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You have to remember that many of these researchers are funded by government money (eg, university researchers) or shareholders (eg, corporate labs) that may no
by jderick 18y ago
You have to remember that many of these researchers are funded by government money (eg, university researchers) or shareholders (eg, corporate labs) that may not be seeing any return on their investment. In some sense, Netflix is stealing cycles that may have been put to better use elsewhere. This could be seen somewhat akin to bribing a public official, only in a 'steal one penny from a million officials' kind of way.
- kleneway 18y agoIn addition, just think of the massive amounts of cash these researchers are stealing from the network TV execs and advertising agencies, since they may be working on this in their spare time in the evenings instead of watching TV. Despicable.
- jderick 18y agoFunny, but obviously my comment doesn't apply to anyone's spare time.