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Why does Netflix publish lists like these, but make it so hard to find objective ratings of their content? All I can see in their interface is lists of "recomme
by yosito 5y ago
Why does Netflix publish lists like these, but make it so hard to find objective ratings of their content? All I can see in their interface is lists of "recommended" and "trending" content, and a percentage rating of how similar things are to content I've already watched. I'm tired of having to watch a half hour of everything only to find out that it's a B-movie.
- pizza234 5y agoNetflix's model is shoving content down the user's throat, not providing them good content¹. And they're madly successful at that: most the movies on their top list are arguably garbage, but they're up there because they're the most pushed to the users. I'm always on the border to close my Netflix account precisely because of that - a side effect of the Netflix interface is that it makes it hard to manage content; I'm staying just because I need to learn a new language. ¹=I don't imply that there is no good content at all.
- yosito 5y agoAny recommendations for services that provide good content? In Hungary, we have a few which function more like libraries. You can find virtually any Hungarian film and watch it easily. But they're mostly limited to Hungarian content.
- pizza234 5y agoIn the past, where I had no language requirement, I used to download movies illegally, then purchasing the ones I liked/wanted to support. I can't obviously suggest this officially :)
- dazc 5y agoI think you've just answered your own question, the objective ratings would be generally poor. I say this accepting that some Netflix content is really good and, overall, the cost per month is reasonable value - especially considering I sometimes pay more for one single series via Prime.