Netflix doesn’t really care if you watch it.

[1srelluc]

I'm sure many folks are like myself, they look at Netflix programming, and say WTF?

This is a very long but VERY interesting look at Netflix and how it works (or doesn’t). It’s a really good read and worth your time if you’re at all interested in the entertainment industry.

Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin

A decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer meant fewer shipping costs for Netflix, and fewer DVDs for the company to manage and store...

www.nplusonemag.com

Sigh, I tried to read that whole article myself but found that it was less interesting than their programming.

Bottom line:

What matters to Netflix is only that it’s on, if only as background noise, and that it stays on until Netflix asks its perennial question, a prompt that appears when the platform thinks a user has fallen asleep: “Are you still watching?”

 

[strollingbones]

there are a few things on netflix...squid games is back on...I like all the 'dark side' docs..

 

[toobfreak]

Netflix doesn’t really care if you watch it.​

Probably a good thing as I've never had Netflix nor will I ever, you see, the problem with entertainment media these days is that they really don't care if you watch! All they care about is the number of subscribers they can claim to base their advertising revenue on.

So you might as well just get the free stuff and be happy with it. Actually tons of great free stuff, commercial free if you time shift with a DVR.

 

[jwoodie]

Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin

A decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer meant fewer shipping costs for Netflix, and fewer DVDs for the company to manage and store...

www.nplusonemag.com

I don't care what some newly minted Journalism major thinks or writes.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

The problem with Netflix is it is like going to buy some new clothes, and the clothing store is the size of a Super Walmart and everything is just randomly placed throughout the store.
There is simply too much to choose from.
Having said that - they are the absolute indisputable king of streaming TV, no one else is even in the same universe. Nearing 300,000,000 subscribers and growing at an annual rate of 14%.
If a person could only have one streaming service - Netflix would be the only real choice.