• echo64@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’m okay with them going away. The existence of that one particular company is not a net benefit to society.

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      8 months ago

      I think their implication is that you want them to stay around to keep producing and offering more content, but I’m also pretty okay with that happening. Series produced by streaming services just can’t seem to write self-contained seasons without leaving unresolved plot lines as a hook to keep you subscribed, but they’re also just ruthless in acing anything once the numbers dip a touch. It’s gotten to the point where I see “Netflix original” or whatever as a massive red flag when picking something to watch, as I know there’s a high chance I’ll never get any resolution to the series.

      Beyond that, given the proliferation of streaming services replicating the cable packages this services initially were pitched as letting us do away with them, I say let 'em burn to the ground.

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        8 months ago

        Series produced by streaming services just can’t seem to write self-contained seasons without leaving unresolved plot lines as a hook to keep you subscribed, but they’re also just ruthless in acing anything once the numbers dip a touch. It’s gotten to the point where I see “Netflix original” or whatever as a massive red flag when picking something to watch, as I know there’s a high chance I’ll never get any resolution to the series.

        The scenario you described has basically taught me to wait a season or two before I binge-watch anything on Netflix, to make sure a series never ends on a cliffhanger that won’t be resolved.

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      8 months ago

      Ya, I’m not rooting for them to stay around either. But the point of my comment is, if you’re ‘taking’ their content (which in this case I mean their self produced content) instead of paying for it and everyone does that, they won’t stay around. A great loss? absolutely not, but a loss none less