Really interesting idea! But I'm not sure how I feel about a company impersonating their customer cause that's what you would do right? I think people will be reticent to provide personal information...
I assume they know the hook point based on a decrease in drop off rate after x episodes. I'm surprised Netflix doesn't use this to their advantage to entice people to wait a few episodes before giving up. If the person didn't tune in for a while, they could get a reminder saying: just so you know, we found most people get hooked after the 4th episode, so you may want to give it another try! For example, I gave up on Bloodline after the 3rd episode and I would have probably checked out the next one if I knew it was the hook point.
So I'm not clear on this, was the employment agreement done before or after Oysterbooks officially announced that it was shutting down? BC that makes a difference...I find it odd that Google declined to comment to comment. Anyhow, great idea and really sad that it didn't work out.
The monopoly concern is legitimate, especially if the accusations against Apple, Google and Amazon have validaty in them. I think the real issue at hand is the bullying that is taking place for new entrants. Google arm restling a new entrant is like a child trying to wrestle with a boxer. There should be better policies in place to prevent frivilous litigations from tech giants.