The Netflix Binge Factory
The article is really long so I&#x27;ve just skimmed over it, but overall I think the biggest change is the non-ad-driveness of Netflix. When I recall, how I&#x27;ve spent 15 minutes watching ads, for each 45 minutes of movie-time, I&#x27;m really horrified how anybody could waste their time like that. (and people still do)<p>At the same time, I think this encourages higher-quality content overall, because in standard television, the product are ad-views. You put up content only so that people watch the ads. Like clickbait articles in the internet. This is especially so, as people got used to the formula of the television dictating when to watch your movies.<p>Here they give you quality content, because the subscription payment is the actual value for them, and they know they&#x27;ll lose it if you don&#x27;t put up good enough content. (to keep up the analogy, it&#x27;s like subscription based online magazines like NYT or nautilus, the content differs diametrically)<p>On another note, I really like the data driven approach described here. The metric of people turning off an episode of a series midways, without ever coming back to it.