Netflix losing 2 lakh subscribers in Q1 & shares falling by nearly 40% is already news, but the impact on password sharing is probably what will hit a lot of users in India.
Netflix crackdown is coming
Netflix crackdown is coming
Highly unlikely it wil happen in India.Netflix losing 2 lakh subscribers in Q1 & shares falling by nearly 40% is already news, but the impact on password sharing is probably what will hit a lot of users in India.
Netflix crackdown is coming
It was bound to happen sooner or later..
They are projected to lose 2 million subscribers in Q2, so it is inevitable that it will happen in India where I assume a large proportion of their subscribers share accounts.Highly unlikely it wil happen in India.
Even if that happen - I don't really care. it will save my 163/- per month.
The thing is, this will set precedence for the long term. If today it's Netflix, tomorrow it will be Hotstar, Prime. Not that it really matters.. the same thing is going on in the telecom sector too.Even if that happen - I don't really care. it will save my 163/- per month.
Hotstar already has the worst implementation in terms of limiting logins rather than simultaneous viewing. To be fair, that will work better for Netflix by making sharing difficult.The thing is, this will set precedence for the long term. If today it's Netflix, tomorrow it will be Hotstar, Prime.
the pricing difference between NF & other are exponential.If today it's Netflix, tomorrow it will be Hotstar, Prime.
radhika apte jynxed NF IndiaSurprised it took this long, their content has been crap for years now.
The article is talking about US & Canada only. No mention of India at all.They are projected to lose 2 million subscribers in Q2, so it is inevitable that it will happen in India where I assume a large proportion of their subscribers share accounts.
You can connect the dots and speculate but let's wait and see.I suppose they will just force different profiles to have their own account for the equivalent of $3 that they are trialing in Latin America. Basically, get more money out from 4 people than a single shared subscription.
was already using *ahem ahem* to watch,download show's,documentaries,movies,music,games etc never had a netflix subscription.Nothing to worry. In worst you have *ahem ahem*.
Had bad experience at mumbai airport after a long time. Almost every driver wanted the booking through app, but travel and payment outside it.The startup economy has been working on one philosophy for over a decade, get people hooked to a service and eliminate competition by offering low prices, then increase prices.
Except, they are never able to increase prices because there are always more companies with oodles of money waiting to do the same thing.
This is the reason why Ola and Uber seemed so promising initially, but now their service has gone to hell and we also don't have the local taxi services we used to have.
As long as startups keep starting businesses without a proper business plan, promising astronomical growth to their angel investors with no clear path to profit, we'll keep seeing anti-consumer behaviour of this sort. Hope sometime in the future we'll move back to a world where you needed to have a sustainable business plan before starting a business.
This is ages old practice, being done by oil barons of 1800s and even before.The startup economy has been working on one philosophy for over a decade, get people hooked to a service and eliminate competition by offering low prices, then increase prices.
Except, they are never able to increase prices because there are always more companies with oodles of money waiting to do the same thing.
This is the reason why Ola and Uber seemed so promising initially, but now their service has gone to hell and we also don't have the local taxi services we used to have.
As long as startups keep starting businesses without a proper business plan, promising astronomical growth to their angel investors with no clear path to profit, we'll keep seeing anti-consumer behaviour of this sort. Hope sometime in the future we'll move back to a world where you needed to have a sustainable business plan before starting a business.
I have paid for hotstar for guess what, the final season of GoTOld but relevant once again.
P.S. I've somehow never paid for any OTT service ever except for Amazon Prime, that too just for the e-com benefits.
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