With games, podcasts, and videos, Netflix is ​​turning into YouTube

Netflix has shows and movies. And video games. And live sports. And podcasts. Also, it seems, YouTube videos? For a company that seemed like the next big thing in TV, the whole thing seems a bit hectic, and Maybe a desperate boy. For a company that sees sleep as its main competitor, it might make perfect sense.

on This episode of vertcast, David and Nilay try to figure out why Netflix keeps expanding its content machine and whether the company’s ongoing YouTube formalization makes sense at all. Many have tried to compete with YouTube; No one succeeded. Does this mean Netflix could make its way to the top of the Go90 scale for stricken streaming services?

Next, the hosts dig into the continuing weirdness of Mita’s smart glasses strategy. The company makes some Good moves, privacy consciouswhile running at full speed as well More features that violate privacy. It seems like the meta’s bet is that its features will win out in the end, but we’re not sure about that. We wonder if Meta might ruin smart glasses for everyone else.

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