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Kathianne
10-26-2020, 05:58 PM
SassyLady this one is for you!

https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2020/10/26/netflix-hemorrhaging-subscribers-cuties-fiasco/


Netflix Hemorrhaging Subscribers After “Cuties” Fiasco
JAZZ SHAWPosted at 4:31 pm on October 26, 2020




As of a couple of weeks ago, the top management at Netflix was standing by their decision to stream “Cuties,” the bordering-on-child-porn film about prepubescent girls dancing in a provocative fashion to mimic YouTube “influencers.” This was being done despite the large amount of pushback they were receiving on social media and in more conservative press outlets. So how has that choice been working out for them? Not well according to one recent report. Cancellations of Netflix accounts have reportedly been rising that what should be alarming levels and new subscriptions fell off dramatically from previous months. Will people voting with their wallets produce a change of heart at Netflix HQ? (NY Post)


“Cuties” turned out to be ugly for Netflix.


The streaming service has watched subscription cancellations skyrocket by 800% after the French coming-of-age film triggered a boycott in early September, analyses show. Within two days of the movie’s premiere, #CancelNetflix became the top trending topic on Twitter and a petition on Change.org garnered hundreds of thousands of signatures.


Netflix’s chief financial officer Spence Neumann didn’t mention “Cuties” in a third-quarter earnings call this week, instead focusing on the first half of the year, when coronavirus lockdowns nationwide drove subscriptions.


An 800% increase in cancellations is nothing to sneeze at, particularly when you’re trying to explain it to your investors. The number of new subscribers matched against account cancellations should provide another significant hint. The data analytics firms Antenna and YipitData produced a report quoted in the Post showing that in the first two quarters of the year, the streaming service signed on 16 million and ten million new subscribers respectively. But in the quarter ending on September 30th, after the Cuties news went viral, they had only 2.2 million new subscribers. (There is no data indicating how many of those were child porn aficionados.)


Meanwhile, Netflix lost five times as many subscribers in the first two weeks of September as they did in the entire month of July. A subscription-based company like Netflix can only sustain those sorts of numbers for just so long before they begin to crater. It’s also worth remembering that there was a time when Netflix was the only game in town when it came to streaming movies and television shows. But now they have a ton of competition including the increasingly dominant Amazon Prime. Viewers have other options to explore if they find the Netflix offerings too offensive for their tastes.


The irony here is that we are currently living in a time where Netflix should be doing some of their best business ever. All across the world, people are still locked down, movie theaters are largely closed, and people are searching for other COVID-friendly entertainment options. Netflix managed to profit handsomely from this situation in the spring and summer, but now their numbers are seriously tanking while outfits like Amazon are still going full throttle. Can this really be written off as a coincidence?


I’m not a supporter of cancel culture or boycotts, so at no point have I tried to whip people up into a fervor or drive them to drop Netflix. But everyone has to make up their own mind as to how much they’re willing to put up with. It sounds to me like there are enough people out there who object to the sexualization of young children and Netflix’s condescending attitude toward those who complained that it’s showing up in their bottom line. If so, they have nobody to blame but themselves.

SassyLady
10-27-2020, 12:03 AM
Yep! Canceled Netflix ths minute this show came out. Don't really miss it at all.

jimnyc
10-27-2020, 11:16 AM
My issue with them and why I hope the lose millions or billions. Anyone can make a mistake, even in judgment, as times $ signs will make you think less clearly.

But then word got out, the movie got out, the content & everything else. Nothing hidden. It's now simply a movie, dollar signs & decisions. And they chose dollar signs over millions and millions of people and decency.

And yeps, their right to do so as long as the movie isn't illegal or anything like that. They can promote and air anything they want on their channels. And folks also have the right to cancel their accounts with them and never look back.

Folks will cancel NFL and what not - but plan on tuning in like myself - once I can enjoy the game without kneeling and dual anthems...

But when a company chooses child pedo content and dollar signs - you don't just wait til the next flick and sign back up. Tons of folks will NOT go back and just choose to go elsewhere.

If you're going to sell ANYTHING in this world - it would be wise to follow Michael Jordan when he stated "republicans buy sneakers too" when asked to get involved in something controversial, where half would end up unhappy with him.

pete311
10-27-2020, 01:26 PM
cancel culture?

jimnyc
10-27-2020, 01:57 PM
cancel culture?

Nope, not at all. Big difference between an individual cancelation based on someone's morals and beliefs, as opposed to cancel culture of the left, where anything at all they disagree with they will band together and try to literally cancel.

The difference between individual beliefs on individual items, articles/stories & of course politics and much more. Many individuals will judge appropriately each on it's own merits.

Then the left applies one stance and one set of merits and the rest fall in line perfectly, hypnotically almost. The news tells the stories around the nation and the followers take note and run.

That's why when discussing things - folks on the right generally have a well thought out argument of their beliefs even if the other does disagree. Where folks on the right generally vomit out one sentence posts, and sometimes enough vomit for another to accompany it.

pete311
10-27-2020, 02:34 PM
Nope, not at all. Big difference between an individual cancelation based on someone's morals and beliefs, as opposed to cancel culture of the left, where anything at all they disagree with they will band together and try to literally cancel.

The difference between individual beliefs on individual items, articles/stories & of course politics and much more. Many individuals will judge appropriately each on it's own merits.

Then the left applies one stance and one set of merits and the rest fall in line perfectly, hypnotically almost. The news tells the stories around the nation and the followers take note and run.

That's why when discussing things - folks on the right generally have a well thought out argument of their beliefs even if the other does disagree. Where folks on the right generally vomit out one sentence posts, and sometimes enough vomit for another to accompany it.

lol cmon dude, you're doing some gymnastics there. It's not individual cancelation when it was a major story in alt right media and then ya'll create a thread supporting each other and hoping Netflix loses billions. lol ok.

jimnyc
10-27-2020, 03:15 PM
lol cmon dude, you're doing some gymnastics there. It's not individual cancelation when it was a major story in alt right media and then ya'll create a thread supporting each other and hoping Netflix loses billions. lol ok.

ya, like I know bro, lol and lmao!

Idiot.