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I had a similar conversation with some folks regarding streaming a while ago. Friend: Man, I can never settle on something to watch on Netflix/Hulu/Disney+, et

• henrikschroder 4y ago
  I really miss that feature of broadcast TV. I know there's some solutions for Netflix, but they're desktop only, and not built-in to their apps. Unfortunately, the economic incentives for Netflix and similar means they'll never ever develop an app like that, because they want to discourage long-tail viewing.
• FalconSensei 4y ago
  > It would be nice I could pick a genre and the streaming service is just rotating through a list of popular titles of that genre Although I would say in this case it's not exactly analog with TV, for two main reasons: ads, and picking a genre. In general, TV channels don't stick to a specific genre, even when it's right on the name (like History Channel). Also, I doubt your friend would actually want a live, always on thing. They might just end up upset that everything's already mid-way through, or that they can't pause. Netflix "random" feature makes more sense, and I guess even more if you could choose a genre. edit: seems Netflix doesn't have the 'random' feature anymore