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The most important reason why Netflix is not worth the money and Tubi is growing in popularity

Netflix just released its Stranger Things Season Five, Volume 1 and it is one of those rare TV events we have in our culture now.

In the past, shows such as the original Shogun were changing watching habits. Shogun in 1980 in particular seems to have reset American attitudes about Japan. My thoughts are that Shogun made people more appreciative of Japanese culture and history.

Now, TV shows are treated like content rather than as events.

However, in spite of its impact on our culture, I believe that Netflix is a waste of money. Here is why.

Netflix is taking away content which was “Original”

It is becoming more apparent to me that Netflix puts the “N” label on its content and then removes it without much ceremony. They do not even say which company owns the content or where you can watch that content, but it is just taken away without any context, and you have no idea when you are going to be watch it again.

This happens alot with content made in Spanish-Speaking countries. Juana Ines was taken away despite the fact that I had watched in 2017 and while I had issues with certain ideological viewpoints or framing of characters, it was an interesting series. The series was just removed from the site and now I cannot watch it without trying to get it through streaming through other channels.

I understand that not everything is an “Original” however, they are so deceptive putting that opening logo when you start an episode. Just show the original makers and that should be it.

This happens with many other series, especially period dramas, which is my favorite genre on Streaming services.

Netflix’s removal of its own content makes the service less valuable in comparison to the past here.

Here is my suggestion:

Try to subscribe only when there is something interesting on the site. When you are done watching those shows, you should unsubscribe,

TUBI: The next thing in Streaming

People should be paying attention to Tubi. There you can get tons of ad-supported content. They are also making their own content also and it is getting traction here. Netflix is providing ad-supported tiers but has less content.

I think I know which one users will want to use.

Will one want to use a service which makes you pay for a smaller library of content with ads?

Will you use a service that has ads and is free and actually has the big movies and shows as well as a growing library of their own originals?

There is a reason why Tubi has been growing quickly with consumers. It promises value with quality.

Netflix has too many reality tv shows and is not having the hits that it used to have.

Competition is needed and Tubi may be one of the few services that may be able to shake up the streaming industry in America. Right now, the industry is stagnant and Tubi is truly having innovative concepts in our age.

Amazon Rufus is changing shopping on Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday Sales — Photo by Karola G on Pexels.com

Cyber Monday is here, and it is in many ways bigger than Black Friday in some ways. In the past, Black Friday and the days before Christmas used to hog all the attention. Now, with Amazon’s dominance in ecommerce, Cyber Week and Cyber Monday have become more important than the shopping in the physical stores. This was a slow process but it really began with the Pandemic when people got more used to shopping online.

People were already having these habits before the pandemic, but Amazon and many ecommerce shops were able to fulfill a need for many consumers.

Amazon Rufus along with other shopping chatbots are changing the way we shop and leading to higher sales. Companies need to take advantage of generative AI. Most chatbots in the past were only really good at specific questions. The new generation of generative AI is helping to make shopping more precise and personal in a way the old model of searching and scrolling was unable to accomplish here.

Shopping AI is truly a big change for shoppers.

They can now check prices month to month. This was only available on select sites, not its more holistic and you type in about any product without old style searching here.
There is more of a move towards frictionless commerce. Shoppers can spend more time on the quality of the product instead of going through search bars and inconsistent search engines.
Customers are able to Auto-Buy based on price changes, allowing for people to spend more time on other aspects of their holidays.
Customers are saving time shopping.
Shops now have to focus on quality not just getting on search results on the sites.

Many business owners are now seeing that Search Engine Optimization on Amazon and other search sites has to have an element of quality in your product.

Customer Reviews are now more important than before. As Rufus is collecting these reviews to make a summary, you need to make sure that your products are reviewing well now. Whereas before customers may not scroll to see reviews, they will see them in the summaries.

Quality matters not just gaming the SEO game.

I hope that stores realize the important power of shopping AI and make the shopping experience more enjoyable.

Black Friday Sales Soar Because of AI

AI chatbots are one of the major reasons why Black Friday sales were so strong. This year’s weather was much colder than the previous and people were more inclined to be indoors to spend money in cyberspace rather in the stores.

The influence of AI is the real winner here and it shows this is what is going to help Artificial Intelligence gain a foothold in our homes. It’s not going to be physical AI at first like a M3GAN robot but one on the screen helping us make purchases.

Amazon Rufus is clear example of how powerful such a tool, AI is really. With the ability to type in your desires into a chatbot, dealing with incomplete search results is not on your mind. It is about creating a frictionless buying experience. The ability for Amazon Rufus to check prices and then it buy an item for you at the right price will help customers and businesses.

For businesses, it will be that the ability to manage a businesses’ supplies will be easier.

One will be able to get the supplies that one wants at the prices that they want in a timeframe which give them flexibility, giving their businesses more strength.

AI chatbots such as Spark on Walmart show that companies are also attempting to integrate it into the lives of consumers.

AI isn’t just about whether we can make photos or videos with it. What is more important to integrate into our daily lives and have been holistically react to our decisions that we make in meatspace.

This is an important approach which will keep the move towards AI system be sustainable.