There's some truth to those notions, but a more-obvious guess is that many of those tablet devices are now being used to watch Netflix. In that sense, Netflix could be one of the most-successful app store subscription products yet seen.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Is iPad Driving Netflix?
One might be tempted to note the quick rise of streaming on Netflix and assume people have suddenly decided to watch TV on their PCs, or have quickly gotten the hang of configuring "net TV" boxes.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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I watch Netflix on the iPad but it's the PS3 that really sold me. Netflix can stream the same content to every screen I own - I wouldn't be interested if I were forced to watch movies on a small screen when I'm sitting in front of a big one.
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