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[two years ago] Netflix had 49 of the Top 250 movies on the IMDB list. That's just under 20 percent, which isn't terrible.
But we wondered how that number has held up over the last two years in the face of a quickly shrinking library. So we reran the analysis. How many of the top 250 movies does Netflix now have?
As of September 2016, that number has dropped to 31, or about 12 percent.
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Earlier this year, David Wells, the streaming company's chief financial officer, said Netflix wants half of its content to be original productions over the next few years."We've been on a multiyear transition and evolution toward more of our own content," Wells said in a conference call in September, as reported by Variety.
Does carrying old movies and TV series really matter in a world that has already seen all of them dozens of times?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Caballo Negro on Thursday October 13 2016, @09:35AM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @10:04AM
Of course they don't want your money. You're not young enough or trendy enough to deserve money. Poverty to old people! Die faster!
(Score: 5, Insightful) by MadTinfoilHatter on Thursday October 13 2016, @10:28AM
Another two:
(Score: 2) by jimshatt on Thursday October 13 2016, @12:16PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @05:09PM
Just checked my go-to movie tracker: https://i.imgur.com/VWFhkvo.png [imgur.com]
Netflix BTFO.
Ironically, I donated them more money than what people give Netflix on average.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by theluggage on Thursday October 13 2016, @10:38AM
No way to see exactly what they offer without starting a "trial period";
Believe me, its not that easy to find stuff once you're signed up, either. "The Netflix UI is brilliant" said nobody ever.
Apparently, a simple scrolling list of titles with a sensible choice of sorting & filtering options is a technical impossibility...
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Thursday October 13 2016, @03:44PM
Back when I subscribed the only way to find stuff on Netflix was to use a separate website. And that separate website was the only way to find out when movies were going OFF of Netflix.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 2) by tibman on Thursday October 13 2016, @01:32PM
It's 10$ a month. That's less than renting a blockbuster at another service or equivalent to renting 2-3 older movies. But if you only like old movies then netflix really isn't your thing. I haven't found any service with a good catalog of old items. Amazon has a lot but you'll be paying physical copy prices for a digital stream : /
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @03:47PM
Free at my library.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Gaaark on Thursday October 13 2016, @04:30PM
I do this too, but I wish people renting at the library could actually take care of discs: scratches make for bad video viewing people!
I guess if you find a good copy and might want to watch it twice, you have to make your own 'illegal' copy, cause next time you rent it, it may be non-watchable. :(
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2016, @05:12AM
I guess if you find a good copy and might want to watch it twice, you have to make your own 'illegal' copy, cause next time you rent it, it may be non-watchable. :(
I thought that was what Redbox was for.
(Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 13 2016, @06:26PM
No way to see exactly what they offer without starting a "trial period";
There are a few third-party sites with full content lists out there. I use instantwatcher when the Netflix UI lets me down.