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Re:Make Firefox Private Again by LunaSea on Thursday August 22, 2024 @09:44AM (#41320200)
Most people still seem to watch Hollywood quality movies so I don't know if your taste is very representative.
Re:Make Firefox Private Again by cassianoleal on Thursday August 22, 2024 @11:51AM (#41321592)
If by Hollywood quality you mean that it's professionally produced to a high standard (of production, of course), than I don't see what's bad about that. I only said I value content quality much more than production quality. Great content produced to a high standard is better than the same content badly produced.

There are some great movies out of Hollywood.

Re:Make Firefox Private Again by kjkjadksj on Thursday August 22, 2024 @11:39AM (#41321485)
Would they watch so many if they weren’t available at every movie theater in town and every streaming service on earth? A lot of attention has been devoted to such movies that would have been invested elsewhere in other efforts if movies didn’t exist.
Re:Make Firefox Private Again by nottorp on Thursday August 22, 2024 @10:27AM (#41320666)
High sales != quality. Maybe high sales ~= lowest common denominator?
Re:Make Firefox Private Again by LunaSea on Thursday August 22, 2024 @11:22AM (#41321320)
High sales doesn't mean quality but it does reflect the choice of the majority.

So if we were to move to a world where high quality productions were not feasible anymore for some reason or another then by definition most people would find this to be a problem.

Re:Make Firefox Private Again by nottorp on Thursday August 22, 2024 @12:05PM (#41321734)
No, I think the majority would just take what they're given.

Most "content" is "consumed" just to have something to do.