As Amazon becomes the latest platform to push an ad-supported tier, TV writers greet this retro model with frustration and, in some cases, disdain: “I thought 'Nine Perfect Strangers' with commercials was horrible,” says David E. Kelley of his Hulu show with breaks.
  • ZeroCool@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
    11·
    11 months ago

    Then maybe you should stop trying to blame corporate greed on union workers.

    • realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city
      112·
      11 months ago

      I never did in the first place. This is 50% the fault of corporate greed and 50% the fault of a business model that isn’t designed to reap funds in the same way that both broadcast and cable television did.

      Anyone who thought that these companies would dig into their existing income and margins, especially when these streaming platforms were already mostly in the red, rather than find an income stream that more linearly aligned with the residuals they now must pay was optimistically naive.

      • ZeroCool@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
        9·
        11 months ago

        I never did in the first place.

        Yes, you did. YOU brought up the cost of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA deals in an attempt to justify the need for commercial plans.

        Where did y’all think the extra money to comply with SAG-AFTRA and the WGA’s demands’ was gonna come from?

        Right there. You said it. So stop this poor attempt at gaslighting. Nobody here is as stupid as you seem to think we are.

        • realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city
          18·
          11 months ago

          At this point I’m starting to think you just don’t understand revenue streams and business models so discussing this with you further doesn’t sound like something that will be productive, unfortunately.

          • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
            6·
            11 months ago

            This from the guy who can’t remember what he wrote, nor can he scroll up.

            You fell off the high horse a ways back. Pay attention.

            • ZeroCool@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
              5·
              11 months ago

              Yeah, this isn’t my first run in with that person and it’s become obvious that they never argue in good-faith so don’t expect that. Hell, last week they were pushing far right, racist, culture war nonsense in this community. Frankly, they should’ve been shown the door then and there.

              • realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city
                15·
                11 months ago

                Wait, you’re this guy??

                Kinda rich to be talking about not arguing in good faith when this was the last exchange that we had.

              • realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city
                15·
                11 months ago

                Not really but okay

                It’s still funny that y’all can’t grasp that for people to be paid fairly for the movies and shows they make, they need to be paid with a revenue stream that lines up with how much people actually consume their art 🤦🏾‍♂️😂