• @alekwithak@lemmy.world
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    92 years ago

    You can support creative people directly. Acting like the money paid to Netflix is trickling down to them is laughable.

    • @Syrc@lemmy.world
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      52 years ago

      Sometimes it’s really hard to do that though. Like, with most Japanese animation studios you can only buy cels from their site, it’s often all in Japanese and some studios don’t even have that.

      Between marketing, producers, distribution and everything it’s become pretty damn hard to actually give the money to who you want.

    • redfellow
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      2 years ago

      It does. The streaming services won’t order more seasons etc if ratings are shit. That new season is lots of money for the people working, from set hands to camera men, writers etc.

      That said, I’ve not subscribed to any service since 2013 because none works like, say, Spotify.

      • Netflix, in particular, won’t order more seasons if the show didn’t get them more users. They don’t care about popularity itself. The shows are supposed to get more people to subscribe. Which is stupid. I’ve honestly never heard of anyone subbing to Netflix for one show.

        • redfellow
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          32 years ago

          Exactly what I’m talking about, but some people don’t realize the thing that if everyone pirates, the services stop spending money.

          But it’s their responsibility to make the service enticing

      • @alekwithak@lemmy.world
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        12 years ago

        Streaming services notoriously won’t order more seasons of shows that are popular, either. More seasons are more expensive than new shows.