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I cancelled my netflix account because I realized I was spending more time looking for things to watch than actually watching things. I was spending more time

I cancelled my netflix account because I realized I was spending more time looking for things to watch than actually watching things. I was spending more time with netflix in a bored/annoyed state than an entertained state.

bonestamp2 8y ago
I'm finding myself in HBO way more than Netflix these days. I think part of it is the library science side of it. When I go into the HBO app, it's one swipe and one click to continue watching the last thing I was watching. Everything else is well organized too, with good separation between the list of all content in categories vs the content they're promoting. In Netflix, not only is it hard to find the last thing I was watching, but everything else is mixed together and worse: it moves around nearly every time I open the app. An endless amount of categories and lists seem to be invented all the time and are at the top of the interface where my "continue watching" category should be every single time. I get it, you're creative Netflix, and you want to promote stuff but that's not as helpful as consistency... and the proof is that you're losing me. Let me finish what I'm in the middle of and promote your stuff afterwards, or at least have a consistent shortcut to get to the continue watching category much more easily.
rdtsc 8y ago
Me too. I distinctly remember sitting for 30 minutes trying to pick something and then just browsing the web and not finding anything. There were movies I'd want to watch, it's just that Netflix didn't have them. I plan on joining again for a bit, watch a few shows they made in the years since I left, then probably dropping them again.
edgarvaldes 8y ago
I spend A LOT of time downloading and organizing my movie collection, but somehow I enjoy even that time, alongside the occasions I can watch a whole movie (between job and family obligations)

bonestamp2 8y ago

I'm finding myself in HBO way more than Netflix these days. I think part of it is the library science side of it. When I go into the HBO app, it's one swipe and one click to continue watching the last thing I was watching. Everything else is well organized too, with good separation between the list of all content in categories vs the content they're promoting. In Netflix, not only is it hard to find the last thing I was watching, but everything else is mixed together and worse: it moves around nearly every time I open the app. An endless amount of categories and lists seem to be invented all the time and are at the top of the interface where my "continue watching" category should be every single time. I get it, you're creative Netflix, and you want to promote stuff but that's not as helpful as consistency... and the proof is that you're losing me. Let me finish what I'm in the middle of and promote your stuff afterwards, or at least have a consistent shortcut to get to the continue watching category much more easily.

rdtsc 8y ago

Me too. I distinctly remember sitting for 30 minutes trying to pick something and then just browsing the web and not finding anything. There were movies I'd want to watch, it's just that Netflix didn't have them. I plan on joining again for a bit, watch a few shows they made in the years since I left, then probably dropping them again.

edgarvaldes 8y ago

I spend A LOT of time downloading and organizing my movie collection, but somehow I enjoy even that time, alongside the occasions I can watch a whole movie (between job and family obligations)