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Given a choice of dystopias, I would also prefer to avoid the one where "the market" decides what I should or shouldn't watch. Nothing here is suggesting that y
by FearNotDaniel 8y ago
Given a choice of dystopias, I would also prefer to avoid the one where "the market" decides what I should or shouldn't watch. Nothing here is suggesting that you should be prevented from watching Jersey Shore, or the Kardashians, or whatever superhero action flick is in vogue this month, if that's your taste; but if it all came down to money then that's all any of us would get whether we like it or not.
- Bizarro 8y agoGiven a choice of dystopias, I would also prefer to avoid the one where "the market" decides what I should or shouldn't watch. You really want the state deciding what you watch?
- gonvaled 8y agoI want the state telling companies that they need to operate within some constraints. We do this all the time, for all kind of industries.
- ginko 8y agoRather than some American corporation, yes.
- Bizarro 8y agoCut off your nose to spite your face.
- seszett 8y agoI'd prefer the state forcing companies to provide the widest possible range of choices to me, which is the case here.
- mrep 8y agoLuxembourg, with their population of 590,667 people produced 5 movies in 2016 according to this source [0]. Extrapolating that production rate out 50 years gives them a whopping 250 total movies meaning Netflix could have a max possible of 833 movies assuming they leased every single one. How is that choice? [0]: https://www.the-numbers.com/Luxembourg/movies/year/2016 https://www.the-numbers.com/Luxembourg/movies/year/2016
- seszett 8y agoAh, I see that the techcrunch article actually says different things than its own source[0]. Nowhere do I see in the source that "local content" is determined per country instead of EU-wide. It also says that Netflix is already close to 30%. Also, 833 movies is more than what is available in most of Europe, already (but I'm not sure about Luxembourg specifically, obviously it's an outlier). [0]https://variety.com/2018/film/news/netflix-amazon-local-product-quotas-european-union-law-1202924740/ https://variety.com/2018/film/news/netflix-amazon-local-prod...
- ensignavenger 8y agoBut if Netflix already has exclusives (I don't know if this is the case or not) on most of the good EU produced content, it is going to be a major barrier to any potential competitor.
- FearNotDaniel 8y agoNo, I want the state deciding that people with minority interests still have the possibility of watching what they want alongside all the more commercial offerings. And I want the state providing those who don't think they like those minority offerings with an opportunity to experience them and be pleasantly surprised.
- ethbro 8y agoAka striving for "equality of opportunity, not outcome"
- DanBC 8y agoBBC and Channel 4 both make excellent content.
- rjsw 8y agoAnd both show quite a bit of content made elsewhere in the EU.
- stale2002 8y agoAll of us are the market. The market just means that you personally decide what you watch, by choosing what to spend your own money on. You'd rather have that decision made by someone else, instead of by you?