Fix Netflix

Sailorsaint said

I know it would never happen but, streaming services with commercials should be free to stream with no DVR functions, no pause, no rewind, just like broadcast tv. Get your revenue from sponsors. Pay a subscription and you get it ad free with cloud-based DVR services.

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That's how it should work, but like you said, it's not going to happen. They already know we will pay for the service and the paid ad version with a lower fee has already worked for Hulu and HBO Max apparently so I think it's here to stay and will expand.

And I think the cost is the issue that is kind of being lost here. With so many streaming services it's hard to pay for all of them all the time. So, people are starting to subscribe for a short time to watch the content they want and then move to another service after canceling that one. I think Netflix was immune from that for a long time because it was fairly cheap, it had a decent amount of content, and people just could imagine not having Netflix. I mean "Netflix and Chill" is a part of our culture now. But, once the cost approached $20, and services like Disney+ were so much cheaper, it lead to people treating Netflix like the others.