• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    *Also the writing generally sucks ass and assumes I’m not paying attention.

    I’ve seen the articles dealing with the phenomenon of “Standard Netflix Show” and how it has become so painfully formulaic that it can only be described as background noise.

    Really not a great sign when your premium service is treated like elevator music. But hey, they’ve got a near-trillion dollar valuation, so clearly I’m dumb and their C-levels have earned every penny.

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      1 day ago

      I can’t understand what fucking market research “geniuses” came up with the idea that making streaming less accessible/more annoying was a good idea and would net more profits.

      But then again, the mass general population is fucking dumb

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        But then again, the mass general population is fucking dumb

        That’s a lazy explanation. It neglects that Netflix did have a lot of accumulated goodwill from ease of access and quality content.

        But now its in the enshittification era. All the streaming services are behaving like this. There’s no alternative that doesn’t suck with a comparable library.