This is the quiet revolution. Creators like Brandon Rogers (a master of offensive, rapid-fire character comedy) or Joel Haver (inventor of rotoscoped existential improv) don't need Netflix. Their unrated content is their product, and their audience is their patron.

The most fascinating trend of the last five years is the Look at major studio releases:

Today, the boundary between mainstream and underground has blurred. Here is how unrated content became the new gold standard for digital storytelling. The Shift from Broadcast to Bitrate