[HN Gopher] Netflix Layoffs Have Started
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Netflix Layoffs Have Started
Author : la6472
Score : 17 points
Date : 2022-04-29 21:35 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| lampshades wrote:
| Interesting that they're laying off writers seeing as the
| American public has been pretty unhappy with Netflix quality
| (whether the actual content or the idealogical pushes). I know a
| lot of people personally that cancelled their Netflix accounts
| after Cuties and even more for similar reasons as time continued
| on. I wonder how much of their subscriber-ship was impacted due
| to things like this and if it's a non-minor amount, what will be
| the affects on their content?
| qgin wrote:
| I don't know anyone who even knows that the show Cuties
| existed.
| martinky24 wrote:
| Source on "know a lot of people canceled after Cuties"? Or just
| anecdotal stuff? I never saw data on that...?
| lampshades wrote:
| > I know a lot of people _personally_
|
| Yes, anecdotal.
| arrakis2021 wrote:
| I cancelled my account directly because of Cuties. I dont
| live alone and do not want anyone in my household watching CP
| disguised as an art house film. I know of at least 1 other
| person who have done the same.
| pythonic_hell wrote:
| Have you watched the movie? At its core it's a story about
| how vulnerable children are and how society sexualizes
| children.
| OrangeMonkey wrote:
| That they showed by sexually exploiting children in the
| filming. There is no excusing this - forget about the
| 'message' - one is watching children in sexually explicit
| situations and trying to say 'the artistic direction
| excuses it.'
|
| I think I'm going to sit far far far on the other side of
| the overton window.
| version_five wrote:
| Anecdotally I think it's the long tail of ideological
| content rather than the extreme examples that make people
| leave. But I suppose it could be specific things that push
| people over the edge.
|
| I'm a strong free speech supporter - I'd rather there be
| lots of things that people find offensive on offer (as long
| as they wouldn't have been illegal in the year 2000). But
| having all new content revolve around some aspect of
| identity politics means there's nothing actually
| interesting to watch, which is why I've abandoned netflix
| now that I've seen all the foreign police procedurals.
| [deleted]
| [deleted]
| rvz wrote:
| This sort of tech-related crash had to come someday, and out of
| this earthquake in terms of these FAANG companies, Netflix (NFLX)
| stock has cratered 40% in one week and 75% from its all time
| high.
|
| The most obvious name one could come up with this is _The Big
| Tech Crash_ which has now spread into the private start-up
| markets. [0][1]
|
| As for Netflix itself, they are essentially a side-project for
| Disney, Apple and Amazon which after this disastrous earnings
| they respond by raising prices; which is a bad idea. If they
| don't think of something clever soon, they will be at risk of
| themselves being taken over.
|
| Probably won't happen, but we'll see.
|
| [0]
| https://www.ft.com/content/298baba3-83c7-45d3-8932-d811d248e...
|
| EDIT: Non-paywalled link.
|
| [1] https://archive.ph/sXcBQ
| xen2xen1 wrote:
| Steve Jobs told the Dropbox CEO his company was a "feature".
| You're saying Netflix is the same? I'm not saying Netflix is
| going to be Disney, but if they did their programming right
| they could approach that, eventually. At least an HBO.
| btgeekboy wrote:
| They have every opportunity to be an HBO. But they've got
| great tech combined with a collection of content missteps and
| excessive price hikes. When was the last time HBO's price
| went up?
| jalino23 wrote:
| paywall
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