I would feel it had no chance of succeeding. If both those organisations closed shop there are still other pieces of software to sell. It would be more akin to stoping them have Linux.
And if Disney closed shop Netflix would still have content to sell. Do you think Netflix is going to go out of business once all Disney content is removed?
If others follow suit, bailing out to their own proprietary online streaming services, and Netflix is left with only its original content, I would indeed see dim prospects for it. Netflix's own content is IMO not strong enough to sustain it.
I have to agree. The problem is Disney (a very large provider) purchased Fox (another larger provider), and then proceeded to stop supplying third parties. Perhaps not in present day USA, but in Europe this may be seen as monopolistic behaviour.
Take the example of Rupert Murdoch himself, he tried to purchase the remaining stake in BSKYB on several occasions and was blocked by the reglator who felt that plurality in the media is important. Often you make unterakings to the regulator that you will not shut out third-parties like Disney alledgedly have, in order that you can get the merger sanctioned.
I thought the entire idea of the Internet was “disintermediation” where you could go directly to the consumer? Now we want to force middlemen into the equation? Would you also be okay of indie artists couldn’t exclusively sell their own content on their own website? Should Netflix also not be allowed to have Netflix exclusives? Let’s take it one step further, should Apple not be allowed to sell their OS only with their own hardware? What about the consoles?
Do you really want the government to get involved in all of those situations?
The "entire idea" of the Internet, as far as I'm concerned, is computers talking to each other over a common network. The rest is all crap we made up to layer over it.
Both disintermediation and aggregation have been essential forces in the information culture built upon the Internet from the early days. Both serve an useful purpose, and both have their dark sides as well.
Netflix is of course free to make and sell their own content how they wish, as is Disney. But the value proposition of Netflix started with syndicated content, and that proposition is diminished the less you find such content on it. At some point, you have to ask whether it's still worth the monthly subscription, or if you should take your money over to the other streaming services instead – each with its own slightly different and uniquely-broken interface, I should add.
