TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoMike Flanagan Says Netflix Was "Actively Hostile" Towards the Idea of Releasing Physical Media: "It Became Clear Very Fast That Their Only Priority Was Subs"filmstories.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkMike Flanagan Says Netflix Was "Actively Hostile" Towards the Idea of Releasing Physical Media: "It Became Clear Very Fast That Their Only Priority Was Subs"filmstories.co.ukTheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoNetflix. Its how their business started. DVD rentals via mail.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months ago Netflix. Its how their business started. DVD rentals via mail. Nokia started as a paper mill company and sold toilet paper. With the release of the Nokia 9 PureView smartphone, nobody expected Nokia to release bog roll along with it.
minus-squarea lil bee 🐝@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI was going to make the same sort of metaphor with Nintendo until I looked it up and saw that they still produce playing cards 🙃
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI almost did that too, until I remembered Pokemon and pivoted before posting.
Netflix. Its how their business started. DVD rentals via mail.
Nokia started as a paper mill company and sold toilet paper. With the release of the Nokia 9 PureView smartphone, nobody expected Nokia to release bog roll along with it.
I was going to make the same sort of metaphor with Nintendo until I looked it up and saw that they still produce playing cards 🙃
I almost did that too, until I remembered Pokemon and pivoted before posting.