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user-inactivated  ·  4302 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Economics of Netflix's "House of Cards"

Hey, this is almost exactly the question I was asking.

It looks like Netflix ought to consider carving out a niche market in future instead of paying millions for the streaming rights to blockbusters which we can all get elsewhere. They could become a sort of digital Vulcan Video with added original content like House of Cards.

Alternatively, of course, they could just raise their monthly fee a few dollars. Of the people I know who own Netflix, I don't think a single one would balk, and these are poor college students.