Netflix is still around and at least for me it is one of a couple services I regularly use / keep and I'm actually kinda annoyed when another service comes along. I just watch what the handful of services I use have...I don't want to chase content around.
I’m basically only in it for their original stuff now, which with everyone trying to eat their pie was really the only way they were ever going to keep people, but i could just sub for a couple months every year to binge those. Keeping the year round sub for that is kinda meh as a value proposition.
I strongly advocate for this type of behavior.
1. Use the AppleTV because no platform streams 1080p+ on Linux
2. Check Netflix
3. Check Primevideo
4. Check HBO (but not available on the AppleTV in my region)
5. Check if I can buy it from iTunes or something
6. Yes, but not in my region
7. Forget all of the above and go to a private tracker and chuck it on Plex.
Fixed via a VPN.
Streaming services should be able to recommend things to me that I genuinely want to watch. Yet, I usually have to dig through their catalog (or use the search function if I already know) to find something worth watching.
Otherwise, there really is little value over private trackers for those who don't care about infringement.
Also, the fact that the service of a supposed "tech giant" can be replicated and actually improved by a free pirate website financed by few dodgy ads, makes you think. Is the famed Netflix tech just in copyright handling?
Same. I don't like too much cable TV content, but it is nice that it's all bundled into a single service. I might enjoy one show on Discovery and one on NatGeo, but I'd never sign up for their channels individually.
Watch Jim Cramer brag about how he used to manipulate the market:
I feel like that is a bit of a big assumption.
The predictions I noted we're not unreasonable and I've no information that indicates any of it was for the reason you describe.