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__War_Eagle__ t1_iye4vu4 wrote

Reply to comment by _srsh_ in This is why streaming Netflix, Disney Plus, and HBO Max keeps getting more expensive by Carolina_Heart

Not really it at all.

They are trying to "win" the streaming wars and production cost, along with the lack of returns on licensing content (since they are trying to keep everything in house) is causing the hikes.

Only a.few of these services actually make money, a lot are losing hundreds of millions a year trying to stay competitive.

Why HBO is starting to license out content again.

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Appropriate_North893 t1_iye6w7i wrote

>Why HBO is starting to license out content again.

You know what really blows my mind with the Netflix model?

Not putting out their older content digitally for purchase.

Like want to watch 'House of the Dragon' but don't have HBO or want to subscribe to it? Cool, wait till it's done airing and a few weeks later you'll be able to buy it on iTunes or Prime. Easy Peasy.

Want to watch the first 4 seasons of Stranger Things while you wait for the next season to drop? Can't buy it anywhere legally.

It's mental how close to their chests they hold their IP when they could easily be making money off after-airing sales on so many older titles.

I'd buy a Sense8 box set in a heartbeat....but I can't.

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WordsAreSomething t1_iyegvw7 wrote

Why would they want to make it so you can pay once to watch something when their entire model is getting you to pay monthly to watch it?

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Appropriate_North893 t1_iyehlmo wrote

Aside from the fact that other streamers do it?

How about the fact that I can sub for a month, binge that show (and others if I want) and then cancel....for less than the cost of a digital copy of the show season. So they can get more of my money by offering it this way?

Like this ain't hard.

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WordsAreSomething t1_iyem5uv wrote

It's not that hard which is why it's weird that you're being so aggressive about it.

If they offer the one show that you want to watch somewhere else than your incentive to subscribe is 0.

If they don't then you have to subscribe for at least a month to watch it. That is when they try to hook you with everything else they offer so you stay on for multiple months.

They don't care about making more upfront because they can make more in the long run by getting people into their platform and keeping them. Which they have been very successful doing.

Most other streamers allow for purchase because that's what they did before they entered streaming.

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