Netflix's White Noise- Log 7

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Netflix makes so much money and has so many subscribers it makes $950 million dollars every month.  Everyone has Netflix, and it is surprising when you come across someone who doesn't.  I  recently watched To All the Boys I've Loved Before with my friends and it was okay.  Nothing great about it, but nothing terrible.  I have realized now that Netflix is cranking out so many movies and TV shows that most of them become white noise and are just content.  I have been seeing a lot on the news that a lot of big companies are pulling their content off of Netflix.  To counter this, Netflix has been making an insane amount of content.  Most of which is not the best quality.  Mindless movies and shows to keep us entertained.  Even though To All the Boys I've Loved Before was entertaining, it is definitely not at the level of most other films.
Image result for to all the boys i've loved beforeThis may be a pessimistic view of the reality of "Netflix Originals,"  but it seems to me, that Netflix is aiming for quantity over quality because no one in our fast-paced society wants to wait for quality entertainment.  Mindless shows and movies are faster to create so they deliver more content to the audience.  For me,  I would rather have quality over quantity.  I would rather watch one really good movie than 100 sub-par movies but in this society, in Netflix's society, the amount of content is more important than its quality.  The same could be said for a lot of Youtuber's channels.  Some of the biggest Youtube channels have so many videos they become white noise, just sought because it is what is popular even if there is not much quality there.
When I look through Netflix, all I see is a few great cinematic works and a lot of sub-par content.  Even though To All the Boys I've Loved Before was super popular over the summer, it is not a great movie.  While it was an entertaining movie, it becomes white noise along with all the other content on Netflix.  Our society has become too obsessed with quantity over quality.

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  1. ChloeeJanuary 9, 2019 at 12:14 AM

    This is something I have noticed as well, and it reinforces the idea that quantity matter over quality. It shows the world that it’s fine to do mediocre work, as long as you did enough of it that it looks like you worked hard

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