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Stop blaming the pandemic. The reason Netflix can't hold on to customers is they canceled everything worth watching.
Jacked up prices, added a ton of crappy content instead of focusing on fewer but better quality shows, “crackdown” on password sharing when they once encouraged it.
Yeah, they started canceling shit long before the pandemic, I think around 2016. Once they decided to go all-in on original content, they began letting licensing contracts expire.
The problem is entirely exclusive streaming rights contacts.
Spotify works because they have just shut everything most users care about, so the few gaps aren't that big a deal. Sure, you can switch to Amazon Music, or Some Music, or whatever, too, but you only need one subscription.
TV streaming is dying because none of the platforms have all the content people are looking for. And not many people are willing to put in the effort of cycling subscriptions and waiting to watch their shows until that subscription is active, nor are people willing to pay old cable TV prices to get a half dozen different services.
The problem now is that anyone who licenses their content non-exclusively is then going to lose all its subscriptions. And it's not clear if other services will be willing to pay for non-exclusive rights since the perception seems to be that content only "matters" if it's exclusive somewhere to drive new subscribers looking for that content.
What did they cancel? Legit question because I only had one of my shows cancelled.
A better question would be - what DIDN'T they cancel? Here's a list of Netflix Originals they cancelled:
https://decider.com/list/canceled-netflix-original-shows/
That list also doesn't seem to include shows that were informed they were getting cut, so ended it prematurely.
Point taken.