As opposed to broadcast and cable?
For me, the average Netflix show is easily better than the average show from every network except HBO.
For me, the average Netflix show is easily better than the average show from every network except HBO.
Which is why nobody bothers checking out broadcast/cable shows anymore. They have become synonyms with crap.
Netflix is playing a dangerous game here by letting content quality slip. And I don't think it's about the money, they obviously have it and are willing to spend it, but there is only so much acting/producing talent out there.
The infamous “I haven’t watched TV in 10 years. Do people still watch TV” thinking.
74% of households still subscribe to cable.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nelsongranados/2018/03/30/2017-...
It’s clear that people enjoy that experience more than cable, which isn’t surprising given it's on-demand nature.
Cable is on its way down, and quickly, where people have the choice.
My older son went a year without cable or home internet. He used his phone for tethering and his PS4 to watch video on TV. Of course he used our family Netflix plan, Hulu, and played video off of my Plex server.
I doubt my younger son will ever have traditional cable. We haven’t even bothered with giving him our DirecTVNow login or getting a third stream for him to watch.
He is also coming up in a house with unlimited gigabit Ethernet, every room wired for gigabit Ethernet and Roku TVs, AppleTV boxes, and Roku sticks all over the house....
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/when-...
Nobody in your circle of friends, perhaps.