They seem to think that unless a show is record-breaking or award-winning it will not be profitable to renew but they fail to recognize that most people don't give a shit about the accolades as long as a show is good.

And even then, it is normal to take more than one eight-episode season to pick up real cultural traction. Plenty of now-beloved shows did not reach mainstream popularity until they were multiple seasons deep.

Netflix fails to consider the longevity of their IPs over the initial peak of interest, and have thus cultivated a self-fulfilling prophecy as people avoid starting new shows because they don't want to become invested in something that is more likely than not to be cancelled, and thus these new shows don't reach the ludicrous viewership standard they have set to justify a renewal.

Sure, they get new subscribers for new shows but what keeps them there? Maybe they'd actually stay subscribed if a new season of something they are invested in is on the way (barring the cost itself, which is a whole different can of worms).

Plenty of people subscribe only for one or two shows- I remember people cancelling their subscriptions when they took The Office off because that show alone was keeping them on the platform.

Supernatural did not get 15 seasons because of its exceptional writing or cinematography (ha), they got 15 seasons because of devoted fans who wanted more. Who kept rewatching and buying merchandise and paying for con tickets.

Daredevil is one of the best shows I have ever seen, and that was at the time where the "early" cancellation was common after three seasons (with 12+ episodes). Inside Job is one of the only adult animated series that I have ever thoroughly enjoyed, and it was lucky to have two seasons. Shadow and Bone had the potential to be a franchise based in the extended Grishaverse, and yet it also ended after two seasons.

Finally- not everyone watches shows the day they release! We don't all have that sort of time, and it's ok to discover a new show a week, a month, a year after it releases! Word of mouth and fan culture/communities have been the rock upon which lasing series are created, from Star Trek to Game of Thrones.

Engagement is the point, and Tumblr limiting likes at a thousand, forcing users to be selective or pick and choose which content they like, is a serious disservice. This is nothing more than an attempt to get users to subscribe to the premium plan, which allows 2,000 likes per day.

1) that's my money bitch, you're not having it. Fuck you multi million dollar company.

Remember when streaming services were new? Their whole business model revolved around ad free streaming. Buy a subscription and watch your shows with no interruptions! Then the suits got greedy. Now it's "buy a subscription to watch your shows, but now you have to watch ads unless you pay our ✨Extortion Fee✨

Remember older games? You bought a disc or cartridge with the game on it. Just pop in YOUR game and enjoy! Then the corpos got greedy again. Now we have the privilege of renting the game from companies that can take them away at any time.

Imagine this bullshit in any other situation. You go to the grocery store to resupply your home. You hit the checkout and you pay $100 for your food. A week later, representatives from Walmart come to your house and take everything that you bought with your hard earned money back to the store because you didn't pay the monthly subscription fee to be a shopper at Walmart.