Netflix' decision-making is much less data-driven than you think, and much more due to the whims of Co-CEO Ted Sarandos. He fired Cindy Holland, the well-regard

Netflix' decision-making is much less data-driven than you think, and much more due to the whims of Co-CEO Ted Sarandos. He fired Cindy Holland, the well-regarded head of original programming to replace her with a crony. To be frank, Netflix went from a leader to the weakest of the streaming services I subscribe to, and I hardly ever watch anything on it any more. If it weren't for my wife and daughterm, I'd have dumped them a long time ago. Amazon Prime and Disnay+ have far more compelling shows. The Netflix challenge used to be a staple of data-science students, but there's some evidence it had limited predictive power. If so, the massive data the streaming platforms have compared to Hollywood does not give them an edge in finding hits that will keep subscribers from defecting in a recession (contrary to the article, I don't believe breadth and volume of irrelevant content matters, if anything it has negative value because that means more dross I have to scan over to find the rare shows I am actually interested in watching).