They're focused on solely making content you can double screen, while watching, so all super slow repeating what's happening frequently, nothingness. Personally, I judge a show on whether I reach for my phone or not. If I reach, I know it's bad or at least mid. I won't double screen. I stop watching. So It's nice to be told there's nothing on Netflix for me.

Wednesday, Bridgerton, Kpop Demon Hunters, The Diplomat, Nobody Wants This, One Piece, Stranger Things spinoffs

I mostly watch stuff I already know, and mostly stuff that aired decades ago. I should just buy those old series on DVD, throw them on Jellyfin and cancel my subscription.

In addition to the shows already mentioned there's all the Mike Flannigan shows which are great. Umbrella Academy is great. Monsters seasons by Ryan Murphy are also well done. There's a lot of slop on there but also some gems if you know what to look for.

people were done with stranger things, it took like 10 years to put out 4-5 measlely seasons i heard, basically what AOT did.

I hate exclusives.

I’d pay to watch your movies and shows, but you decided you don’t want that money. We could both be happy, but unless it’s the maximum money I could pay it’s not good enough.

And so I don’t give them money.

Like, I live Mike Flanagan’s work, but I guess I’m just not going to be able to see it since it only exists as Amazon and Netflix exclusives now. It’s a shame.

I still remember, in the early days, their ceo bragging about them "not having and never having ads", and that you could share your password with friends as a feature.

Between going back on those features/promises, hiking prices way the fuck up, and making big budget slop movies before ai slop... I'll be surprised if they don't, ironically, go the way of blockbuster some day

They used to also be known is the company that saved cancelled shows. Now they're known as the company that always cancels shows before they complete.

unfortunately they are the ones producing the shows though, albeit with varying degrees of quality.

This whole idea of "keeping the shareholders happy," is also such bad business. The modern share holder being catered to is the day trader: buy in before we grow large, dump the stock when we peak before we lose all value.

The classic and traditional shareholder being "middle class America holding the stock of companies whose mission they believe in," is long dead, if it were ever real.