Netflix is just TV | JOMO for 15th Mar
In today’s JOMO: Vimeo hates creators, Twitter does a rollback and we find that 75% of the top shows on Netflix are just… TV shows
🗞In the news
South Africa regulator refers Meta to tribunal over dominance - Reuters
It also said the company had "imposed and/or selectively enforced exclusionary terms and conditions regulating access to the WhatsApp Business API, mainly restrictions on the use of data".
To be fair, Whatsapp Business has come a long way, and improved. Yet, it’s API remains easy to access for some (via partners or as large companies), while continuing to be exclusionary in some ways (for smaller companies)
Vimeo is telling creators to suddenly pay thousands of dollars — or leave the platform - Verge
In a letter to shareholders in February, Sud spells the shift out in black and white: “Today we are a technology platform, not a viewing destination. We are a B2B solution, not the indie version of YouTube.”
This is Vimeo basically showing small creators the er.. you know what. Clear opportunity for a video platform for creators (Nebula?) or maybe its too late and video = Youtube forever
Tesla hikes prices on all cars, with cheapest Model 3 now nearing $50K - Ars Technica
Weren’t EVs supposed to get cheaper?
🤑🚀Startups, funding etc
Zomato and Blinkit reach agreement for merger - TC
Timing
🤩New products, features, launches
Twitter kills the tabbed timeilne experiment following criticism - XDA
As pointed out by many Twitter users, this new change took away the ability to display the latest tweets by default. Sure, you could pin the “Latest Tweets” to the home page, but there was no way to set it as the main timeline
Good to see. But maybe Twitter could have checked with users *before* shipping. Also wrote about this in Feb, on our thread: How to complicate a simple user flow
🤔Interesting read
These are Netflix's Most Popular Shows (According to Netflix) - Bloomberg
Asian markets are the most different. The shows that are popular in Japan and South Korea aren’t popular elsewhere, with a few exceptions. While some South Korean shows do travel, most of them do not. The same goes for India. This underscores the challenge ahead for Netflix in Asia. It’s been able to delight audiences in North America, Latin America and Europe with more or less the same library of titles. It has to tailor its offering in each market, but only so much.
Key takeaways: TV shows account for about 75% of viewing; The average Netflix hit disappears after two weeks or less. This an some really nice graphs and other insights
📊Poll for the day
Do you watch TV shows on Netflix?
Yes!
Nope
Dont use Netflix
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