• echo64@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Netflix a decade ago. Wow, this is so amazing. What a deal. How could it go wrong

    Netflix today, okay, which subscription service to we get this month, I want to watch this show, but Sarah wants to watch that show and the other show we were watching got deleted from the service so we just can’t watch that one. If only we could learn from this situation

    Gamepass is a “great deal” because Microsoft office pays for it.

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      8 months ago

      Netflix was cheap because no one valued streaming rights initially, and thus there was little competition for those rights. Once companies realized how valuable the service was, prices shot up.

      One of those strange situations where increased competition increased prices.

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        Yes, that makes the gamepass situation even more egregious. Everyone knows the cost of making games, but only Microsoft can afford to literally lose money for a decade to secure dominance.

        No one can compete because everyone else has to run a real business