docmox@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.world•The migration of large communities from Reddit to Lemmy is like a world-renowned band performing an acoustic set in a library for 50 people.English
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1 year agoAs more people join one will get selected. There was r/cars and r/autos for a long time. R/cars won out in the end.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say Netflix and other platforms probably picked up these shows/movies because they were cheap and wouldn’t need to pay out residuals if they became hits.
Kinda sucks they don’t get paid but honestly no one makes it out big on their first run. You use your new leverage to negotiate better the second time around, after you’re proven your worth.
A few exceptions to this, but more than likely the streaming platforms would have never picked up these shows were it not for the very beneficial terms.