix doesn't want to share profits on things. Especially things they can't get merchandising for.

Why waste money on an R-Rated Superhero show they can't merchandise for when they can spend money on things they can make truckloads of money from with profits and merchandising (Stranger Things, Voltron, The Haunting of Hill House)?

[(Anonymous)]

OK, so what changed to make them feel that way? Because clearly, they were OK with these profit-sharing deals for a long time, based on the fact that they entered into them in the first place.

[(Anonymous)]

Netflix has been really open about wanting to make more original content.

https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/22/netflix-raising-2-billion-dollars-for-original-content/

They WANT to own their shit. It is just a coincidence this happened now

[(Anonymous)]

It's not a coincidence.

From your source: "In its Q3 earnings report, Netflix emphasized how important it would be to continue to offer quality original programming, especially featuring new stars like the popular teen rom-com To All the Boys I've Loved Before, in order to stay competitive... The company is likely eyeing Disney's upcoming streaming service (perhaps the reason it cancelled both Marvel's Iron Fist and the more popular Luke Cage), as well as competition from HBO and Hulu. Amazon has Netflix squarely in its sights when it comes to streaming competition and original programming, so it's understandable the company wants to make sure it has enough capital to keep increasing subscriber growth and putting out content its viewers want to watch."

Increased competition from other streaming services, including Disney, is a huge part of Netflix' strategic mindset and its motivation for making all those moves. And in that context, the fact that your content library is full of things that are owned by your direct competitor is a really bad thing. It's just completely not a viable long term strategy.

So, yes, Netflix wants to invest in original programming. A huge part of its reason for doing so is its concern about streaming competition. Disney is one of the biggest of those competitors. And the other side of the coin is, for all the same reasons that it makes sense for Netflix to invest in original content, it doesn't make sense for Disney to continue letting Netflix use its valuable intellectual property. I don't know that Disney necessarily forced Netflix to do anything, but they clearly didn't want to be in business together anymore, and it wouldn't surprise me if they put pressure on Netflix. The writing has been on the wall since they announced their competitor service.

And all of that still isn't bad in and of itself, except that Disney is already one of the biggest players in an increasingly concentrated industry.