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Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows

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Post by wolco » Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 4:23 AM UTC

allthecybers wrote: post #91

JauntyHatAngle wrote: post #39

As someone who recently cancelled my Netflix subscription after idly flipping through it and realising nothing here holds my interest anymore, I feel like many of the reasons people pirated TV/Film content in the past (and Netflix helped to reduce by many-fold) have now returned with a vengeance. I'm on Australian Netflix, and the selection of titles has steadily diminished from an already reduced catalogue to the sa…

> As someone who recently cancelled my Netflix subscription after idly flipping through it and realising nothing here holds my interest anymore Can't disagree with this. I cancelled Netflix not too long ago because it felt like it was another version of Facebook for me. Somewhere to scroll aimlessly and endlessly with nothing interesting enough to commit to, but interesting enough to keep me scrolling. Almost like th…

If you can't find anything on netflix you will be disappointed in Disney+

Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows

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Post by Wump » Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 4:25 AM UTC

dbetteridge wrote: post #24

Wump wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FWIW, you can turn off auto play in the settings.

Unless this has changed recently you may be confusing turning off autoplay (Of the next episode) with autoplay of the trailers for shows as you move around the home screen. The second is the annoying one without an off switch that I could find within the xbox app

Ah ok, yeah I thought the parent post was referring to autoplay the next episode.

Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows

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Post by rorykoehler » Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 4:29 AM UTC

JauntyHatAngle wrote: post #39

As someone who recently cancelled my Netflix subscription after idly flipping through it and realising nothing here holds my interest anymore, I feel like many of the reasons people pirated TV/Film content in the past (and Netflix helped to reduce by many-fold) have now returned with a vengeance. I'm on Australian Netflix, and the selection of titles has steadily diminished from an already reduced catalogue to the sa…

I've also started watching Youtube more. Totally agree re fragmentation. I'm not interested in dealing with their greed and stupidity. Same with sports. Different deals for different regions etc. I like watching sports but I'll just not watch it if it's not easily available. Usually it's only on in the background anyways as I do something else like my accounts etc.

Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows

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Post by rorykoehler » Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 4:30 AM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #84

JauntyHatAngle wrote: post #39

As someone who recently cancelled my Netflix subscription after idly flipping through it and realising nothing here holds my interest anymore, I feel like many of the reasons people pirated TV/Film content in the past (and Netflix helped to reduce by many-fold) have now returned with a vengeance. I'm on Australian Netflix, and the selection of titles has steadily diminished from an already reduced catalogue to the sa…

Riding in the HOV lane when you’re alone is also convenient. That doesn’t mean you’re not a degenerate for doing it. If you don’t like the terms on which people have offered their work, by all means, take your business elsewhere. There’s literally nothing stopping you from instead consuming the work of indie artists and producers who choose to make their work available more widely. (It’s also not fair to those indie…

The degenerates in this case are the copyright holders. They ruin it for everyone as usual with their shortsighted greed.

Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows

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Post by Semaphor » Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 4:32 AM UTC

The reason I like Netflix less and less is their atrocious browsing interface:

No customizability. I want "continue watching" always at the top and have an easy way to remove shows from there. I never want to see "Watch it again" anywhere. I don't want any movies on the Index. And I want a clear sign which shows are dubbed. (Well, and I'd like Japanese shows to have English subs, but that's not a UI problem)

Over the years their interface got worse and worse that it's now at a point I need to use third party sites. So as they make discovery as hard as possible for me, I might as well cancel it whenever there isn't a release I want to watch.

Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows

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Post by mokus » Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 4:42 AM UTC

Semaphor wrote: post #115

The reason I like Netflix less and less is their atrocious browsing interface: No customizability. I want "continue watching" always at the top and have an easy way to remove shows from there. I never want to see "Watch it again" anywhere. I don't want any movies on the Index. And I want a clear sign which shows are dubbed. (Well, and I'd like Japanese shows to have English subs, but that's not a UI problem) Over the…

The final nail in their UX coffin, for me, was autoplaying previews in the browsing interface and playing trailers (AKA ads) for Netflix-produced shows. I finally got fed up with that recently, re-evaluated Hulu, and decided I was now a Hulu customer.

Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows

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Post by mokus » Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 4:52 AM UTC

echelon wrote: post #37

Splendor wrote: post #3

I cancelled my subscription, not because of the price increase, but because the auto-play interface made me stop using the app.

But metrics show that autoplay engages the average Netflix subscriber to leverage the service more and watch more Netflix-branded content.

Autoplay enRages me, to the point I re-evaluated my long-standing aversion to Hulu and switched. I went to Netflix years ago for the simple reason that it only played what I asked it to play. Ads are only one of the annoyances I was avoiding, and Netflix has been advertising its own shows at me for a while anyway, so they have really completely abandoned that one massive feature of the experience.

Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows

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Post by quotemstr » Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 4:53 AM UTC

I cancelled Netflix when I realized I never used it anymore. There's practically no good third-party content left and the first-party content all seems to come from one particular worldview that I find grating and repulsive.

Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows

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Post by quotemstr » Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 4:55 AM UTC

ladberg wrote: post #31

turtlecloud wrote: post #9

The content was too liberal leaning and alienated way too many of middle America.

What content was too biased for you?

That's not really a fair question in an industry in which having the wrong opinions will get you Eiched.

"Please tell me," the inquisitor said in a kindly voice, "which specific forms of witchcraft you think we're unfairly suppressing. Go into detail."

Re: Netflix shares sink 10% as subscriber take-up slows

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Post by mokus » Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 4:57 AM UTC

rangibaby wrote: post #19

gtirloni wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With the focus on series and binge-watching, I don't think it's a bad feature.

Previews that auto play on hover (with SOUND!) = rage inducing Auto playing the next episode = Good

Yep - the ONLY feature I want in a streaming service, beyond decent content, is for it to not play things I didn’t ask it to play. Netflix used to be that, but it no longer is.