I do wonder about Netflix’s future in say 20 years time, you always hear that they’re the one streaming service that’s going to be fine, and I believe that’s the case for right now, but I wonder how long they can keep churning out content like this and spending millions of dollars on these shows? Disney, Amazon, and Apple are in a different position with their future streaming content as they have other business to prop it up, but you always hear about Netflix having to borrow so much money and being heavily in debt, so I wonder how long before the money people start to feel like it’s just not a sustainable business model? They can’t keep on spending more and more on new content every month without limit, but that’s kind of what they’re going to have to do if they foresee a day when they only consist of original content. In that case they need to have at least four shows coming out every month, and I don’t even know if that’s going to be enough to keep subscribers year round as those shows aren’t going to appeal to everyone, most people apparently are just watching old familiar shows like Friends and The Office at the moment
If enough new streaming services start up then I can see people just choosing to subscribe to Netflix occasionally to binge watch everything that’s caught their eye, especially as most of their shows are easy enough to catch up on in a weekend or less. They seem to be cutting their seasons down even more lately as well, you hear that ten episodes are what they’re generally aiming for now, certainly people can catch up with shows like Russian Doll (ten half hour episodes) and Sex Education (6 episodes) in a single night if they have the time. And that’s supposedly what Netflix are encouraging anyway judging by the stories of them considering how fast people are watching new content after it’s released. I just don’t see how their new content going to be enough to see people through a month when Netflix are urging viewers to get through a new show that they spend months on and millions of dollars on in a weekend, and then on to the next?
If enough new streaming services start up then I can see people just choosing to subscribe to Netflix occasionally to binge watch everything that’s caught their eye, especially as most of their shows are easy enough to catch up on in a weekend or less. They seem to be cutting their seasons down even more lately as well, you hear that ten episodes are what they’re generally aiming for now, certainly people can catch up with shows like Russian Doll (ten half hour episodes) and Sex Education (6 episodes) in a single night if they have the time. And that’s supposedly what Netflix are encouraging anyway judging by the stories of them considering how fast people are watching new content after it’s released. I just don’t see how their new content going to be enough to see people through a month when Netflix are urging viewers to get through a new show that they spend months on and millions of dollars on in a weekend, and then on to the next?
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