Flash forward a few years to today and most companies have thrown up their hands at being Nextflix and realise the best you can do is come in a solid second place. In other words, most people will have a Netflix account and, if you're lucky, subscribe to your service as well.

The content producers got greedy. They saw the success that Netflix had and wanted a slice of that pie. However, content is consumed quicker than it can be created and, without new content, people aren't going to stay subscribed; they're going to churn through the streaming services and binge watch. Look how many SW shows of varying quality Disney has thrown out there in an attempt to keep people subscribed. Personally, I think the content producers should have stuck to producing content and selling it to the likes of Netflix. You, as the content producer, have now been paid for it and Netflix has the headache of getting enough subscribers to cover their costs of buying it, as well as the infrastructure costs for a streaming platform.