I have an example elsewhere in this thread explaining that consumers have limited dollars and foreign mega-streamers exert pressure on local industry that is not proportionate.
It's a very weak argument. If they really like the local content better, they'll simply opt for that instead of Disney, especially if it's a lower price.
And yet, it doesn't work that way. The argument is - in fact - sound, because it has decades of ground under its feet. This is not new. It is merely new to AU.
I personally dislike Disney. Not because of the whole woke thing, or the vastly overused multiverse trope (and not even in a fun way like Rick and Morty.)
Rather, I never really cared for superhero franchises, except the Christopher Nolan Batman series, the original two Tim Burton Batman movies with Michael Keaton, and the first two IronMan movies (haven't yet seen the third.) The idea that superman can just defy physics at will and bounce off of literally nothing, or that a massive dose of gamma radiation turns a man into a green giant instead of simply killing him is a bit too far fetched for me. Sure, Batman and Ironman take extreme liberties with it, but at least those guys rely on technology that is in some way plausible rather than supernatural crap.
I also never particularly cared for Star Wars. I've always been more of a trekkie, and I basically see the whole series the same way that Harrison Ford does.
Outside those two, what the fuck does Disney have to offer aside from ruining copyright laws in America in their own image? Well...basically nothing, unless you like musicals. Their current biggest franchise that they didn't simply buy off from somebody else (Frozen) is literally, a fucking musical. Characters randomly breaking out into a song is what I loathed the most about Disney movies as a kid, and that's like the entire movie. They even openly took a massive shit on their classics like Snow White (which I never really cared for, either old or new) that their own fans adored. Even as a kid, I never particularly cared for Disney's live action movies, and that's what they're favoring the most. I honestly can't see why anybody would subscribe to Disney+. Even their theme parks are shit now -- who the fuck wants to stand in line for an hour, all for a ride that lasts all of 5 minutes? Oh, you want fastpass? That's another $200, and it still has all the same limitations that the free one used to have, except you wait even longer now. Disneyland will certainly take you for a ride alright.
That's quite the wall of text talking about what you like and don't like. Insight: the other eight billion-ish consumers on the planet are not you.
The bar that this local content has to reach to exceed Disney+ is honestly quite low, and you're thinking Disney can simply spend its way to the top? Yeah...not buying it.
You are incorrect. The bar is very high. Which is why the streaming leaders (such as Disney+) are dominant. And yes, advertising budget is huge. Not necessarily the most important factor, but it's gargantuan.
