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In response to "if only there had been a way for Amazon to settle up in the last 100 days . . . -- nm" by hollywood big shot

I'm confused why we'd expect them to. The issue is they're funding too many things that don't add to the bottom line of subscribers.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Aug 18 '23, 14:31

in 2022, they had 89 movies filmed.
in 2023, they had 49.

How many movies a year does a major studio create? Disney is doing 30, of which half are going to theatres where they'll make some revenue up front.

The idea that people are paying for the 48th movie is insanity, but that movie probably still cost tens of millions of dollars.

So cancel things that aren't actually contributing to the subscriber bottom line...save money.

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nobody held a gun to Bezos' head to create Prime Video. but he did. sorry if writers and actors have more spine than his warehouse workers and drivers -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 14:36 2
- Why settle though? You're assuming they still beelive that streaming is their lifeblood. It's clearly not -- for anyone - Will Hunting Aug 18, 15:00 1
  - i mean it's still the future, just not the way the dums dums who thought they could out-Netflix Netflix envisioned it being -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 15:14

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I'm confused why we'd expect them to. The issue is they're funding too many things that don't add to the bottom line of subscribers.

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