In all honesty, if you've seen Netflix software quality deteriorate over the last few months you probably know that they are not that excellent anymore. It's always like this. As long as there's real growth, there's real talent at work. But once that stops (and they now own the whole world, where should growth come from) the Machiavellian spirits set in. And the top doesn't really care about it, since the game of staying at the top is different from the game of getting to the top. The game of staying at the top is very Machiavellian in nature.

If it can be seen on the outside already, then that means it's growing on the inside for a few years. And your post shows that it's really like this. Sad.