Netflix is in rough shape. This week will determine its future
I never understood the super high valuation of Netflix in the past. Sure, they had great CDN tech, and sometimes they had good content (in the US at least) but their business model was the most susceptible to disruption from all of the FAANGS since their tech would ultimately become a commodity and their content could be taken away, surpassed or both.<p>They had no vendor lock-in effect like Apple, Microsoft or Google and no social media network efect like Snapchat, Discord, Meta that would guarantee their customer base to stay long term on the platform. They also couldn&#x27;t monetize their users&#x27; personal data through ads as much as the other chat apps and social networks. And it was only a matter of time before juggernauts with valuable IPs like Disney, Warner, etc. would build their own streaming services to disrupt them.<p>The moment their competitors with the desirable IP would jump in the ring, or their content was no longer addictive, or their customer base would feel economic hardship, or their VC money dried up, their service could be easily disposed of without a hit to quality of life to their users.<p>Also,  people could pirate their content basically for free, so there&#x27;s also that, versus the likes of Disney, Warner, etc had other revenue streams besides just a streaming service.