• Gsus4@programming.dev
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    9 days ago

    Maybe those services could take a hint and create a unified platform where each partner gets a cut depending on % of their content watched.

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      9 days ago

      CEO: share!? profit? SHARE PROFIT!?! SOMEONE CALL SECURITY WE HAVE A COMMUNIST!!!

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      9 days ago

      That was the original idea behind Hulu.
      But Netflix had a much better UX and ate their lunch.

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        That and Disney decided they wanted to break (sorry. Let me use the business terms. “Disrupt”) the market by having a vertical integration of streaming platform and production company. The thing is, it did great for the in the short term, but may have harmed them long term. Meanwhile everyone else is now chasing the model that may actually be losing Disney money because short term greed is the only driver in our economy