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by pnut 1761 days ago
Netflix is now a major player in the entertainment business, and I would guess there is a pay-to-play element behind the scenes as well as ROI on new productions, forcing them to jam these options down our throats.

User viewing preferences seem to be a secondary consideration.

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> a pay-to-play element

I wonder about that too. Of course, the Netflix in-house productions will be getting extra promotion; but setting those aside, I fail to understand why Netflix promotes (e.g.) romcoms to me; I don't watch romcoms. I've never given Netflix any signal that I favour romcoms.

I can only suppose that some motivation other than giving subscribers what they want must be at the root of it.