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I don't get the point here - you're saying "All Netflix cares about is eyeballs" and then imply 'people go to the movies so they must be good', it's basically t
by fenwick67 9y ago
I don't get the point here - you're saying "All Netflix cares about is eyeballs" and then imply 'people go to the movies so they must be good', it's basically the same point.
You could argue that going to a movie takes deliberate effort, but sometimes I find myself going to the movies even if I'm not that interested in the movie, I just want to go to a* movie*. And I (as a Netflix subscriber) have never watched a Netflix original movie.
- gamblor956 9y agoNo, it's not the same point at all. Netflix doesn't care about quality, it cares about the apparent size of its library, so it focuses on shoveling crap out as fast as it can. If they don't start focusing on quality really soon, all that crap isn't going to matter. Hollywood cares, at least a little bit, about quality because each movie lives or dies on its own. In the end, that's going to be the differentiator that keeps Hollywood alive: the theater experience for good movies, and the Netflix experience for when you just want to kill brain cells.
- mywittyname 9y agoNetflix knows their customers very well. It's likely that most of their original movies are crap because that's what their customers enjoy. People binge-watch engrossing series, but put movies on for background noise while hanging out with friends. So it makes sense to invest in series like Stranger Things and movies from Adam Sandler.