Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Now, the streaming cartel stands poised to all but kill off documentary filmmaking. ...
Now, the streaming cartel stands poised to all but kill off documentary filmmaking. Pressured by Wall Street to drive high returns, they've become ultraconservative in their editorial decisions, making programs and films that are as similar as possible to existing successes, that are unchallenging, and that are *cheap*. We've gone directly from a golden age of docs to a dark age.
In a time of monopolies, it's tempting to form countermonopolies to keep them in check.
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