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I used to feel that Netflix was an amazingly good deal at $10/month. Now I feel like it's just barely worth that much and if there are many more user hostile UX

I used to feel that Netflix was an amazingly good deal at $10/month. Now I feel like it's just barely worth that much and if there are many more user hostile UX changes I might just bail out entirely. So much of their current interface seems designed mainly to hide the fact that they don't actually have that much good content.

MrMember 8y ago
I canceled my Netflix account about a year ago. Terrible UI changes, steady removal of great shows and movies (yes, I know this isn't technically their fault), and price increases made it no longer worth it to me.
- modells 8y ago
  I cancelled and share with family. Their catalog is shit, their apps are anti-viewer, some of their content is okay but they're turning the customer experience into repugnant, corporate shit.
Frqy3 8y ago
Not just hostile UX changes, but also less attention to getting things right. For example, we sometimes watch a show/movie with subtitles. But netflix frequently gets confused about whether subtitles should be on or off and with which language they should be in, even with simply stopping viewing and coming back later. We sometimes use English subtitles, but then they get turned on automatically in various languages for other shows/movies.
Reedx 8y ago
I think it's still a great deal. A series or a couple good movies/month makes it worth it. And it's easy to find at least that (granted I don't consume a lot and have a huge watchlist backlog that never seems to shrink). How much content are people expecting for $10?
- lazerpants 8y ago
  Well, in 2007, my roommate and I split the 4 DVD at a time plan for about $20 a month, so my share was about $10 a month. For $10 a month at that time I gained access to basically every DVD ever released. There were a few art house type movies that were out of print that took forever to get copies of due to being in others' ques, but for the most part, I had access to all commercially released video for the past 100 years for $10. Adjusted for inflation, that's $12.45 today.
whywhywhywhy 8y ago
> designed mainly to hide the fact that they don't actually have that much good content. I noticed this, they removed the categories browser for me, it still shows up occasionally but it's hidden very deep in recommendations I can't find a way to directly go to it other than pressing down for a few minutes till it crops up. Guess it makes sense for them, I used to boot it up and go straight in there and devour everything new in categories I cared about while still ignoring everything I passed over previously. These moves to try and remove the choice from what I watch in the hopes of getting me to watch things I wouldn't watch out of choice seems so bizarre when the initial pitch of Netflix vs cable/terrestrial was being in control of what you watch.
madeuptempacct 8y ago
I never had Netflix before. Any time I toggle through it, there is never the movie I want, no matter how old. Or any shows worth watching.

MrMember 8y ago

I canceled my Netflix account about a year ago. Terrible UI changes, steady removal of great shows and movies (yes, I know this isn't technically their fault), and price increases made it no longer worth it to me.

modells 8y ago
I cancelled and share with family. Their catalog is shit, their apps are anti-viewer, some of their content is okay but they're turning the customer experience into repugnant, corporate shit.

Frqy3 8y ago

Not just hostile UX changes, but also less attention to getting things right. For example, we sometimes watch a show/movie with subtitles. But netflix frequently gets confused about whether subtitles should be on or off and with which language they should be in, even with simply stopping viewing and coming back later. We sometimes use English subtitles, but then they get turned on automatically in various languages for other shows/movies.

Reedx 8y ago

I think it's still a great deal. A series or a couple good movies/month makes it worth it. And it's easy to find at least that (granted I don't consume a lot and have a huge watchlist backlog that never seems to shrink). How much content are people expecting for $10?

lazerpants 8y ago
Well, in 2007, my roommate and I split the 4 DVD at a time plan for about $20 a month, so my share was about $10 a month. For $10 a month at that time I gained access to basically every DVD ever released. There were a few art house type movies that were out of print that took forever to get copies of due to being in others' ques, but for the most part, I had access to all commercially released video for the past 100 years for $10. Adjusted for inflation, that's $12.45 today.

whywhywhywhy 8y ago

> designed mainly to hide the fact that they don't actually have that much good content. I noticed this, they removed the categories browser for me, it still shows up occasionally but it's hidden very deep in recommendations I can't find a way to directly go to it other than pressing down for a few minutes till it crops up. Guess it makes sense for them, I used to boot it up and go straight in there and devour everything new in categories I cared about while still ignoring everything I passed over previously. These moves to try and remove the choice from what I watch in the hopes of getting me to watch things I wouldn't watch out of choice seems so bizarre when the initial pitch of Netflix vs cable/terrestrial was being in control of what you watch.

madeuptempacct 8y ago

I never had Netflix before. Any time I toggle through it, there is never the movie I want, no matter how old. Or any shows worth watching.