I imagine Netflix was less innocent than you might think. As they could only send out DVDs they have in stock, they were more likely to recommend things that t

I imagine Netflix was less innocent than you might think. As they could only send out DVDs they have in stock, they were more likely to recommend things that they had a surplus of. While the list model did allow for even popular titles to be queued up, they wouldn't want a situation where a customer had nothing but new/popular titles on their list with a long wait time.