The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food delivered to their doorstep with a phone swipe.

  • @[email protected]
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    111 year ago

    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.

    • sadreality
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      01 year ago

      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.