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by bitrrrate 2730 days ago
Same here. I literally found myself scrolling Netflix for many, many minutes on end. It essentially became Facebook. I don’t know if the issue is their catalog has expanded with so many originals that it’s hard to find something to watch and or that not having ratings (to tell if something sucks) me to not watch.

Sure they have some stellar content but they also have a lot of crap.
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robohoe 2730 days ago
The fact that Netflix no longer has a rating system is quite sad. That was one of the high points of Netflix back in the day - the ability to read reviews of shows/movies before committing to them. Now everything has to be “recommended” to me.
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rmellow 2730 days ago
IMHO most of Netflix's catalogue is crap... Or their recommender system just doesn't get me. It seems to have overfit on anime, even though I just watched a couple a long time ago.
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zamalek 2730 days ago
The Hulu Originals, as sparse as they are, are outstanding across the board. It's like the early days of Netflix Originals.
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bitrrrate 2729 days ago
Plus if I want to watch current TV or more recent shows alongside originals it’s available on Hulu. Netflix has lost a lot of the more bingeable shows and it really doesn’t have any current content.

I get that Netflix is a different beast than Hulu in many ways. But for cord cutters Hulu feels more like the total package.

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