It used to be that I’d binge most originals - but no more.
Example is Altered Carbon. First season excellent. Next season almost unwatchable because of “the message” above story quality. Same with Witcher.
I mostly keep it around for the “Netflix and Chill” dates.
But what's really interesting, maybe related to "the message" you mention, is that critics were the complete opposite of the audience and liked the second season even more! There was an article on HN recently about how critics seem out-of-touch with the audience. This was quite the glaring example.
Season 1: 70% critics, 90% audience: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/altered_carbon/s01
Season 2: 81% critics, 37% audience: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/altered_carbon/s02
Witcher was entertaining in a sort of Xena the Warrior Princess way, but it's hard to call this good television...
Most originals were shit. I cancelled.
I get Amazon Prime for free/quick delivery + music.
I found Bosch in it. Really high quality stuff. Good TV.
But then "The Message" took over in the second season.
It no longer was funny. No longer interesting. Writers were only concerned about politics and no longer interested in story. It became crap.
Those young characters could have rode along for another 4 seasons because of the excellent premise. But now....