>>500049614Creators are often given way more creative freedom on the platform.
Contrary to popular belief, this is not necessarily a good thing. Good art is often made because of the limitations on it.
When some people are told they can do anything, they are then going to do something silly and nonsensical.
You know how people used to complain about shows being toy commercials and corporate slop? Well it turns out, having shareholders invested in your product and companies having a large stake in your product prevented it from taking certain dumb risks.
The reason that characters had to look good/appealing in a lot of older media is because that was what would sell. The reason that a plot couldn't be too crazy and off the wall is because it would alienate too much of the audience to sell.
But with netflix type stuff, the budget is subsidized by a multi million dollar corporation with money to burn. So if you are already famous and want to make a propaganda piece, or just a generally low quality product, you can as long as you have connections.
When Kevin Smith made the new He-Man show that killed He-Man in the first episode and was mostly focused on his friends, he asked his bosses at Netflix "Hey, should I bring him back? The fans online are getting really upset." And they said something like "You don't have to if you don't want to. We make a billion dollars from that Squid Game show, so it doesn't matter if some random cartoon gets review bombed."
That's another thing. Media has become a big insular circle of yes-men, so even if a show is bad, they'll just dismiss any and all criticism, no matter how valid and assure themselves that they are right. Because they have billions to waste, they don't care if a product fails here or there, either. It's why these companies have been making low quality glitchy games for years now as well, they don't care about the bad reviews.
This is of course, not sustainable in the long run, but they don't NEED to care. Yet.
