[ecshafer]

Netflix lost its value for me when they just stopped having good content. I kept it around almost out of habit, but the anti-consumer policies were the straw that broke the camels back. Their self produced movies and shows are on average, abysmal. I might put up with their practices if they made good things.

[ethbr0]

This. Netflix's jumping the shark and pandering to blandest common denominator killed my interest.

For a while, there were still interesting original shows in other countries (Money Heist, Dark), but then those seemed to dry up as well.

Netflix needs to learn the Amazon retail lesson -- if I randomly click on a product, out of your entire catalog, and the odds that it's satisfying (which isn't to say necessarily good, but at least not a waste of time) fall below a certain threshold (70%? So 3/10 unacceptable?), then I will stop using your service.

[mcpackieh]

This was it for me as well. I realized I spent more time browsing the catalogue trying in vain to find something good than I did time spent actually watching things. The way it went is I think "I want to watch X", then realize Netflix doesn't have X, then spend 2 hours mindlessly browsing the catalogue for anything that might scratch the X itch and eventually give up then watch half of something else before quitting.

Now I just torrent X and watch it.

[Gustomaximus]

I was a ~10 year account as we kept for our based and cycled through a second options every month or few.

I cancelled on a combination of sharing, as my sister used and that stopped me cancelling earlier, plus general content got more limited for my tastes.

Many people seem similar as me, and this is a world where scale matters.

I actually wonder if it would be good regulation that government seperated streaming from creating/owning catalogues. I'm not sure if correct but I suspect otherwise we will have a small number of players controlling what the world watches which tends to be a bad thing.

[Clent]

Agreed. I want to pay for content but it's either subscribe to all these services, paying cable like pricing or manage which services I'm subscribed to each month.

The third alternative, the high-seas is cheaper and far less time consuming to manage.

[rchaud]

> Their self produced movies and shows are on average, abysmal. I might put up with their practices if they made good things.

That's the reality. Getting AAA shows on demand for $10/mo was always a mirage. The cable companies weren't conspiring against viewers by preventing you from getting channels a la carte.

Cross-subsidization is what makes TV work. The straight-to-DVD quality "streaming originals" are getting picked up by cable TV channels around the world that need programming. Eventually Netflix will see more profits from library royalties than they do from the subscription business.

[toyg]

It's a shame, because the non-US production is actually quite nice, creating an outlet for big-budget experimentation that certain markets (ITA, ESP...) sorely lacked.

But yes, the quality of Netflix US productions has nosedived, and their backcatalogue has been drained of anything valuable. I lost access a month ago and absolutely have no intention to subscribe, I'm happy enough with Disney+ as my sole channel.

[diogenescynic]

The UI/UX is still intentionally bad. You just waste time looking for something to watch and even when you do it's content that's 6-9 years old and you kind of already didn't care to watch or it's a blockbuster you've already seen or own. It's just kind of a waste.