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> It's a workaround, but it's still making streaming feel more like cable TV, since now you again have to watch shows according to a schedule. This already hap
by nickjj 7y ago
> It's a workaround, but it's still making streaming feel more like cable TV, since now you again have to watch shows according to a schedule.
This already happens now if you're only subbed to Netflix.
They are constantly removing titles.
It definitely starts to feel like a schedule because now it's like "I have to watch this before October 1st otherwise it'll be pulled".
The worst is when you deal with series too. Like casually watching a 6 season series and you get to the end of season 1, give it a break for a bit but then when you want to resume it a month or 2 later the entire thing is gone.
Combined with a horrible browsing ability for your watch list and you end up adding these great shows to your list but then 2 months later you have no idea how many of them are gone since you can only browse like 6 titles at a time on your watch list that might have hundreds of titles.
Once you feel pressured into watching things due to a fear of missing out you've entered a dangerous place and this is when people will begin looking for alternatives.
- sp332 7y agoSeveral sites have regular articles on what's leaving Netflix. e.g. https://netflixupdate.com/leaving-netflix/ https://netflixupdate.com/leaving-netflix/ Edit: I don't think this is a positive thing for Netflix. And trying to keep up with it probably would just give customers anxiety. But it's a constant reminder that you don't really get to watch what you want with Netflix, which I think is useful to be reminded of now and then.
- nickjj 7y agoYes but the experience for this is very poor. Now you need to browse a different site on a very regular basis to remember exactly what's coming and going. If you can barely remember what you ate for dinner 6 nights ago, how are you going to remember the ~50 titles they are removing at varying days in September? Plus, sites and patterns like this just further fuel the "better watch what Netflix says to watch" motto. Your viewing selections are shaped by what's coming and going instead of what you want to watch.