“The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline. Acknowledging the cold-as-ice approach, several other sources reiterated the statement. One insider called it “a cruel but necessary evil.”

The studios and streamers’ next think financially strapped writers would go to WGA leadership and demand they restart talks before what could be a very cold Christmas. In that context, the studios and streamers feel they would be in a position to dictate most of the terms of any possible deal.

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    They should start their own studios then. Leave this businesses with nothing but the AI they wanted.

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    I hope the writers and actors can give them a fully featured ‘find out’ experience for all this fucking around they’re doing.

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    This is why we need to raise awareness of strike. Help them amplify their voices and generate the negative publicity that the studios are desperately trying to avoid!

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    Is there anything stopping the writers from finally working on that next great American novel they all have collectively been putting off? If there isn’t something legally barring them, I expect the quality/quantity of books to increase soon.