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>Given that there's hardly anything to watch

Subjective, I find lots of things to watch and enjoy.

>produce at least something GoT/Breaking Bad-grade

Again, subjective. I enjoyed Breaking Bad, but did not enjoy GoT. Other people liked the vice-versa. Other people liked neither.

It sounds like you want Netflix to cater specifically to your tastes.

I imagine pricing restructure might happen if the exodus is extreme, but it doesn't seem like it is very extreme. After all, they gained subscribers didn't they? Just not as many as they had thought.

>second-quarter earnings report Wednesday revealed fewer _new_ subscribers than expected

>The company said it _added_ 2.7 million subscribers across the globe in the second quarter

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Which Netflix shows would you say match the quality and viewership of GoT, Breaking Bad, Westworld?

Maybe only House of Cards. HBO just has Netflix beat in terms of content over the last couple years especially.

Does HBO have good shows and a large auidence? Absolutely.

However, that does not mean that the catalogue of Netflix is "99% unwatchable garbage" which was the point I was refuting. Nor does it mean Netflix isn't allowed to raise their pricing as they see fit.

> GoT, Breaking Bad, Westworld

finished show with poorly received last couple of seasons, not a hbo show that's streaming on Netflix right now, 2-season old show with a silly 2nd season.

House of Cards was also kind of crap after 4 seasons (and even earlier if we're going to nitpick)

Breaking bad is now seen with rose tainted glasses, but I remember how some folks talked about it when the show was running (esp the fly episode).

Finally, if you're going to praise HBO, not mentioning The Wire is kind of ignorant.

> It sounds like you want Netflix to cater specifically to your tastes.

Given that they have the technology to stream any movie ever made to my house, and given the availability of more data about each of us than we probably even know about, is catering specifically to each of our tastes unreasonable? I mean, why do you have the things in your house that you have, if not to cater to your tastes?

I worded that poorly, and concede it's not really a strong point.

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