Netflix Cap Reality TV

Removing brains from the deep-fryer

I’m not sure what exactly happened, but it feels like, since the pandemic, someone dropped a brick on the gas pedal for producing reality television. So many shows have popped up since 2020, and they just seem… dumb. Yes, I’m aware it can be fun to detach from reality for a bit (thus the name “reality TV” but at the same time, ingesting a steady diet of mindless content feels unfulfilling.

This got me thinking… what if there were a way to limit how much reality tv one can consume? I imagine a Netflix feature where this section of content is blacked out once you’ve hit your quota. I can see this making many customers irate, but maybe pointing them to prestige television shows could be healing.

There’s no way this ever ships because it would kneecap Netflix (given the amount of content they produce), but it might be the right move if we wanted to psychologically benefit society.

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