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Will you maintain an ongoing, continuous subscription to Netflix once it loses The Office/Friends?
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Edit: I did like the Office when it aired, but have negative desire to rewatch it.
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Yes? I kind of care about The Office, but it's far from the only reason I keep a continuous Netflix sub. I couldn't give less of a shit about Friends.
Nah. THe wife watches the Office 4-5 times a week. Once thats moved over, we would likely sub 2-3 months a year to watch the several shows we enjoy.
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The economics of spending $10 a month versus $80 or however much those sets cost come with the psychological factoring of the immediate upfront price.
Yes. Seen the office plenty of times, so not a big deal.
Friends is flat out not funny. No show with a laugh track is ever funny. The one exception to that rule is Seinfeld
Friends is flat out not funny. No show with a laugh track is ever funny. The one exception to that rule is Seinfeld
I grew to dislike Friends during its original run, so needless to say losing it makes no difference to me. I never really got into The Office.
Absolutely.
This is what Netflix has released or is releasing film wise in the final few months of this year;
Dolemite is my Name, The King, The Irishman, Marriage Story, The Two Popes.
Astounding breadth of quality and diversity of content there. This is before even getting to Netflix's incredible original programming.
Why would losing The Office and Friends stop people from subscribing?
As for Disney +, it has nothing that remotely threatens or directly competes with Netflix. It's not a threat to the service in the slightest.
HBO Max, Prime and Netflix are competitors. D+ is a niche subscription service and is the one that makes the most sense to subscribe to for a month or two a year.
This is what Netflix has released or is releasing film wise in the final few months of this year;
Dolemite is my Name, The King, The Irishman, Marriage Story, The Two Popes.
Astounding breadth of quality and diversity of content there. This is before even getting to Netflix's incredible original programming.
Why would losing The Office and Friends stop people from subscribing?
As for Disney +, it has nothing that remotely threatens or directly competes with Netflix. It's not a threat to the service in the slightest.
HBO Max, Prime and Netflix are competitors. D+ is a niche subscription service and is the one that makes the most sense to subscribe to for a month or two a year.
Yes, the other content available on it and some of its original shows are what me and mine have it for anyways. I will say that Frasier leaving is a bigger loss than either of them in my eyes, though.
Considering I literally couldn't care less about those shows, especially that boomer show Friends, yes.
I only keep Netflix for Mindhunter, The Kingdom, She-Ra and The Crown. Friends sucks and The Office is too cringey for a rewatch.
Um, yes?
I love Friends and I'm glad I had the opportunity to enjoy it; I was too young in the 90s to catch on when it first aired and by the time I was older it was already in its final seasons and I didn't care.
That said, $80 million for only one additional year of streaming rights that's about to expire is patently absurd. Yeah, I took advantage of that timeframe, lots of us did, but that much money for a show with its most recent episodes literally a decade and a half old is really hard to wrap my head around sometimes, since it has already made a tremendous amount of money even pre-Netflix.
Frankly, WB/HBO Max has more to lose in the long run. Netflix has a robust library and a lot of quality content by itself; by WB not letting Friends stay on Netflix, they are just missing out on more views. After all the initial hype fades, very few people are going to shell out another $15 a month or whatever it is just to always have streaming access to Friends. They need a better reason to get people flocking over to a new streaming platform other than a historic sitcom that ended in 2003.
Now if Friends did a reunion show... well... THAT could be understandable. Perhaps that's the end game, and if it is, I tip my hat. Otherwise... it's just a desperate attempt to woo Netflix subscribers into giving their platform a try. Good luck.
I love Friends and I'm glad I had the opportunity to enjoy it; I was too young in the 90s to catch on when it first aired and by the time I was older it was already in its final seasons and I didn't care.
That said, $80 million for only one additional year of streaming rights that's about to expire is patently absurd. Yeah, I took advantage of that timeframe, lots of us did, but that much money for a show with its most recent episodes literally a decade and a half old is really hard to wrap my head around sometimes, since it has already made a tremendous amount of money even pre-Netflix.
Frankly, WB/HBO Max has more to lose in the long run. Netflix has a robust library and a lot of quality content by itself; by WB not letting Friends stay on Netflix, they are just missing out on more views. After all the initial hype fades, very few people are going to shell out another $15 a month or whatever it is just to always have streaming access to Friends. They need a better reason to get people flocking over to a new streaming platform other than a historic sitcom that ended in 2003.
Now if Friends did a reunion show... well... THAT could be understandable. Perhaps that's the end game, and if it is, I tip my hat. Otherwise... it's just a desperate attempt to woo Netflix subscribers into giving their platform a try. Good luck.
I watched both of those shows on Netflix but it's not like I'm continuously watching them so yeah. I work from home and the TV is almost always on for some background noise but you still gotta mix it up
Netflix is usually teetering on the edge for me but they've been killing it in the film dept. lately if not TV. If they don't raise the prices more, I don't see myself canceling anytime soon
Netflix is usually teetering on the edge for me but they've been killing it in the film dept. lately if not TV. If they don't raise the prices more, I don't see myself canceling anytime soon
The problem with Disney+ is they have to spend over half of their production budget for original content on kid-focused content. Now good chance a decent amount of that kid-focused content is great for adults too - like those Pixar shorts - but still limits the amount they can provide. They also can't release certain kind of content (R-rated as example) from an original production standpoint.
Now I'm on board for Disney+ due to that it's the only stop to stream Disney, Marvel, etc movies afterwords - but if your focus is only original content, Netflix is king in variety of content.
With Disney+ I'll never be able to go from a cooking show to a serious R-rated drama to a Japanese house reality show to a satirical news show to a documentary on something serious.
Just have to pair down expectations of what you get.
You know what I've been surprised with and happy so far with? Apple TV+. I'm enjoying all 3 of there main shows - The Morning Show, See, and For All Mankind.
IDGAF about The Office.
Friends is better but not something I keep Netflix for (or have ever seen a lot of - nothing against it, I've seen some of it over the years and it's not bad).
Keeping Netflix probably forever. Tons of great stuff there. Endless backlog.
Disney+ or any other service I've seen doesn't even come close. Amazon Prime is okay, but it's really no contest.
Netflix for life.
Friends is better but not something I keep Netflix for (or have ever seen a lot of - nothing against it, I've seen some of it over the years and it's not bad).
Keeping Netflix probably forever. Tons of great stuff there. Endless backlog.
Disney+ or any other service I've seen doesn't even come close. Amazon Prime is okay, but it's really no contest.
Netflix for life.
It's certainly a blow. I don't watch friends and I own all of the office, but it's just one more chink in armor.
