I'm already on the verge of cancelling Netflix because frankly, their library sucks. I cannot even remember the last time I saw a remotely entertaining original movie, of the hundreds they have. Their shows are a little better, but too few and far between. Seems they've been hedging a lot on poorly dubbed foreign films, again, don't watch.
So yeah, showing even a single ad is just the fire I need to remember to cancel.
I agree and I wonder if this is a problem that is Netflix's creation, or the movie/tv studies creation. Of course it's probably both.
But I just don't think the way culture is moving in the US is that compelling to the rest of the world (and for many in the US). And in that way both netflix and most TV shows are based on cultural values of california.
I'm not in the US and the way almost any US movie/show has to bring the race question into it is super annoying. And I don't even mean the character make up, like fine, I don't give a shit what race actors are, if they are great actors. But literally every story always has to go into race somehow, every film somehow has references to who's black and who's white. Frankly it's racist but reverse racist really, it's pretending to be culturally sensitive but in the end you are still making everything about race, i.e. racism.
I don't care. Stop it. I don't care about racism or about the colour of people. Leave me alone and show me a good story.
Streaming services aren't social networks with lots of user generated content, that probably matches to the country where people use it. At least it's much less that. You can't force people to like California culture if they don't.
I think the problem is that certainly as of late, it's always so on the nose, and about as subtle as an airhorn. It's like on Friday afternoon they thought "oh fuck, we need to do something about race! [feverish typing] Done! Off to beer!" By inserting these things so forcibly I don't think you're really doing anyone any favours really, least of all Black people.
I'm in the US and many of us are sick of it too. Not just black/white, but every minority group and minority issue is in our face 24/7. I'm in a minority group and am still tired of it. My solution is to quit listening to radio in the car. I had already stopped TV news years ago. Now I get my news from HN, believe it or not.
Couldn’t it just be that Netflix likes creating “Woke” shows for their Woke demographics? I would point to Netflix not giving a fuck about the Chapelle Fiasco even though that upset many people. Hell they didn’t even pull Cuties despite all the outrage.
I don't disagree with the parent you replied to, but also agree with your conclusion.
It's a -really- tough spot to be in. Far right people left in droves when Cuties came out. Far left people left in droves when Chapelle was allowed to remain. It seems like people quit treating content providers as neutral tubes, and more like a club that they control which is bizarre. I mean, nobody cancels cable because CMT or BET or PBS or TNT exists as a channel. What's the difference?
(note: these are claims I've read, I don't have the numbers to know if anyone at all actually left).
How the hell do you win anymore without offending someone? Completely neutral content that could not possibly offend anyone is, well, boring.
I think the parent has a good point to the extent that they do like creating content for who they perceive would be vocal about what they want to see. But I think adding shows, rather than taking away content, is akin to all the companies that proudly display "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" banners but the board room and senior management is still mostly old white dudes. Perhaps with one POC holding the title of "Head of Diversity" or similar (but probably not a lot of say in what goes down). My take is that they're all just covering their bases/asses :D
Corporations are not people. They're autonomous entities that behave algorithmically based on the laws, policies, and rules imposed on them by shareholders, regulators, and customers.
For example, Comcast is unable to deal with customers in pleasant ways because rules that allow for that possibility increase costs. Rules and regulations that effectively mandate nefarious customer service are a consequence of regulatory capture and logistics.
Woke companies are unable to effectively block the utter stupidity of pandering to the outrage mobs. Activists exploit corporations that have gotten too big to manage individuals.
> Far right people left in droves when Cuties came out
Really? Only nazis care about the sexualisation of children? Everyone who’s center left or center right is fine with child sexualisation? I think you need to rethink your definitions
The library for every streaming service sucks now due to fragmentation. A Usenet and indexer subscription are way cheaper and have a full selection and no ads.
I don't think using them is illegal in Canada at least. My understanding is that distributing copy-written content is illegal (it's a civil issue and they need to prove damages) but downloading is not in any way illegal.
Bingo - Usenet is download only, Bittorent is distribution.
Myself, as a Canadian - I have been hoping that a copyright holder would actually take someone to court here after our laws were changed, to actually test the lifetime maximum "damages" amount of $5,000.
So yeah, showing even a single ad is just the fire I need to remember to cancel.