> At most, we can say that Netflix chooses to buy a lot of middlebrow drama shows, and middlebrow drama shows today share a similar aesthetic Exactly. The arti

> At most, we can say that Netflix chooses to buy a lot of middlebrow drama shows, and middlebrow drama shows today share a similar aesthetic Exactly. The article did concede that there are other examples of the phenomenon, such as Hallmark. I would argue that Amazon has their own style as well. As the article points out, video compression causes several aspects of the resulting appearance such as exaggerated edges, but that is shared across all streaming services. It's not a Netflix-exclusive phenomenon.