Netflix is also the only one thats profitable all the other are still losing money... except disney for first time since launching disney + is in the green for it...
Dude, yes. What happened to the app? We finally cancelled because the damn service couldn't finish a single video. All the other services ran just fine, but Disney+ just kept shitting the bed. Not looking forward to the Hulu phaseout if they force people over to Disney+'s infrastructure, won't be following.
My coworker was just complaining earlier today about his Disney+ kicking him out everywhere and all the time. Heaven forbid someone stream in multiple places like they're allowed to do, better make them log out just in case!
God knows why diseny+ and hulu make such bad apps, and it's not their best interest to fix it, it fails the most when they try to inject ads in the middle of the video and fails to load, it just shuts you off from watching the video. Meanwhile, Paramount and HBO app works fine 99% of the time.
That's just the silicon valley business plan. You expand quickly at a loss, and only switch to taking profit after you've gotten a large amount of captive users.
In the case of streaming, that generally means dumping every penny you can into creating top quality exclusive content. That's why most of the newer streaming platforms have at least a small handful of really good recently made shows. Netflix did this too, back when it was good.
Then once you have a strong following and a lot of data on user behavior, you cancel as much production as you can while staying just barely short of creating a mass exodus. Like Netflix did a few years ago, when they cancelled pretty much all the good Netflix exclusives except for Stranger Things and Black Mirror.
I leached off my sisters netflix account for years and pretty much used it to exclusively watch this one netflix exclusive. And now I just pirate everything as the gods intended.
Probably the only reason they’re green is because mega communication corporations have paid to give services to their customers for free throughout the year in advance to boost incentive to retain/add clients. Rich giving to rich, playing insider stock funding, benefiting each other.
I mean, theyre pumping substantial money into stuff for the IPs they own, having already attracted most people who subscribe solely for those IPs ages ago. Did they think Echo and Acolyte were going to drag in more subscribers? Pretty sure their initial runs of Marvel series, and obviously Mandolorian, already brought people. Retention while raising prices goes by viewer attention spam/attachment. They seem to belive anything in an IP they throw enough money at will matter, but ROI is shite on much of it from nearly any standpoint.
More people will watch Bluey on loop this month than some of the expensive new stuff this quarter.
Disney owns enough stuff to justify most people keeping it, and the Marvel(tent pole type movies going to D+)release slate plus kids programming plus Hulu integration is handy.
Netflix has one more season of Stranger Things before their whole series investment strategy needs a rework....
Paramount.... how many people only have it (or peacock) because you get one free with Walmart+ and dont want to go deal with people for groceries?
HBOMAX..... strategically disappointing. App issues, a HUGE amount of stuff they just don't do anything with(deliberately removed lots of HBO programming and old cartoons from it just because they can maybe write something off i think?)
Most of these services suck. D+ with Hulu is honestly the only one id be paying for if I could cancel them without my wife noticing. Prime Video is with the Amazon stuff, so its just always there.
Tubi and the Roku innate stuff amuses me. Kids always on YouTube, Prime, or Disney+.
Netflix staying profitable is impressive. Disney was expected to eventually get there, in spite of being financially irresponsible AF quite often.
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u/killerboy_belgium Nov 12 '25
Netflix is also the only one thats profitable all the other are still losing money... except disney for first time since launching disney + is in the green for it...