Yah it’s not consumer demand. It’s the greedy ass fatsuits pushing for rushing and understaffing.
Plus I don’t remember asking hollywood to hurry up. UPS, sure it’d be nice to get my package earlier, but not at the cost of the delivery guy’s mental health
I was just coming in to say the same thing. Don't get me wrong, I think the average consumer's desire for speed and convenience above everything else (including ethics) is a problem, but that is completely separate from these industries posting record profits (even after adjusting for inflation) yet still paying and treating their workers for/like shit.
That’s right. That speed and convenience is already there, happening because of the workers who wake up every day and make the world happen.
But writers, directors, and actors (among others) receiving no (or comically small, like literal cents) for residuals because industry suit-wearing parasites created a looophole in streaming such that payment is not required? That’s a big reason for those media strikes. Among many other abuses such as trying to replace people with “AI” which only benefits the people who don’t work and contribute to society.
If every rich bastard acting as shareholder disappeared tomorrow, the world would continue on. But a strike is really making people get bent out of shape because they are slightly inconvenienced as people fight for fair wages and treatment. That tells you who is really important I guess.
We need to break up all media and scatter it to the winds. I know it won’t happen, but it needs to happen. It all acts as a propaganda network for their billionaire owners protecting their own class to our detriment.
This title and framing is absolute horseshit.
Abolish Amazon prime tomorrow. Break the company into tiny pieces, raise the cost of streaming platforms and cut the CEO pay by 1000% (they will still make millions).
That's what consumers want. You can see viewers just giving money to talents on twitch and YouTube. People want to reward good content. Hollywood and these large corporations have just become extremely good at separating the workers from the value of labor, and taking the overwhelming lion's share for investors.
Dawg fake news is shilling daddy's propaganda... Always have.
Obviously rent seeking money changers dindu nuffin, this fight is between demanding customers and dead beat wage slaves.
Consumers aren't forcing the companies to have their workers work long days for little pay. Companies wanting to take in all the extra money consumers are offering without actually paying anymore out are the problem here.
The poppy refiner knows heroin is addictive.
as companies scramble to meet customer expectations for speed and convenience in industries transformed by technology.
It’s not customer expectations that are driving low wages and overwork, it’s corporate greed. If Netflix / UPS / hired more workers and paid better wages then there wouldn’t be an issue. Blaming customers is just an attempt to deflect from the real culprits.
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