Maybe to avoid paying residuals to the actors, producers, etc.
I wonder if people have set up watch-bots to amplify viewing numbers and earn residuals that way. Don't Spotify have that problem?
Ha, imagine having a service sought after by Hollywood directors and actors, but just the B-to-Z-list ones..
I've heard they're also going to raise prices. I guess it's time to quickly finish watching what you were still planning to watch.
I was under the impression things are purposefully rotated in and out so people cannot binge the whole catalog and then never pay again. That's how it's done in many video games at least.
That was the "Disney Vault" system they used for DVDs IIRC. Stupid but maybe it works.
It is a process known as enshitification, and it's just simply part of how Capitalism works. Things can't stay good for too long because the Capitalists have to throw heaps of profit down their bottomless pits.