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by system2 1440 days ago
I can't believe people still watch netflix. Algorithm generated content for simpletons.
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No need for you to bashing netflix if you don't like their content.

Its $10 per month, 2 coffees.

I also do watch a lot of tv shows and movies for the last 15/20 years (also stuff besides mainstream) and there are pretty good tv shows on netflix. Stranger Things, The Umbrella Academy, Better Call Saul, Russian Doll, Love Death and Robots (the last season was weirder than usual though), Space force (super quirky, love it!), The Witcher, Arcane, Superstore, Squid Game

The vast majority of media is lowest-common-denominator trash, netflix isn't special in that regard. I dunno. I watch tv to shut off my brain, or more likely put it on in the background while doing something more productive. Lots of people have complicated enough day jobs, let's not begrudge their low-power regeneration state.
There’s plenty of good content. I think people who say this are stuck in a very narrow comfort bubble. The kind of person who gets mad when a single show gets taken away, like The Office.

For example, just check out the best content from other countries. Should take you a while if you have a healthy life balance and don’t watch netflix all day.

There's not "plenty" of good content. There's maybe two months of good content if you subscribed now and haven't watched anything on it before, ever. You're lucky if eight hours of good new content is added a month.
Dunno, that seems like complaining about there being no books to read.