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Netflix's Message to Korea: We just did our best

  Netflix's Message to Korea We just did our best.   By Cho Young-shin | Media Industry Critic & Adjunct Professor at Dongguk University  ( KoBPRA WEBZINE Vol.91 ) It’s been 10 years of Netflix. In that time, the video market has changed so much that the phrase "a sea change" doesn't even begin to describe it. The word "coronation," which I mentioned in my book After Netflix , also falls short of explaining this phenomenon. At the center of all this change is Netflix. Yet, we've never actually managed to ask for Netflix's opinion. Netflix surely has its own side of the story, but it doesn't reveal its inner thoughts. So, I decided to write from Netflix's first-person perspective. I hope this process will clarify how we, from our position, should respond to Netflix's arguments. Would a writer, an actor, a broadcaster, or a production company agree with Netflix's thinking? If not, what counterarguments could they raise? I encourage ...