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Netflix updated it's UI for me recently and seems to have removed anything decent about their app. Or they've hidden it sooo deep I can't find it. For example i
by ghjfrdghibt 2y ago
Netflix updated it's UI for me recently and seems to have removed anything decent about their app. Or they've hidden it sooo deep I can't find it. For example instead of browsing the new and popular titles to see what I like and setting reminders for the things that catch my interest, I'm left with their absolutely dogshit recommendation algorithm. I'm close to leaving because of how bad they've fucked the UI.
- parasti 2y agoBuy a subscription when something good comes from Netflix, watch that thing, then cancel your subscription. I gave up Netflix years ago because I realized I'm just scrolling the same 15-20 Netflix Originals in every category.
- reportgunner 2y agoYou don't even need to buy a subscription to watch netflix shows.
- recursive 2y agoBut it is easier.
- prophesi 2y agoI used to do that, but now it's $18+ to watch without ads which is a bit much just for one title you're interested in.
- standardUser 2y agoIn yesteryear, it was inconceivable to purchase a series to watch for a scant $18.
- williamdclt 2y agoThat's purchasing, though. Using Netflix is very far from purchasing a media, it's barely renting
- standardUser 2y agoTrue, but you could rent 3 times for less than the price of the average box set.
- mrguyorama 2y agoYet in the past, renting the movie you wanted to watch cost a scant couple dollars. Netflix played a shell game with people's idea of value. A $18 Netflix subscription might seem not bad, it's less than an hour's work for most people! But that $2k a year? How many people spent $2k a year buying and renting media? My family spent like $100 a year doing that. The entire point of the subscription model is to take advantage of the way your brain processes value. I've given Spotify like $8k over the course of my subscription. I definitely do not regularly listen to $8k worth of music. If I cut off the long tail of the weird stuff I listen to, I probably listen to less than $500 of music in my lifetime, and very little of that went to the actual artists I like.
- jogjayr 2y ago> But that $2k a year? $18 * 12 = $216
- mrguyorama 2y agoIn my defense, math is like, really hard. I'm only a whole magnitude off!
- Pfhortune 2y agoNetflix is more akin to renting, though.
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- jonathanlydall 2y agoIf grocery stores were like Netflix (or all streamers I think), every day, everything would have moved to different aisles because customers love having to spend ages finding the thing they came in looking for. For example, “continue watching” is never in the same place in my experience. Whereas in Plex it’s always top and center meaning I can always find it instantly. Pirating is again becoming the superior product, even though I’ve already paid plenty for the legal options.
- avrionov 2y agoCostco moves their products around.
- jonathanlydall 2y agoYet another thing for me to consider carefully should I ever find myself considering a move to the US.
- 0x457 2y ago> If grocery stores were like Netflix (or all streamers I think), every day, everything would have moved to different aisles because customers love having to spend ages finding the thing they came in looking for. What country are you from? US grocery stores move shit around all the time for a very same reason.