On Aug 3, 2011, at 12:22 AM, Scot Hacker wrote: > > On Aug 2, 2011, at 11:55 PM, Joar Wingfors wrote: > >> >> On 2 aug 2011, at 23:41, Scot Hacker wrote: >> >>> I'd be really bummed to see optical going away before streaming catches up. >> >> Guess what the best way to make streaming catch up is? Introduce incredibly >> popular media consumption devices that doesn't have optical drives... >> > > The Netflix streaming catalog isn't tiny because people still have handy > optical drives. It's tiny because the studio licensing terms are > difficult/arcane/expensive. Apple can disappear optical all it wants - it's > not going to have any effect on the byzantine licensing problems Netflix > grapples with. Totally orthogonal problems. >
We're about to cancel Netflix. DVDs are scratched and dirty. Their streaming collection never haves what we want. Can Apple secure more/better licensing? I should hope/think so! They have built the hardware, software and an ecosystem that content makers need to deliver their product. Why would Netflix ever get a better licensing deal than Apple? Rationale? Anyone paying 90x for P/E should rethink (and soon now). K _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
