xQc explains why \u201cstreaming wars\u201d were better when Netflix had a monopoly Twitch: xQcStar streamer Felix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel has shared his view on the current \u201cstreaming wars\u201d \u2014 not Twitch vs YouTube, but rather Netflix and its competitors \u2014 becoming infuriated due to market saturation and increased barriers of entry for consumers. Nowadays, watching any show you want is becoming a more trying task. Each streaming website has their own licenses, with platform based exclusives becoming a widespread phenomena. But before this streaming wars, there was one reigning king dominating the market: Netflix. During a recent broadcast, xQc vocalized his desire to return to those days: \u201ccall me boomer dude, but I enjoyed when Netflix had a monopoly. \u201cI don\u2019t mind a monopoly if it means we don\u2019t have to log into 8 different systems.\u201d In a world where Blockbuster and physical rentals were the only thing out there, Netflix showed the world the potential of online streaming. During the first couple of years of the platform\u2019s launch, Netflix was one of the sole providers of legal online streaming \u2014 allowing them to host now very competitive shows with ease. There was a point in time where Netflix had That 70\u2019s Show, The Office, Frasier, and even Parks and Recreation all at the same time. But the world has since caught up \u2014 with competitors like Hulu, Disney Plus, and HBO Max contesting Netflix for big name releases. xQc grew more heated while recapping the current state of the streaming wars, exclaiming frustration at how the only solution really is VPNs. \u201cVPN this, NordVPN up my **shole, this, that, f**kin three browsers, new computer, antenna, I wanna watch a show man! The consumer is always losing!\u201d It\u2019s unlikely to get any better in the streaming space as more companies try to get a slice of the pie, but hopefully xQc can one day catch that show he\u2019s after \u2014 whatever it may be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
xQc explains why \u201cstreaming wars\u201d were better when Netflix had a monopoly Twitch: xQcStar streamer Felix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel has shared his view on the current \u201cstreaming wars\u201d \u2014 not Twitch vs YouTube, but rather Netflix and its competitors \u2014 becoming infuriated due to market saturation and increased barriers of entry for consumers. Nowadays, watching any […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}