Netflix updated it's UI for me recently and seems to have removed anything decent about their app. Or they've hidden it sooo deep I can't find it. For example instead of browsing the new and popular titles to see what I like and setting reminders for the things that catch my interest, I'm left with their absolutely dogshit recommendation algorithm. I'm close to leaving because of how bad they've fucked the UI.
If grocery stores were like Netflix (or all streamers I think), every day, everything would have moved to different aisles because customers love having to spend ages finding the thing they came in looking for.
For example, “continue watching” is never in the same place in my experience.
Whereas in Plex it’s always top and center meaning I can always find it instantly.
Pirating is again becoming the superior product, even though I’ve already paid plenty for the legal options.
> If grocery stores were like Netflix (or all streamers I think), every day, everything would have moved to different aisles because customers love having to spend ages finding the thing they came in looking for.
What country are you from? US grocery stores move shit around all the time for a very same reason.
Buy a subscription when something good comes from Netflix, watch that thing, then cancel your subscription. I gave up Netflix years ago because I realized I'm just scrolling the same 15-20 Netflix Originals in every category.
I bought the og battle star series on DVD for $90 in the early 00's. My parents bought most of the MASH seasons and they were a bit cheaper but they were still over $50 per season.
But they didn't charge you $18 a month to keep it in your library, it could just sit on a shelf.
Yet in the past, renting the movie you wanted to watch cost a scant couple dollars.
Netflix played a shell game with people's idea of value. A $18 Netflix subscription might seem not bad, it's less than an hour's work for most people! But that $2k a year?
How many people spent $2k a year buying and renting media? My family spent like $100 a year doing that.
The entire point of the subscription model is to take advantage of the way your brain processes value. I've given Spotify like $8k over the course of my subscription. I definitely do not regularly listen to $8k worth of music. If I cut off the long tail of the weird stuff I listen to, I probably listen to less than $500 of music in my lifetime, and very little of that went to the actual artists I like.
I'd be more worried about how you're going to pay for it than anything else. If the revenue is not from ads how are you funding it? Especially if it becomes a hit.
I think you'll have a hard time convincing most users to pay for something they can get for "free" elsewhere.
This looks amazing. I couldn't see it but is there a setup to integrate with sqlite? I'm new to flutter development and am considering a completely offline app. I think sqlite could offer data persistence and state management in one package.
Either way I'll be studying what you've done , thanks.
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