[mlthoughts2018]

One reason why I’d still disagree is that Netflix heavily engineers personalization into their recommendations and listings. You’re not accidentally seeing those foreign titles, you are being targeted with them... which means you’re not being targeted with similar English language shows that would be as good a match in their system (because they would rather save that production money and try to get you to watch the already-made foreign show), or even less good shows in your language of choice.

For me it’s very nearly at a level of canceling the service. Their original content hasn’t been compelling for me personally in many years, and now it feels deliberately manipulative.