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: Discuss how digital technology has lowered the barrier to entry, allowing anyone with a laptop to remix high-budget media.
This extends to editing. In 2023, Netflix experimented with "choose your own adventure" branching narratives ( Bandersnatch , Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ) and skip-intro logic. More recently, they have tested playback speed patches and vertical video crops of widescreen movies for mobile users. The "same movie" is no longer the same experience.
Why aren't audiences rioting in the streets over this? Three reasons: