[dddbbb]

Maybe it's different in other countries (I am in the UK), but I feel as if there isn't enough content for a recommender system to even be useful. I feel like after browsing through the catalogue a few times, I have a rough idea of most things I would ever possibly be interested in. There's just not that much there. Either that, or the recommender system is working too well and I never see anything beyond what Netflix wants me to.

[phillc73]

I have to agree. As far as I recall the Netflix search engine has never found the exact title I've been searching for. Even the recommendations it then shows me are so far off piste that they're not really even close to what I'm looking for.

At least with Amazon Prime there's a high chance they'll at least find the title one searches for and if I am really motivated I can pay a few bucks to watch it.

Netflix just draws a blank.

That's not to say I haven't watched some entertaining things on Netflix, but they seem much better suited to TV series than movies, and I almost feel like I found decent things to watch inspite of their recommendation system, not because of it.

An ML tool from Netflix? It feels like the last thing I'm likely to use.