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Terrible idea: streaming services to only unlock the next episode a week after you watch the last one.
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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 7852750" data-attributes="member: 16814"><p>Okay, I'm going to take the unpopular side, here. That Netflix dumps seasons at a time isn't a good reason to expect this as normal -- it's not across streaming services. Netflix started without original programming, so dumping the entire season of the licensed shows made sense -- they didn't build their business model that way but rather on massive amounts of mostly mediocre content. Further, they built their streaming service on the back of a very lucrative physical rental business and didn't have to make ends meet with streaming until they already had a solid business there. I expect things to shift now that their position at the top is being eroded by the new services.</p><p></p><p>Prime, as the other model that does dumps, isn't a monthly service but a yearly one, so it's not even in the same business model ballpark.</p><p></p><p>So, all that said, the fact that new episodes are parceled out once a week as a burden is so whingy and entitled. This is, essentially, the complaint of someone who wants the thing for a single month's sub (binge and dump) or rotating free accounts (again, binge and never pay). Expecting a business to cater to your abuse of the system so that you can have bingeable shows is, well, words Eric's Grandma wouldn't appreciate. Grow up. That you might have to wait until the end of December to binge watch a show by getting a free preview week is just horrible -- you're so behind the paying customers and that's unfair?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 7852750, member: 16814"] Okay, I'm going to take the unpopular side, here. That Netflix dumps seasons at a time isn't a good reason to expect this as normal -- it's not across streaming services. Netflix started without original programming, so dumping the entire season of the licensed shows made sense -- they didn't build their business model that way but rather on massive amounts of mostly mediocre content. Further, they built their streaming service on the back of a very lucrative physical rental business and didn't have to make ends meet with streaming until they already had a solid business there. I expect things to shift now that their position at the top is being eroded by the new services. Prime, as the other model that does dumps, isn't a monthly service but a yearly one, so it's not even in the same business model ballpark. So, all that said, the fact that new episodes are parceled out once a week as a burden is so whingy and entitled. This is, essentially, the complaint of someone who wants the thing for a single month's sub (binge and dump) or rotating free accounts (again, binge and never pay). Expecting a business to cater to your abuse of the system so that you can have bingeable shows is, well, words Eric's Grandma wouldn't appreciate. Grow up. That you might have to wait until the end of December to binge watch a show by getting a free preview week is just horrible -- you're so behind the paying customers and that's unfair? [/QUOTE]
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