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Kudos to Netflix. I pay Netflix money every month so I can watch a wide selection of movies and tv episodes. Apart from the script writing itself, I don’t want

Kudos to Netflix. I pay Netflix money every month so I can watch a wide selection of movies and tv episodes. Apart from the script writing itself, I don’t want any games played with my attention or my kids attention. This is the big thing that sets Netflix apart for me from other internet companies: I know that they are selling me a service and not selling my attention to others. As long as they keep doing that and have a good selection of movies and shows they will have my business.

Joe-Z 8y ago
>This is the big thing that sets Netflix apart for me from other internet companies Oh please. By some miracle every Netflix-produced thing has a >90%-match with my preferences, yet somehow when I type in movies that I want to watch I find Netflix had them in their catalogue but never bothered to suggest them to me. They want you to see self-produced stuff and then a show and not a movie (so you stay on longer) and not to find the best matches for your taste. Also, giving them Kudos for not doing something that should have been a no-starter in the first place sets a pretty low bar for giving someone Kudos.
- Wowfunhappy 8y ago
  So you don't think there's a difference between: A) A company that makes money from you spending as much time on their website as possible B) A website that makes a set amount of money per user because you voluntarily pay them every month Company A is not inclined to optimize for user happiness, whereas company B absolutely is. If these two companies do not take different approaches, then one or both of them is doing something wrong. Edit: And for the record, I do think that on the whole, Netflix is behaving far too much like Company A despite having Company B's business model.
  - Joe-Z 8y ago
    Yes, I think there should be a difference between companies A and B and obviously Netflix has its upsides like no Netflix-unrelated) ads. However... your edit sums it up pretty nicely ;)

Joe-Z 8y ago

>This is the big thing that sets Netflix apart for me from other internet companies Oh please. By some miracle every Netflix-produced thing has a >90%-match with my preferences, yet somehow when I type in movies that I want to watch I find Netflix had them in their catalogue but never bothered to suggest them to me. They want you to see self-produced stuff and then a show and not a movie (so you stay on longer) and not to find the best matches for your taste. Also, giving them Kudos for not doing something that should have been a no-starter in the first place sets a pretty low bar for giving someone Kudos.

Wowfunhappy 8y ago
So you don't think there's a difference between: A) A company that makes money from you spending as much time on their website as possible B) A website that makes a set amount of money per user because you voluntarily pay them every month Company A is not inclined to optimize for user happiness, whereas company B absolutely is. If these two companies do not take different approaches, then one or both of them is doing something wrong. Edit: And for the record, I do think that on the whole, Netflix is behaving far too much like Company A despite having Company B's business model.
- Joe-Z 8y ago
  Yes, I think there should be a difference between companies A and B and obviously Netflix has its upsides like no Netflix-unrelated) ads. However... your edit sums it up pretty nicely ;)