My instincts tell me there was simply more money to be made with the changes, and that is why it evolved this way. In fact, I could argue it was inevitable.
Very few people who could run the site would say no to the manipulations, given how much wealth it created, and there was almost no fallout. At the same time, not playing ball with the movie companies would logically have them create competitors that had better funding.
Yeah, it’s really hard to tell the cause without more data. But I definitely think that there’s enough there to discount the acquisition itself.
My instincts tell me there was simply more money to be made with the changes, and that is why it evolved this way. In fact, I could argue it was inevitable.
Very few people who could run the site would say no to the manipulations, given how much wealth it created, and there was almost no fallout. At the same time, not playing ball with the movie companies would logically have them create competitors that had better funding.