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,, The business model is refreshingly simple: people pay to watch shows they'll enjoy'' I believe that this is true, but I also have a feeling that the main go

,, The business model is refreshingly simple: people pay to watch shows they'll enjoy'' I believe that this is true, but I also have a feeling that the main goal for netflix is maximizing views, and not maximizing the experience per supscriber weighted by user spend. In other words I would prefer less, but very well thought out and executed movies that focus on having a great story (like House of Cards until the main character was kicked out of the series). I would still pay the same amount of money for those few movies than a person who's binging on all new lower quality and lower budget series. I loved the movie Dune for example, where the story made sense, in opposed to Netflix's Brave new world, where even my girlfriend who read the book said that the movie doesn't make any sense, and it has nothing to do with the book itself, and totally ruined it, as the movie series had no story. Can you tell me if Netflix focuses on total views for a movie, or rather tries to estimate the revenue by dividing user spend by the number of movies the user watched?

AnonHP 5y ago
>> ,, The business model is refreshingly simple: people pay to watch shows they'll enjoy'' > I believe that this is true, but I also have a feeling that the main goal for netflix is maximizing views, and not maximizing the experience per supscriber weighted by user spend. Not GP, but I believe Netflix has patterns to keep the subscriber in the app for as long as possible, including browsing through the list, adding things to an endless list, moving through the list of content just to avoid the trailer that would autoplay (this was around for years until it brought an option to disable the autoplay)…in other words, Netflix has focused (intentionally or unintentionally) on reducing the amount of actual content streamed while making sure the person isn’t using another streaming service for longer. > …in opposed to Netflix’s Brave new world… There are many titles on Netflix that are marked as Netflix Originals that aren’t produced by Netflix or even show up on Netflix first. Brave New World was a Peacock (the streaming service from NBC) original that was canceled after the first season. It was sometime after this that Netflix bought it and stamped it as a Netflix Original. I have no idea why Netflix bought it or how it relates to the book though.
- xiphias2 5y ago
  > making sure the person isn’t using another streaming service for longer. Thanks, as I just pay for all available streaming services, I forgot that most people don't view them as orthogonal services...now the whole strategy makes so much more sense. About the Netflix Original comment: it's again only about maximizing viewing time, but at least now I understand the reason. It means ,,not available on other streaming services, stay here''
  - Talanes 5y ago
    Yeah, the strategy doesn't quite have the same oomph when you're already content having a few different streaming services subscribed at a time. If I spend too long browsing Netflix without picking something, I switch apps and leave a mental check against leaving Netflix in the renew rotation, but only because I have a backup already on deck.
smashed 5y ago
The auto play of movie trailers while browsing for titles irritates me to the core. It's like I know I can't read the description longer than 3 seconds or else all these moving pictures that I don't want to see are going to start jumping at me. I know it sounds like a 1st world problem but it made the Netflix experience unbearable for me. I was ready to cancel my subscription. Then I learned on this site while reading comments you can turn this off by logging in your account on the web. These *&$ knew only geeks like me would be put off by auto-playng trailers. They knew only geeks like me would find the turn off setting. I hate Netflix, but I'm still paying. I hate myself.
- OJFord 5y ago
  > The auto play of movie trailers while browsing for titles irritates me to the core. Nevermind trailers, what about when it just starts playing the film while you're reading the description and talking about it? I agree it's infuriating. Always end up doing this ridiculous quick-jumping around back and forth dance, and often end up on mute too if we don't decide quickly. > Then I learned on this site while reading comments you can turn this off by logging in your account on the web. I have 'do not autoplay previews' on in my settings; don't see an option for 'do not autoplay features'.

AnonHP 5y ago

>> ,, The business model is refreshingly simple: people pay to watch shows they'll enjoy'' > I believe that this is true, but I also have a feeling that the main goal for netflix is maximizing views, and not maximizing the experience per supscriber weighted by user spend. Not GP, but I believe Netflix has patterns to keep the subscriber in the app for as long as possible, including browsing through the list, adding things to an endless list, moving through the list of content just to avoid the trailer that would autoplay (this was around for years until it brought an option to disable the autoplay)…in other words, Netflix has focused (intentionally or unintentionally) on reducing the amount of actual content streamed while making sure the person isn’t using another streaming service for longer. > …in opposed to Netflix’s Brave new world… There are many titles on Netflix that are marked as Netflix Originals that aren’t produced by Netflix or even show up on Netflix first. Brave New World was a Peacock (the streaming service from NBC) original that was canceled after the first season. It was sometime after this that Netflix bought it and stamped it as a Netflix Original. I have no idea why Netflix bought it or how it relates to the book though.

xiphias2 5y ago
> making sure the person isn’t using another streaming service for longer. Thanks, as I just pay for all available streaming services, I forgot that most people don't view them as orthogonal services...now the whole strategy makes so much more sense. About the Netflix Original comment: it's again only about maximizing viewing time, but at least now I understand the reason. It means ,,not available on other streaming services, stay here''
- Talanes 5y ago
  Yeah, the strategy doesn't quite have the same oomph when you're already content having a few different streaming services subscribed at a time. If I spend too long browsing Netflix without picking something, I switch apps and leave a mental check against leaving Netflix in the renew rotation, but only because I have a backup already on deck.

smashed 5y ago

The auto play of movie trailers while browsing for titles irritates me to the core. It's like I know I can't read the description longer than 3 seconds or else all these moving pictures that I don't want to see are going to start jumping at me. I know it sounds like a 1st world problem but it made the Netflix experience unbearable for me. I was ready to cancel my subscription. Then I learned on this site while reading comments you can turn this off by logging in your account on the web. These *&$ knew only geeks like me would be put off by auto-playng trailers. They knew only geeks like me would find the turn off setting. I hate Netflix, but I'm still paying. I hate myself.

OJFord 5y ago
> The auto play of movie trailers while browsing for titles irritates me to the core. Nevermind trailers, what about when it just starts playing the film while you're reading the description and talking about it? I agree it's infuriating. Always end up doing this ridiculous quick-jumping around back and forth dance, and often end up on mute too if we don't decide quickly. > Then I learned on this site while reading comments you can turn this off by logging in your account on the web. I have 'do not autoplay previews' on in my settings; don't see an option for 'do not autoplay features'.