Number of words from the original Netflix blog post (quotes): 380.
Number of words from the OP: 374.
What's worse, the OP is just paraphrasing the original post and not challenging it one bit. I dispute the fact that users' preferences or viewing strategy are different for DVD as for streaming.
Sure, one can "try" more with streaming, and the opportunity cost of trying is a little less for streaming than it is for DVDs -- for DVDs, renting a "bad" movie takes the place of a good one in my cue, whereas trying a streaming show costs me nothing but my time.
But here's the thing, though: the cost of my time stays the same. I hate spending ten or twenty minutes watching something that turns out uninteresting (to me); it upsets me so much that the mood is ruined and often I just go do something else.
I love Netflix for the quality of its recommendation system (unparalleled, in my experience); it's an incredible moment when I watch something I would never have found on my own, that I truly enjoy.
It would be a shame if Netflix stopped regarding this as their most precious asset.
Number of words from the OP: 374.
What's worse, the OP is just paraphrasing the original post and not challenging it one bit. I dispute the fact that users' preferences or viewing strategy are different for DVD as for streaming.
Sure, one can "try" more with streaming, and the opportunity cost of trying is a little less for streaming than it is for DVDs -- for DVDs, renting a "bad" movie takes the place of a good one in my cue, whereas trying a streaming show costs me nothing but my time.
But here's the thing, though: the cost of my time stays the same. I hate spending ten or twenty minutes watching something that turns out uninteresting (to me); it upsets me so much that the mood is ruined and often I just go do something else.
I love Netflix for the quality of its recommendation system (unparalleled, in my experience); it's an incredible moment when I watch something I would never have found on my own, that I truly enjoy.
It would be a shame if Netflix stopped regarding this as their most precious asset.