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.
Commercial tiers on streaming services predate the terms of the new SAG-AFTRA and WGA deals but nice try blaming unions for corporate greed.
Yep! Never said they didn’t.
Then maybe you should stop trying to blame corporate greed on union workers.
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.
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.
Right there. You said it. So stop this poor attempt at gaslighting. Nobody here is as stupid as you seem to think we are.
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.
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.
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.
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 🤦🏾♂️😂
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.