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Re:Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Sha... by catalogia on Friday November 08, 2019 @06:53PM (#21488254)
It's quite simple: mass market content is made for the lowest common denominator. See also, Jack of all trades, master of none.

It's not a phenomena unique to movies, or the modern international economy, it's a pattern that pops up all over the place. Look at multi-tool pocket knives: capable of doing many things, but mediocre at everything.

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Re:Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Sha... by aptwebapps on Saturday November 09, 2019 @01:07AM (#21489926)
And as you expand to a global audience, the lowest common denominator gets lower.
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Re:Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Sha... by ghemsley on Saturday November 09, 2019 @12:50PM (#21492938)
That doesn't necessarily follow.
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Re:Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Sha... by aptwebapps on Saturday November 09, 2019 @01:22PM (#21493207)
I mean, mathematically it certainly does, but maybe the metaphor is getting a bit strained.
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