>it's flaunting how much 'scary data' you have on the users to say that a file has been accessed 56 times when everyones grandma would be fine with a viewcounte

>it's flaunting how much 'scary data' you have on the users to say that a file has been accessed 56 times when everyones grandma would be fine with a viewcounter on every video. I think it's a different matter. A viewcounter is seen as a stateless counter, increasing for every view/user but not going beyond that; Netflix's analysis is seen as stateful tracking, one that tracks a user through his consumption of data. Also, the former is content-focused, whereas the latter is arguably user-focused.