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My conspiracy theory lately has been that Netflix's search and basic UI is terrible on purpose, to make us not notice the shifts and declines in the streaming c

by thearn4 10y ago

My conspiracy theory lately has been that Netflix's search and basic UI is terrible on purpose, to make us not notice the shifts and declines in the streaming catalog quality. For the life of me I can't imagine why else they would ignore calls to improve it.

97s 10y ago
I subscribe to netflix once a year and binge watch all my favorite shows during the holidays. I tried staying subscribed to them, but their UI is so bad I never know what is new and what isn't. Why can't they have a list of newly added shows that isn't a huge picture. I don't enjoy horizontal scrolling.
- pcmaffey 10y ago
  Instantwatcher.com is your answer, with direct links to watch on netflix.
  - meowface 10y ago
    The sliders for dates and ratings are awesome. Now that's how you do a UI. And they're running this for free, while Amazon and Netflix are supposed to be spending billions on this.
  - 97s 10y ago
    Thanks for this. It is fantastic.
ams6110 10y ago
I'll just throw in Amazon Prime video as well. Why do all these companies have such horrible UI?
snowmaker 10y ago
It's not. It's just that most people do extremely simple searches. They experimented with more complex interfaces and while they please a minority of power-users, they reduce overall engagement by confusing the masses.
- danieltillett 10y ago
  In other words they reimplemented network tv.