[sho]

> Netflix is getting its recommendations for me completely wrong

As far as I can tell Netflix has no "recommendation engine". I have never noticed any correlation between the kind of show/movie I like and what it displays; it seems completely random, well, with a bias towards self-made content which presumably costs them less in licensing - almost all of which is made-for-TV level garbage of no interest to me in any format. I genuinely think I could write a better recommendation engine. I think sorting by basically anything - budget, popularity in my demographic, most watched until completion, would be better than whatever they have now.

Basically my only use for Netflix now is the occasional standup comedy special (which I have to search for by name), the rare occasion I suddenly think of a movie I want to watch and is actually there (also search by name), or to put other people in front of. I'd try HBO Go but for some idiotic reason it's not available in my area.

Frankly, if they can actually execute, I think Disney is going to clean Netflix's clock.

[corford]

>I genuinely think I could write a better recommendation engine.

They'd have paid you for it back in the day :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix_Prize