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by expedition32 38 days ago
Netflix makes what people actually watch (remember they have the EXACT numbers) not what the critics like.

When folks come home from a hard day of work they don't want HBO.

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Fun fact: entertainment production and show business are so expensive that most things that are made are actually made for people who watch those things.

This holds true for Netflix but it also holds true for HBO.

What is mind numbing is the bit about Netflix making exactly what people want to watch. It doesn't work that way. Netflix orders content from a supply chain. Netflix can feed in the info to the supply chain on what the numbers say, but not much else.

> When folks come home from a hard day of work they don't want HBO.

that's hilarious, since today, as many other days, i am literally looking forward to watching HBO when i get home from work