Now even if new people watch the only season, they'll get to the cliffhanger, find out it's cancelled, and be less likely to try the next new Netflix show as soon as it comes out, which is a death spiral because more shows will get cancelled this fast.

They're obsessed with short term profits because that's what stockholders want, but that doesn't make the content consumers work, so they have to keep raising prices so the stock always increases until one day it just dies.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

less likely to try the next new netflix show

I admire your optimism

[–] thegr8goldfish@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My wife and I are halfway through the season, now series. Should I even bother watching the back half?

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

It's about the journey, not the destination. So yeah. I'd finish it

It's the typical Marvel cliffhanger where you get some answers and a decent ending, then like the very end sets up the next one that will never never exist.

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I think they've created this weird feedback loop for themselves too, where people are hesitant to start a new Netflix show because they don't want to watch one season, get invested and then get left on a cliffhanger (as is the case here), which is causing them to cancel things early because not enough people are watching immediately and so on.

TBH if they'd just show a bit more trust and invest in the talent they hire, and give new shows a couple of seasons to find their feet and establish themselves it'd help them tremendously in the long term I think, but they don't seem to be big on long term thinking.