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0 pointsSander_Marechal4y ago0 comments

> no anti-consumer dark patterns (or at least not many)

There's plenty of those. They removed the star ratings, they don't show IMDB or other external ratings, nonsensical categories, things that still autoplay even with all autoplay options off (e.g. when selecting an episode in a series).

They keep producing average to bad content and keep pushing it in front of you without any option to filter it out. And the things they produce that are worth watching are hidden in a stream of junk and cancelled after season 3, usually without a satisfying ending, because Netflix structures their contracts in such a way that they would have to pay a lot more after season 3.

And they keep removing non-netflix content. They said themselves, they want to become HBO before HBO can become them. Well, I don't want HBO. I want a Spotify for video content where I can watch everything in one place. Old netflix was just that. I refuse to pay for multiple streaming services at the same time. Yo-ho and raise the flag.

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sofixa4y ago

> And they keep removing non-netflix content. I was under the impression they don't have much choice and actually it's the copyright owners pulling their content to have it exclusively on their new shiny streaming service, or at the very least demanding exorbitant amounts from Netflix to allow them to keep certain things (e.g. Friends).

thirdsun4y ago

You are correct. It's strange to criticize Netflix for owners pulling their content.

8ytecoder4y ago

They also intentionally don’t integrate with Apple TV - which is what I use to organise all my watchlist in one place. It’s anti-consumer.

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