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Why won't they (mubi.com) tell me how much it costs? No prices listed, and clicking links that seem like they would take me to that info send me to the 'subscribe now' nag dialog. That's close-tab-and-forget-about-it behavior.
MUBI's curatorial approach stands in sharp contrast to major streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, which have amassed large libraries and deliver personalized recommendations based on algorithms. MUBI's human-curated selection takes a lot of that choice away, and Cakarel thinks viewers are better off for it. "Think about your own Netflix experience and how frustrating it is — how long it takes you to fin…
Little known fact, but we did start out with the goal of amassing a large library, and we even put significant effort with some former Netflix-prize winners in building a recommendation engine. The first big problem, which you see on Netflix as well, is that a recommendation engine really falls off in efficiency when your selection is thin, and the original dream of streaming every film is never going to happen becau…
Whoah, it's awesome to see this posted here in my native habitat! I've spent the last 8 years of my life building MUBI as Co-Founder and CTO (even longer than I've been on HN!). Please AMA.
1) Is MUBI available in the UK?
2) Do you support or are you planning support Plex?
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It's 4.99/Mo which it clearly says after the sign up dialog.
AFTER the sign up is a bit late...
Until quite recently there was a forum and such things, which you could use for free. Ninetysome per cent of the users never paid anything, and surprisingly many didn't know that Mubi offered any paid service.
But yes, nowadays I think it would make more sense to make the price tag for the paid service more visible.
Sounds like Netflix needs to take a lesson from Valve and let its customers do the curation for them.
I've been really impressed with Netflix's automatic suggestion algorithm. It frequently guesses my rating correctly and shows me movies that I do actually find interesting.
Whoah, it's awesome to see this posted here in my native habitat! I've spent the last 8 years of my life building MUBI as Co-Founder and CTO (even longer than I've been on HN!). Please AMA.
Whoah, it's awesome to see this posted here in my native habitat! I've spent the last 8 years of my life building MUBI as Co-Founder and CTO (even longer than I've been on HN!). Please AMA.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
AFTER the sign up is a bit late...
Maybe. Until quite recently there was a forum and such things, which you could use for free. Ninetysome per cent of the users never paid anything, and surprisingly many didn't know that Mubi offered any paid service. But yes, nowadays I think it would make more sense to make the price tag for the paid service more visible.
Whoah, it's awesome to see this posted here in my native habitat! I've spent the last 8 years of my life building MUBI as Co-Founder and CTO (even longer than I've been on HN!). Please AMA.
Furthermore, what assumptions are you comfortable sharing about your business model's target audience as financially viable in the short/long term?
Just a quick FYI, you might benefit from some outreach to sites like The AV Club, as the top voted comment was essentially a joke picking on your lack of exposure to certain groups: http://www.avclub.com/article/paul-thomas-andersons-music-do...
Whoah, it's awesome to see this posted here in my native habitat! I've spent the last 8 years of my life building MUBI as Co-Founder and CTO (even longer than I've been on HN!). Please AMA.
First off this looks amazing, congratulations on building something I'd love to use and good luck. I have two questions. 1) Is MUBI available in the UK? 2) Do you support or are you planning support Plex?