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unpopularopp ◴[] No.35413183[source]
Good. Americans are usually not aware of the extent of american cultural imperialism which is basically everywhere, not just in Europe but you can see it very strong here

I'm not saying it's bad or good. But I wish we have less Hollywood, less Netflix, less american music, less american videogames, less imported american culture topics etc when actual local music, movies, books, games exist.

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lxgr ◴[] No.35413477[source]
I enjoy local music, books and games a lot, but legally enforcing "less American culture" seems like a really strange/indirect way of supporting local productions. Why shouldn’t people be allowed to choose what they spend their money and time on?

And if you think that there should be more support for their producers to compete with Hollywood budgets: Have you watched the credits of any European film or TV production recently? There are lots of government funds (EU and national/local) being spent on just that.

Also, Netflix has probably done more for both the funding and international distribution of European TV shows than all European streaming services combined.

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est31 ◴[] No.35413992[source]
> Also, Netflix has probably done more for both the funding and international distribution of European TV shows than all European streaming services combined.

Note that they also get a lot of subsidies from the local governments to film in their location. They are not doing it for charity.

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1. lxgr ◴[] No.35414249[source]
Absolutely, Netflix is not a non-profit by any means.

Still, I think in this case it's a synergy. I don't think something like "Dark" would have existed without Netflix, for example, nor would I be able to watch Belgian, Spanish, Turkish, Japanese and many other productions in Europe or the US that easily.

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2. est31 ◴[] No.35414690[source]
Fair points. I'm definitely a fan of Netflix, and their european productions are very shiny visually although sometimes the the quality of the script is kinda bad. But some of their european productions are really great. But in those productions, at least if they play in the current day, they are using paypal, google, tinder, etc all the time. But yeah at least sth like Dark would probably not have gotten funding by either the public or private broadcasters in Germany.