On: Peacetime CEO/Wartime CEO (2011)

[aidenn0]

The day it became obvious that streaming was the future, Netflix was immediately at war, because at some point, in a streaming world, there is no reason not for d2c streaming, and Netflix owned zero content.

[reificator → aidenn0]

Except that d2c streaming implies fragmentation, and as more streaming services emerge it seems that piracy is back on the rise.

Perhaps Netflix offered something unique, or perhaps paying one provider and using one app is more of a benefit than it's given credit for.