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Netflix has literally zero discoverability if you want to go outside what it suggests. If I click stuff that initially seem appealing and then based on seeing decide I dont like it, tough luck. You clicked on it, because you liked name and pic, turned out different thing that you like, but now netflix is forever convinced you want this.

I tried to go through documentaries category, because I was in mood for documentary. Pure hell and every time I viewed movie detail, it jumped back to start.

I dont have an option to click on something else and Netflix does everything possible in order to prevent me to find stuff I would like. The result is that I dont idle watch netflix, because it is too much work and we watch only shows someone else told us about and we searched by name.



I’ve been a Netflix subscriber since the DVD days, and for the last several years all the best shows I’ve found, I read about elsewhere first.

Which is kind of insane, but I got used to it, and I will google around for interesting new Netflix content instead of bothering with their scroll-fest.


I unsubscribed many years ago but occasionally I am tasked by my significant other to find something on Netflix (shared account with her family).

I actually have pretty good luck with searching for random things. Like I searched for "cool" the other day and found something good that would have never shown up otherwise. Seems like a way to substantially bypass the recommendation engine "smarts".


Yep. You can also search by genres including their ridiculously detailed sub genres or cross-over genres.

From what I’ve observed, though, normals consider TV such a “lean back” they won’t even go to the trouble to pick Movies or TV before browsing thumbnails for 1.8 seconds each…


I tried to browse be genre documentary. If there is subgenre, it was well hidden and did not shown up on my tablet.

Oh, and apparently documentary genre means also action movies. I don't know why there were also action movies.

Oh, and the more you browse the more it shows the same movie again and again.

Oh, and when I click on thumbnail, then the list jumps back to start, forcing me to browse the same movies again.

I ended up watching YouTube.




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