He's right if entertainment money that used to go to Netflix is now going to

Jan 18, 2019
7:56:32am

Skeptical Optimist All-American

Fortnite.

I don't think we can assume people have an unlimited budget for online entertainment. I'd bet there are plenty of people canceling Netflix because they never watch it and instead pay for Fortnite.

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Who does Netflix view as their biggest competitor? Not Amazon, or HBO, or Hulu,

Skeptical Optimist

1/18/19 6:55am

Friggin Fortnite is taking over the world.

Texas Hammer

1/18/19 6:57am

Yup. I’d much rather get some dubs with my buddies than watch Netflix.

SpecialKC

1/18/19 7:01am

It’s a competition for attention.

YIsForBrigham

1/18/19 7:13am

There's so much content it's overwhelming. I'm kind of over 40-120 hour investme

TaiJuan

1/18/19 7:19am

I kind of wish that Netflix would focus more on quality than quantity.

BeefNoodleCoug

1/18/19 7:26am

There are a lot of people sitting slack-jawed in front of screens all day

hansel

1/18/19 7:32am

They can do that with the streaming model. Cable tv has to be much more

mudpupper

1/18/19 7:44am

He's wrong. Fortnite isn't taking money away from Netflix. They may compete

mudpupper

1/18/19 7:42am

Yep, Amazon prime, YouTube, Ota/dvr, are my alternatives.

charles

1/18/19 7:45am

He's right if entertainment money that used to go to Netflix is now going to

Skeptical Optimist

1/18/19 7:56am

I’m ambivalent about Netflix as a stock simply because the barriers to canceling

hansel

1/18/19 8:02am

I actually have Netflix fatigue, as well as all other streaming. Better things

baishel44

1/18/19 7:45am

My TV consumption has definitely gone down over the last year.

garyfan

1/18/19 7:47am

J wouldn’t pay for it, get it through T-mobile

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