Maybe if they make Three Body Problem S2, 4 episodes, instead of 8, it will solve it. Or they could cancel Kaos again, or try running a washed up comedian, Im sure that will increase engagement. Actually, I think I want an Ad for my paid service, every 15 seconds. yeah. do that.

Because every time you open it, it's an assault on the senses. There's no sense of discovery.

Fuck Netflix. Capitalist hell machine.

We could have free streaming via public library systems, or something else that's not a profit driven malice, but this is the bad place.

Whatever they do, they should definitely spend significantly less on high quality in-house-produced content.

Ah, that's not true! We're discovering what will keep you paying us money, together! It's so exciting to find that line, where we can give you just enough value that you won't bother to cancel your subscription! What a sensational voyage of discovery!

You forgot more AI in everything. That will bring back viewers

They should definitely cancel their best top 10 shows, that'll bring people back for sure

Its just a question of time and economics that streaming will become just as awful and enshitified as cable once was.

By definition and stock valuation, this has to happen for the money invested in these companies to make sense.

Fuck Netflix and its practice of cancelling shows at their second season. May it crash and burn when the AI market turns.

I'm still sore about them cancelling the OA.

That and autoplay everything. Are you just trying to read a blurb to see what a show is about? Nah, we'll just start playing it for you anyway. Christ autoplay pisses me off. And yes, I have found and deselected autoplay in my profile to no effect.

Santa Clarita Diet :( so annoying they keep suggesting it, when its a half baked show with no end.

Well yeah. You open the app and they just try get you to watch whatever they want you to watch. I want to watch what I want me to watch.

Inside Job's cancellation still hurts.

I wholeheartedly...

The library app is called Kanopy (for in the US). I use it all the time

Is netflix out of touch?

No, it's the customers who are wrong.

You a Masochist too? 👀

And force the writers of what’s left to increase the total amount of recaps and reminders of what is happening. Just slowly approach pure exposition. With characters just narrating every action they take.

Maybe they should stop cancelling shows?

Choppy seas ahead........

Hard to get invested when they're all 6 episode seasons, 2+ year breaks, and canceled after 2 or 3 seasons.

But are users who are doing this unsubscribing? Because if they don't, maybe that's what Netflix is aiming for. I don't pretend to understand the way of con artists executives.

It's not hard to get people to watch. Produce good shows with actual seasons (minimum 13 episodes, preferably somewhere around 20 for certain types of shows). Then let those shows run for multiple seasons to continue to build up a fan base, so you can start to make money on merchandising. Make sure to always film a proper ending and avoid cliff hangers for the series finale to increase rewatchability. In fifteen years, you can have multiple shows that have at least 5+ seasons/100+ episodes, greatly increasing variety and rewatchability.

I haven't used Netflix in ages, but their UI was horrible. Considering trends for the past twenty years, I can't imagine it got better. I'll never forgive them for deleting the reviews. Often, the Netflix reviews were the best reviews (that was not universally true).

But inevitably, they will increase prices, add more ads, then start spamming those 5+ seasons/100+ episodes shows made fully from AI slop.

All hands to the larboard rail!

You can turn that off in the Web settings for your account (per-profile in case some monster actually likes that behavior).

You guys are getting two seasons?

I finally canceled my Netflix in favor of going full Plex. They upped their subscription price for the last time and I was sick of it.

grumbles in GLOW

they canceled blood of zeus, Sandman, although gaiman made netflix to not continue it. Castlevania nocturne is in limbo, but likely cancelled, probably wont even hear a word from it for another 2years like with sandman.

have tiny 8 episode miniseries, maybe 10 if you are lucky.

probably stranger things 6, for lol, but AI reverse aging the millie brown.

blood of zeus was going to have better seasons, but they force the series to end.

My library isn't on there.

I cancelled and went Jellyfin recently. High-five friend! It was the price hike and reality slop for me.

Yes, because i am using open source platforms now

If I wasn't a parent I'd cancel it. Might cancel it anyway...

O'RLY?

Try Hoopla instead.

It's increasing amounts of garbage with Korean and Indian content, also as bad.

Netflix was good once. It all changed once the dropped the percent positive scores now my watchlist is full of content I bailed on after 15 min.

You can watch the same exact shows on a pirate bay or something similar. There's a torrent of similar sites too.

I thought Drake finally left her alone, perhaps not the best idea to de-age her lol

All the kids stuff on Netflix takes up like 2tb if you just host it yourself.

I cancelled Disney and Netflix. I sail the seas, however the kids/family do miss recommendations and discovery. Wonder if theres some way of exporting my plex watch data for recommendations.

There’s shitloads of non-english spoken content and no way to filter/hide it.

It’s only gettimg worse

I’ve been disappointed so often, browsing Netflix and finding a show that looks good from the description, but then you start it and it’s in German or Swedish or something. Yuck. What a waste of a potentially good show.

Dew it.

And yet my family won't let me cancel Netflix. Is this grounds for divorce?

We need to revisit copyright laws. Life of the author plus 70 years just encourages people to make money off work they had nothing to do with. 15 years then free domain.

15 years then free domain.

That's what I always say. Weirdly, a lot of people who don't have anything copyrighted themselves argue for longer copyright.

Having a filter for shows by language spoken is something streaming sites should have but I don't see a reason the default settings should hide shows that still have subtitles in your native language.

I strongly disagree that shows in languages you don't speak are "a waste of a potentially good show". If you read slowly or dislike reading when watching shows I understand why you have less interest in them but if you can keep up with the subtitles I don't think you should completly disregard them.

I go to netflix looking for particular titles, and watching them. I'm not browsing around it or anything.