leaky_shower_thought comments on Netflix is just as guilty, but I hate how streaming companies do this

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

i had the same feeling when i saw my first "netflix original".

but after a few and nobody is fact checking, i just ignore it. it is original to netflix i guess. jeniuses.

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org [S] -2 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

Maybe it's a country/market "original"?

I had to think, but the few times I remember seeing "Netflix Original" for shows that I knew 100% were not original to Netflix, they were Canadian shows. Pretty sure they were Schitt's Creek, Continuum, and/or Orphan Black. Maybe Netflix was the only service carrying them in the US and that allowed them to call it an "original" with a straight face?

At least with Black Mirror, Netflix is producing them now. It's not "original" to them (like The Expanse wasn't original to Amazon) but at least they have an actual stake in it.

But yeah, I just ignore it lol.

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[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 3 points 3 months ago

good point, it could be "locally" original loool. but that's only a wikipedia away from not being original like you said.

heheh, nice try netflix.

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