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Or edge cases like me will get that little boost to just give up on Netflix. I already use them less than other streaming services, and I could always just turn

by M_Grey 10y ago

Or edge cases like me will get that little boost to just give up on Netflix. I already use them less than other streaming services, and I could always just turn it on and off again.

karlshea 10y ago
Honestly one of the only reasons I keep it is because I have so many movies that I've rated and didn't want that time investment to go to waste. I guess now that isn't going to be a factor.
- M_Grey 10y ago
  That was definitely part of it or me too; the rating system has always been a draw. It took time to make it actually respond the way I needed it to, and now it's just... sigh
- pfd1986 10y ago
  This! My dream is to build an open source app that gathers all these personal ratings (from Netflix to Pandora to GoodReads to restaurants) and puts it back on where it belongs: the users hand!! Unfortunately finding the time to work on this will be tricky.. Anyone knows if that's a thing already?
- bad_user 10y ago
  Why on earth would you use Netflix as a rating service? First of all their library lacks a lot of great movies, or info about the movies they have. Netflix isn't IMDB.
  - __david__ 10y ago
    If you include the DVD service they have practically everything. I've been rating movies I've watched in Netflix since 2005-ish. IMDB makes sense, but I chose Netflix and now I'm stuck with them. Data silos suck.
    - ghaff 10y ago
      >If you include the DVD service they have practically everything. Though quite a bit less than they used to. My observation is that more and more back catalog type of items are no longer available.
      - M_Grey 10y ago
        They're definitely not replenishing stocks of some DVD's, which I suppose makes sense given the trend. I would assume if they get a certain number of requests they probably do though? Or is that my wishful thinking?
        ghaff 10y ago
        Maybe? The thing is that the incentives don't really align to make this a real priority of theirs and they've been pretty clear that shipping physical DVDs is not their long-term business model. So long as a lot of people don't start canceling their DVD service because of unavailable disks, they don't have real reason to replenish. Of course, given that they pretty much put every other rental place out of business, your only choice in a lot of cases is just to buy a disk if you want to watch something that isn't available streaming.
  - karlshea 10y ago
    Almost all of the ratings I did were back before they even had a streaming service and the library was great. Plus it was helpful to get good recommendations. Now it doesn't really matter, but all of those ratings are locked in. I've looked before halfheartedly for a way to export them but now that they cut the API off it doesn't seem like there's a great way to do that.
- r_smart 10y ago
  That used to be a big deal for me too. I had a little happy moment back when I rated my 1000th movie. Oh well.
- lostlogin 10y ago
  This lock-in is a pain. A similar thing happens with music streaming where getting playlists between services is just awful.
  - M_Grey 10y ago
    That is one reason I've always preferred to control my music directly. Music in particular is something I can't stand to have discontinuity of playlists and collections with.
    - lostlogin 10y ago
      Spotify reordered my lists. It frustrates me just less than the chore of fixing them would, which is a special class of irritation.
      - M_Grey 10y ago
        I hear you. It's one of the few things that actually elicits a physical response me from... a kind of shiver of anxiety. I put time and effort and maybe even a little bit of myself into my music lists... it's personal!
- extra88 10y ago
  I've rated thousands of movies and shows on Netflix, not just what I streamed or received from Netflix on disc but anything I've seen anywhere that I can recall and came across on their site. Having rated something is also a reminder that I've seen it. I didn't want to lose all that so I downloaded the pages [0]. I'll figure out how to scrape them and put them in a better format some other time. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/5zzc4g/batch_download_your_ratings_from_moviesyouveseen/ https://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/5zzc4g/batch_downl...
  - karlshea 10y ago
    If you go to your ratings page and scroll down so they all load this worked for me (paste into console) ratings = []; jQuery('li.retableRow').each(function (i, row) { ratings.push({ id: jQuery(row).find('.title a').attr('href').replace('/title/', ''), title: jQuery(row).find('.title a').text(), rating: jQuery(row).find('.starbar .personal').length }) }); then JSON.stringify(ratings) Or for CSV: ratings = ''; jQuery('li.retableRow').each(function (i, row) { ratings += jQuery(row).find('.date').text() + ',' + jQuery(row).find('.title a').attr('href').replace('/title/', '') + ',' + '"' + jQuery(row).find('.title a').text().replace('"', '""') + '",' + jQuery(row).find('.starbar .personal').length + "\n"; }); then print out the ratings variable.
    - extra88 10y ago
      That's the streaming site page which has less information and other problems (follow the link).
      - karlshea 10y ago
        I pulled mine from https://www.netflix.com/MoviesYouveSeen https://www.netflix.com/MoviesYouveSeen. I did notice a bunch that just said MOVIE but that was just a handful. My ratings page goes back to 2005 and I'm not subscribed to the DVD plan anymore.
agmcleod 10y ago
What other services do you use? I paid for prime, so i've watched some stuff on prime video, but there's really not much on there. Netflix is pretty much my only option for most TV shows. Worth noting I'm in Canada.
- Raphmedia 10y ago
  If you enjoy Anime or Asian drama (asian drama being live action, not animated) Crunchyroll has a huge catalog. It fills the void that Netflix has between two big Netflix Originals. Edit: Giving away one of my 48h Crunchyroll premium guest pass. No credit card required. I'm not working for Crunchyroll in any way, they give out guest pass monthly to premium users. First one to use this code wins: UWWJAQTDKYZ. Note that I will receive a notification telling me your username and perhaps your email address, if privacy is important to you.
- M_Grey 10y ago
  I'm in the US here, so I'm not sure where out options differ. For me, I do (as a poster below noted) like anime so Crunchyroll is a good choice. Hulu is good for seasonal TV stuff, and then I actually use a smartDNS to get access to UK channels. It's probably a matter of taste though... I don't like most movies, and prefer longer-forms for telling stories.
  - bubblethink 10y ago
    >use a smartDNS At that point, isn't just plain old piracy more convenient ?
    - M_Grey 10y ago
      I've been so long out of that game, I wouldn't know where to begin, so not for me, no.
    - nissehulth 10y ago
      Sadly, the simple answer is "yes". I used to use a VPN to watch US Netflix, but they started to block known VPNs and I didn't feel like spending time on workarounds. On the other hand, downloading the latest episode of some TV series takes only a few mouse clicks. For sure easier than fighting geo-restrictions. I still pay for Netflix, but doesn't really watch it much because of the tiny catalog available to me locally, I simply want to support them. Perhaps it will make me feel better if I would download any of their content. :)

by M_Grey 10y ago

Or edge cases like me will get that little boost to just give up on Netflix. I already use them less than other streaming services, and I could always just turn it on and off again.

karlshea 10y ago

Honestly one of the only reasons I keep it is because I have so many movies that I've rated and didn't want that time investment to go to waste. I guess now that isn't going to be a factor.

M_Grey 10y ago
That was definitely part of it or me too; the rating system has always been a draw. It took time to make it actually respond the way I needed it to, and now it's just... sigh
pfd1986 10y ago
This! My dream is to build an open source app that gathers all these personal ratings (from Netflix to Pandora to GoodReads to restaurants) and puts it back on where it belongs: the users hand!! Unfortunately finding the time to work on this will be tricky.. Anyone knows if that's a thing already?
bad_user 10y ago
Why on earth would you use Netflix as a rating service? First of all their library lacks a lot of great movies, or info about the movies they have. Netflix isn't IMDB.
- __david__ 10y ago
  If you include the DVD service they have practically everything. I've been rating movies I've watched in Netflix since 2005-ish. IMDB makes sense, but I chose Netflix and now I'm stuck with them. Data silos suck.
  - ghaff 10y ago
    >If you include the DVD service they have practically everything. Though quite a bit less than they used to. My observation is that more and more back catalog type of items are no longer available.
    - M_Grey 10y ago
      They're definitely not replenishing stocks of some DVD's, which I suppose makes sense given the trend. I would assume if they get a certain number of requests they probably do though? Or is that my wishful thinking?
      - ghaff 10y ago
        Maybe? The thing is that the incentives don't really align to make this a real priority of theirs and they've been pretty clear that shipping physical DVDs is not their long-term business model. So long as a lot of people don't start canceling their DVD service because of unavailable disks, they don't have real reason to replenish. Of course, given that they pretty much put every other rental place out of business, your only choice in a lot of cases is just to buy a disk if you want to watch something that isn't available streaming.
- karlshea 10y ago
  Almost all of the ratings I did were back before they even had a streaming service and the library was great. Plus it was helpful to get good recommendations. Now it doesn't really matter, but all of those ratings are locked in. I've looked before halfheartedly for a way to export them but now that they cut the API off it doesn't seem like there's a great way to do that.
r_smart 10y ago
That used to be a big deal for me too. I had a little happy moment back when I rated my 1000th movie. Oh well.
lostlogin 10y ago
This lock-in is a pain. A similar thing happens with music streaming where getting playlists between services is just awful.
- M_Grey 10y ago
  That is one reason I've always preferred to control my music directly. Music in particular is something I can't stand to have discontinuity of playlists and collections with.
  - lostlogin 10y ago
    Spotify reordered my lists. It frustrates me just less than the chore of fixing them would, which is a special class of irritation.
    - M_Grey 10y ago
      I hear you. It's one of the few things that actually elicits a physical response me from... a kind of shiver of anxiety. I put time and effort and maybe even a little bit of myself into my music lists... it's personal!
extra88 10y ago
I've rated thousands of movies and shows on Netflix, not just what I streamed or received from Netflix on disc but anything I've seen anywhere that I can recall and came across on their site. Having rated something is also a reminder that I've seen it. I didn't want to lose all that so I downloaded the pages [0]. I'll figure out how to scrape them and put them in a better format some other time. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/5zzc4g/batch_download_your_ratings_from_moviesyouveseen/ https://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/5zzc4g/batch_downl...
- karlshea 10y ago
  If you go to your ratings page and scroll down so they all load this worked for me (paste into console) ratings = []; jQuery('li.retableRow').each(function (i, row) { ratings.push({ id: jQuery(row).find('.title a').attr('href').replace('/title/', ''), title: jQuery(row).find('.title a').text(), rating: jQuery(row).find('.starbar .personal').length }) }); then JSON.stringify(ratings) Or for CSV: ratings = ''; jQuery('li.retableRow').each(function (i, row) { ratings += jQuery(row).find('.date').text() + ',' + jQuery(row).find('.title a').attr('href').replace('/title/', '') + ',' + '"' + jQuery(row).find('.title a').text().replace('"', '""') + '",' + jQuery(row).find('.starbar .personal').length + "\n"; }); then print out the ratings variable.
  - extra88 10y ago
    That's the streaming site page which has less information and other problems (follow the link).
    - karlshea 10y ago
      I pulled mine from https://www.netflix.com/MoviesYouveSeen https://www.netflix.com/MoviesYouveSeen. I did notice a bunch that just said MOVIE but that was just a handful. My ratings page goes back to 2005 and I'm not subscribed to the DVD plan anymore.

agmcleod 10y ago

What other services do you use? I paid for prime, so i've watched some stuff on prime video, but there's really not much on there. Netflix is pretty much my only option for most TV shows. Worth noting I'm in Canada.

Raphmedia 10y ago
If you enjoy Anime or Asian drama (asian drama being live action, not animated) Crunchyroll has a huge catalog. It fills the void that Netflix has between two big Netflix Originals. Edit: Giving away one of my 48h Crunchyroll premium guest pass. No credit card required. I'm not working for Crunchyroll in any way, they give out guest pass monthly to premium users. First one to use this code wins: UWWJAQTDKYZ. Note that I will receive a notification telling me your username and perhaps your email address, if privacy is important to you.
M_Grey 10y ago
I'm in the US here, so I'm not sure where out options differ. For me, I do (as a poster below noted) like anime so Crunchyroll is a good choice. Hulu is good for seasonal TV stuff, and then I actually use a smartDNS to get access to UK channels. It's probably a matter of taste though... I don't like most movies, and prefer longer-forms for telling stories.
- bubblethink 10y ago
  >use a smartDNS At that point, isn't just plain old piracy more convenient ?
  - M_Grey 10y ago
    I've been so long out of that game, I wouldn't know where to begin, so not for me, no.
  - nissehulth 10y ago
    Sadly, the simple answer is "yes". I used to use a VPN to watch US Netflix, but they started to block known VPNs and I didn't feel like spending time on workarounds. On the other hand, downloading the latest episode of some TV series takes only a few mouse clicks. For sure easier than fighting geo-restrictions. I still pay for Netflix, but doesn't really watch it much because of the tiny catalog available to me locally, I simply want to support them. Perhaps it will make me feel better if I would download any of their content. :)