I don't buy their numbers, they're a prime example of lying with statistics. Their averages might be good enough, but it's always the edge cases that stand out

I don't buy their numbers, they're a prime example of lying with statistics. Their averages might be good enough, but it's always the edge cases that stand out and make all the difference. Their dark scenes in particular are full of compression artifacts that ruin the premium experience they're trying to sell. This was back in late 2020. More worryingly, if their metrics show that video quality barely improves past whatever bitrate they're serving now, then their metrics must be completely wrong. I'm not paying for that, especially with how they often fail to deliver 4K in the first place through their native apps. I could never get my 4K stream working on a Windows 10 machine at the time, so I switched to the high seas which does so perfectly. I rarely watch any of their original shows anymore for other reasons (their tendency to abruptly cancel shows for one), but the video quality difference between Netflix and HBO/ATV+ is staggering.