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Old 07-30-2018, 03:14 PM   #69
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Originally Posted by Derf View Post
...Fast forward to Netflix days, and for $12 a month I can now see all kinds of ORIGINAL content. The content is still entertaining, maybe it doesn't cost $120 Million Dollars to produce an hour and twenty minutes of entertainment, but it still entertains me. And I'm happy with that.

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If you want to see real anti-competitive practices in action, look at Amazon's Kindle Unlimited scheme, where self-publishers have to agree not to make their books available at competing retailers if they want to participate.
I like hearing that there is a subscription model for eBooks, but I don't really like that business practice - it just sounds terrible.
What's the different between Netflix original content and Amazon's Kindle Unlimited exclusivity? You can't watch Stranger Things on Hulu after all.
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