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Is netflix having financial troubles that mean it can't hire actual people or something?

by voidUpdate 1y ago

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peter-m80 1y ago
bro discovered capitalism
- voidUpdate 1y ago
  Sis already knew capitalism existed, she is also angry at companies for taking jobs away from people
  - liljohnak 1y ago
    I can see your point of view and have concerns, but truly the job does not belong to the person doing it. It belongs to the employer. We are just keeping the seat warm for when someone better is available. (Capitalism)
    - voidUpdate 1y ago
      A lot of people think that money should not be simply given to people, and you have to work a job to get it. A lot of jobs are being replaced by AI. You need money to survive. I am in favour of people being able to work their jobs
  - silverquiet 1y ago
    I would say that it's called capitalism and not laborism for a reason.
- birn559 1y ago
  I don't think that's appropriate language for HN. We should strive for high quality content but the very least civilized discussions, ideally without sarcasm or one liners that spirals into low quality posts.
ChrisRR 1y ago
Is Netflix having financial troubles that mean it uses CGI instead of building sets and performing physical stunts and effects?
- voidUpdate 1y ago
  I don't know how much CGIing an environment vs actually building it costs, I guess it would depend on the environment, but you're still employing people rather than just hitting the "make me a video" button over and over again
alephnerd 1y ago
Not really, but film and TV production is a business like any other. You aren't just given some money and told to do whatever - there is a significant amount of capital raised and GTM plans created. It actually isn't much different from VC - I've found the mechanisms around film/TV production financing to be fairly similar.
seanicus 1y ago
Netflix is building a large part of their production style around people keeping netflix running in the background 24/7. Writers are told to have the characters frequently "exposition dump" because the viewers aren't actually watching. Generative AI makes total sense if you have a product that no one is actually watching; just using employing it the same way I employ a white noise machine to help my toddler sleep.

Is netflix having financial troubles that mean it can't hire actual people or something?

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peter-m80 1y ago

bro discovered capitalism

voidUpdate 1y ago
Sis already knew capitalism existed, she is also angry at companies for taking jobs away from people
- liljohnak 1y ago
  I can see your point of view and have concerns, but truly the job does not belong to the person doing it. It belongs to the employer. We are just keeping the seat warm for when someone better is available. (Capitalism)
  - voidUpdate 1y ago
    A lot of people think that money should not be simply given to people, and you have to work a job to get it. A lot of jobs are being replaced by AI. You need money to survive. I am in favour of people being able to work their jobs
- silverquiet 1y ago
  I would say that it's called capitalism and not laborism for a reason.
birn559 1y ago
I don't think that's appropriate language for HN. We should strive for high quality content but the very least civilized discussions, ideally without sarcasm or one liners that spirals into low quality posts.

ChrisRR 1y ago

Is Netflix having financial troubles that mean it uses CGI instead of building sets and performing physical stunts and effects?

voidUpdate 1y ago
I don't know how much CGIing an environment vs actually building it costs, I guess it would depend on the environment, but you're still employing people rather than just hitting the "make me a video" button over and over again

alephnerd 1y ago

Not really, but film and TV production is a business like any other. You aren't just given some money and told to do whatever - there is a significant amount of capital raised and GTM plans created. It actually isn't much different from VC - I've found the mechanisms around film/TV production financing to be fairly similar.

seanicus 1y ago

Netflix is building a large part of their production style around people keeping netflix running in the background 24/7. Writers are told to have the characters frequently "exposition dump" because the viewers aren't actually watching. Generative AI makes total sense if you have a product that no one is actually watching; just using employing it the same way I employ a white noise machine to help my toddler sleep.