- Netflix produces the casual viewing content next to other niches, and just serves this as well. The other stuff doesn’t go away, this is in addition.
- This is something you can put on during long car trips, no need to focus on the screen, just focus on the audio, and it’s easier to listen to than an audiobook (which is just a narrated actual book).
- It has nothing to do with “endumbification”, even it it appears to be framed that way. People are still smart.
They could add a tag saying if you need to pay attention to the show or not. Currently it isn't very different from the other stuff just disappearing.