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I'm still amazed how much effort is laid on the UX for consoles, while the browser version needs some urgent attention.

onion2k 13y ago
Why? Most people watch Netflix content on a television through a console or a set-top box. It makes complete sense to concentrate resources developing the experience for those markets rather than the browser. On tablets and phones people will use the app. I'd guess that the number of people looking at Netflix content in a browser is probably in the low single digit percentile range.
- alex_doom 13y ago
  You'd be forgetting about the college kid with a laptop segment.
  - chii 13y ago
    which i don't believe is a very high value segment - college and money don't mix very well imho.
  - onion2k 13y ago
    No I'm not. Netflix has about 40 million subscribers. 5% of them ('low single digit percentile') would still be 2 million - easily enough to account for college students, people who travel a lot, children, etc once you discount those who have tablets. There are 21 million college students in the US. 10% having Netflix accounts isn't completely out of the question, but it'd be a very impressive level of market penetration.
    - saryant 13y ago
      Anecdotally, when I was in college, no one paid for their own account, they just used their parent's.
- flipside 13y ago
  Among Netflix users, 48% watch on a computer screen (up from 44% last year); 23% watch on a smartphone (up from 11%); 15% watch on their iPad, way up from 5% last year. But the percentage of users who reported using Roku or Nintendo's Wii game console dropped this year. http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/09/18/netflix-hulu-amazon-nielsen-viewership-data/2831535/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/09/18/netflix-hul...
CmonDev 13y ago
With Silverlight and Flash dying there is no longer a good platform on the web for their kind of experience. They might just wait 5 years until HTML5 is finally good enough.
- lucian1900 13y ago
  It's good enough now. They just have to give up on DRM.
  - Kiro 13y ago
    No, proper DRM support is what will make it good.
    - lucian1900 13y ago
      How exactly do users benefit from DRM?
      - stonemetal 13y ago
        It allows them to access content that they otherwise couldn't.
        kra3 13y ago
        Isn't it the bad effect of DRM rather than a benefit!
        jayrox 13y ago
        DRM is only a hinderance to legit users. Pirates are pirates and DRM isn't something they deal with.
        Karunamon 13y ago
        Uh, no. That's some impressive exec-level doublethink. Content is open by default. DRM is a method by which you prevent people from accessing content.

Why? Most people watch Netflix content on a television through a console or a set-top box. It makes complete sense to concentrate resources developing the experience for those markets rather than the browser. On tablets and phones people will use the app. I'd guess that the number of people looking at Netflix content in a browser is probably in the low single digit percentile range.

alex_doom 13y ago
You'd be forgetting about the college kid with a laptop segment.
- chii 13y ago
  which i don't believe is a very high value segment - college and money don't mix very well imho.
- onion2k 13y ago
  No I'm not. Netflix has about 40 million subscribers. 5% of them ('low single digit percentile') would still be 2 million - easily enough to account for college students, people who travel a lot, children, etc once you discount those who have tablets. There are 21 million college students in the US. 10% having Netflix accounts isn't completely out of the question, but it'd be a very impressive level of market penetration.
  - saryant 13y ago
    Anecdotally, when I was in college, no one paid for their own account, they just used their parent's.
flipside 13y ago
Among Netflix users, 48% watch on a computer screen (up from 44% last year); 23% watch on a smartphone (up from 11%); 15% watch on their iPad, way up from 5% last year. But the percentage of users who reported using Roku or Nintendo's Wii game console dropped this year. http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/09/18/netflix-hulu-amazon-nielsen-viewership-data/2831535/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/09/18/netflix-hul...

CmonDev 13y ago

With Silverlight and Flash dying there is no longer a good platform on the web for their kind of experience. They might just wait 5 years until HTML5 is finally good enough.

lucian1900 13y ago
It's good enough now. They just have to give up on DRM.
- Kiro 13y ago
  No, proper DRM support is what will make it good.
  - lucian1900 13y ago
    How exactly do users benefit from DRM?
    - stonemetal 13y ago
      It allows them to access content that they otherwise couldn't.
      - kra3 13y ago
        Isn't it the bad effect of DRM rather than a benefit!
      - jayrox 13y ago
        DRM is only a hinderance to legit users. Pirates are pirates and DRM isn't something they deal with.
      - Karunamon 13y ago
        Uh, no. That's some impressive exec-level doublethink. Content is open by default. DRM is a method by which you prevent people from accessing content.