Netflix’s new physical stores could include Squid Game obstacle course
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That's...not the definition I've heard for it. I think it usually involves 1 other person with you (but hey, if you're into lifestyles where its more than one, by all means you all be happy and have fun), and I suppose it could be done in a livingroom or a bedroom.
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Let's push our loyal customers away at a time there is more competition than ever an expand into retail!
Doesn't sound like a good plan to me.
Doesn't sound like a good plan to me.
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Ars journalist Scharon Harding joins Olympic skiing phenom Mikaela Shiffrin, Kelly Clarkson, and Serena Williams in not knowing what 'Netflix and chill" means.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx74E84olJQ
https://www.eonline.com/news/731439...nfused-over-the-whole-netflix-and-chill-thing
https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/...-shiffrin-knows-what-netflix-and-chill-means/
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx74E84olJQ
https://www.eonline.com/news/731439...nfused-over-the-whole-netflix-and-chill-thing
https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/...-shiffrin-knows-what-netflix-and-chill-means/
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Fucking. "Netflix and chill" means fucking. Optionally, with the TV on in the background.
There, I said it.
There, I said it.
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BTW, I always understood "Netflix and chill" to be an offer to a romantic partner, like on a date, along the lines of, "would you like to go back to my place, watch some Netflix and chill?" It's the modern equivalent of asking if someone wants to come up for a cup of coffee.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPqBV6LhuW8
I think it can also work as a text/call "booty call," like "hey come over and let's Netflix and chill." Like, it seems innocent on the surface, but there's a hidden meaning.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPqBV6LhuW8
I think it can also work as a text/call "booty call," like "hey come over and let's Netflix and chill." Like, it seems innocent on the surface, but there's a hidden meaning.
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Yeah... opening places where I can buy cheap t-shirts and bad food will definitely make me come back... NOT.
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Reed Hastings is going to make that Blockbuster merger happen, even if Blockbuster has been dead for a decade.
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Wonder how much of this is them pissing off their long-time customers and finally seeing the effect of the password-sharing crackdown.
I remember that they actually beat earnings and expectations initially but seems like maybe the constant price increases are taking their toll?
EDIT: turns out I just can't read before putting some caffeine in me, it's their ad business not their ad tier as marsilies points out.
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If they have Iñaki Godoy in person at one of these stores available to receive hugs from, I'll go, but anything less than that and it's probably a skip for me, tbh.
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RickRoyLeonPrisZhoraRacha
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LOL... my G/F would text me, "I got some Loony Tunes DVDs...wanna watch together?" ... so, we'd watch them and next thing you know... hey! Some people get turned on by cartoons... right? Oh... well...
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This will work about as well as Quikster.
And 'Netflix and chill' means someone is getting the D.
Let me know if I need to explain 'the D'.
And 'Netflix and chill' means someone is getting the D.
Let me know if I need to explain 'the D'.
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That and more and more people having to chose between Netflix or buying food...
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If this is what they're going to spend the money I pay them on, I'm going to stop paying them money. This very visibly does not benefit me as a customer. It is not investing back into the platform. It's just tacky bullshit.
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That is... a much better idea than this, actually. An incredible viral marketing stunt. Too bad they're nowhere near bold enough to do it.
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I'm just here for the irony of the company that killed the video rental store opening physical stores.
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Note that what you quoted is specifically about their advertising business. So the "subscribers" in that situation are advertisers signing on to run ads. Apparently not very many advertisers think Netflix is a great place to run ads on, at least not yet.
I wonder if it's because of the ad-free tier. Like, if someone is on the Netflix-with-ads tier, they're probably doing it so save money, so probably aren't the best targets for a lot of ads. Meanwhile the people with a lot of disposable income, the people advertisers want, likely splurge for ad-free. So the demographics probably shake out that the people who actually see ads on Netflix are, in general, not the people most advertisers want to show ads to.
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To be fair, it doesn't sound like they'll be renting DVDs. It's just a place to promote the brand.
It was a lot more ironic when Amazon opened a physical book store.
https://www.reuters.com/business/re...-physical-bookstores-4-star-shops-2022-03-02/
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And I just read today that Best Buy is going to stop selling DVDs and Blu Rays.
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BodaciousTommyCat
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Sooo the company that effectively gave the finishing blow to the retail video store industry is now trying to... recreate the retail video store industry? ¯\(ツ)/¯
damn, ninja'd by @DStaal
damn, ninja'd by @DStaal
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It would be nice if Valve did this for Steam not necessarily for say an lounge / arcade feel but a physical location for customers do download stuff from a high speed internet point. Great for customers not only on the move, but for those population groups that just don't have access to high internet speeds.
(Valve could do this or any - elbow nudge nudge - hopefully established 'data streaming' type service - elbow nudge nudge - that could work with Steam and equivalent to create a system where someone can plug in a portable data storage device - or even connect their machine directly - to quickly take in the bulk of the updates where the customers system can then finish the install process or actual game installs where the customer brings in their machine - - and while they are there they can sell related merch - Steam shirt, or game or software theme merch. even localize it like 'such and such' - Bellevue, Washington USA to a smaller population center like ' such and such node - Coos Bay, Oregon etc. and even say the data streaming merch too.. like Chilling at Netflix Lounge - Kansas City, Missouri . etc)
Ideally it would be nice if they host their own stores to hopefully limit the equivalent of 'middle ware' attacks like you get with credit card skimmers. But perhaps systems behind transparent security windows and a poster showing what it should look like (the system and connection to the site's high speed internet connection ports).. might help reduce the security requirements and allow say a sub-contracting to a gas (or and future equivalent) or recharge station or full time convenience store.. or even better a store whose theme is selling video games. ;D
(Valve could do this or any - elbow nudge nudge - hopefully established 'data streaming' type service - elbow nudge nudge - that could work with Steam and equivalent to create a system where someone can plug in a portable data storage device - or even connect their machine directly - to quickly take in the bulk of the updates where the customers system can then finish the install process or actual game installs where the customer brings in their machine - - and while they are there they can sell related merch - Steam shirt, or game or software theme merch. even localize it like 'such and such' - Bellevue, Washington USA to a smaller population center like ' such and such node - Coos Bay, Oregon etc. and even say the data streaming merch too.. like Chilling at Netflix Lounge - Kansas City, Missouri . etc)
Ideally it would be nice if they host their own stores to hopefully limit the equivalent of 'middle ware' attacks like you get with credit card skimmers. But perhaps systems behind transparent security windows and a poster showing what it should look like (the system and connection to the site's high speed internet connection ports).. might help reduce the security requirements and allow say a sub-contracting to a gas (or and future equivalent) or recharge station or full time convenience store.. or even better a store whose theme is selling video games. ;D
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"But here's the twist- you can stream Netflix on your phone...while you're at our store!" pitched the dumbest marketing exec ever.
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Meanwhile Netflix has allowed their content quality to wither to the point where there isn't anything to watch in that mountain of junk. Maybe they should stop taking their eye off the ball with all their little side projects.
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I definitely misread that as "ad-tier", never read Ars before being caffeinated... Whoops, thanks for the correction!
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A place to Netflix and chill? What, do they have a suite of rooms in the back you can rent by the hour to watch a show?
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OK, going to look at The Information article, at least as much as I can read without paying...
So it's both ad-sales are half what they want, and half the "ad-tier" subscribers they want.
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I'm sure these stores will be wildly successful. Just like the Gateway Country stores have worked out so well for Gateway! Right? Right???
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