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But the hangover has arrived. The bill for that $20 billion content spree has come due. The barrier to entry has never been lower

The golden age of choice is a marvel. But as the algorithms get smarter and the franchises get safer, one wonders if we are watching media—or if the media is watching us watch it, tweaking the formula until there is nothing left but the perfect, hollow loop of the "For You" page. We have become a species of

Studios are now in a brutal cycle of "rationalization." We are witnessing the mass deletion of shows for tax write-offs (the infamous Batgirl and Final Space incidents), massive layoffs across Hollywood, and a pivot back to "safe" intellectual property (IP). Why gamble on a new idea when you can reboot Harry Potter as a TV series or turn Barbie into a philosophical existential comedy?