Netflix Launches New 'Play Something' Shuffle Feature

[roar08]

Netflix is losing subscribers? That's news to me... and Netflix.

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Not sure about losing, but growth decelerated sharply in Q1. Is it a trend? Who knows.

Netflix reports dramatic slowdown in subscribers

Netflix reported earnings for the first quarter of 2021 after the bell on Tuesday.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Marshall73]

I would rather they returned to the old interface which, when you went into a title, showed similar titles or films starring the actors.

 

[magicschoolbus]

Netflix is losing subscribers? That's news to me... and Netflix.

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This quarter was not good for them. Lots of licensing agreements going away.

 

[MarkC426]

This is why I don't subscribe to any 'rental tv services'
If somebody needs the tv to tell them what to watch it's a sad state of affairs.
I watch programmes I want to watch, not what's 'trending' (the most annoying term of 2020).

Rant over.....

 

[MacMan988]

I’ve been seeing this feature in the UK for several months.

Same for me. Also never used it.

 

[ikir]

And still no M1 Mac Netflix app. 🙄

Indeed, a native macOS app should be the priority!

 

[ikir]

Yep try it the apple way. Spend much less on even worse shows and choice. And struggle.

AppleTV+ content is great, much more better than Netflix. Quality over quantity. Typing while watching Netflix anyway. Netflix is getting to expensive anyway.

 

[Octopuss]

Yeah, "Play Something" - that's netflix. For sure they can't make it "Play something good".

 

[Enlightened Doggo]

It doesn't solve the fundamental issue, which is that Netflix doesn't have a great library of content. If you had something like this for every movie or TV show ever made that would be sick.

 

[TheWatchfulOne]

Is this old news? I've seen this feature for many months now. Tried it once and did not care for what it selected.

Does it not select from things in your list?

 

[jezbd1997]

Not me I prefer an app. Going back is a mess on an website. You end up clicking back to the video you watch messing up your watch history. Also apps usually have 4k support.

I assume the Netflix website supports 4k?

 

[edk99]

Does it not select from things in your list?

What list? It basically just picks some random movie based on things that you have watched but that does not necessarily mean that you are going to like what it selected.

 

[TheWatchfulOne]

What list? It basically just picks some random movie based on things that you have watched but that does not necessarily mean that you are going to like what it selected.

You can add titles to your watch list. If this random play feature is not choosing things from your watch list that's a fail. If you don't have anything in your watch list, that's a different story.