“The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline. Acknowledging the cold-as-ice approach, several other sources reiterated the statement. One insider called it “a cruel but necessary evil.”
I personally think the writers guild strike represents a bigger and broader problem in current society. It’s all about the ever increasing bottom line and trying to squeeze out every last drop of profit and the creators/ peoples expense.
Why should we subscribe to a streaming service that doesn’t represent our shared values and on top of that will no doubt see reduced quality content in the near future?