Reed Hastings’ comments come shortly after a report was released stating that licensed content (like full seasons of Grey’s Anatomy and Breaking Bad) is way more popular with subscribers than original content, and the numbers were rather shocking considering the emphasis Netflix places on original series.
That said, the numbers used to accumulate the data were not officially released from Netflix, and we can bet that Netflix had numbers that encouraged the production of originals.
There’s no saying at this point if all the billions of dollars will sway more viewers toward original series like Stranger Things and Ozark rather than licensed content; we can only wait and see.