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Marvel and DC are very different in terms of creating long story arcs. The Arrowverse started off well (if derivitave of Batman), but is now utterly convoluted (they're still showing flashbacks to before he got to Starling City! Why? What's the point!?) and never ends, even if it's ended nice and tight with a little pink bow, it'll just sprawl over its side like a puddle of gravy.

Meanwhile the Marvel Cinematic Universe is segmented into arcs that are pre-planned, and you can pick up one movie arc at a time if you want. They're also for the most part self-contained. CA: The Winter Soldier barely interacts with The Avengers at all. Lately however there is some overlap, with CA: Civil War taking place in the immediate aftermath of Age of Ultron, but the audience just needs a brief crash course, whereas Arrow represents the ugly continuity lockout that has plagued Comic Books forever.