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Re:Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs... by dominotw on Friday March 17, 2017 @09:40AM (#13893836)
> but also removing their existing collections of videos and replacing it with their "Made by Netflix" shows that mostly amount to shovelware.

You are not wrong

"US Netflix offers only 31 of IMDb's top 250 movies, study shows"

"David Wells, Netflix’s chief financial officer, was quoted by Variety stating that the company wants half of its content to be original productions over the next few years." [1]

RIP Netflix!

1. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/14/us-netflix-imdb...

Re:Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs... by obmelvin on Friday March 17, 2017 @09:50AM (#13893924)
Netflix vs non Netflix content aside, the low amount of movies is a direct result of viewing data. TV shows are shorter so can be squeezed into smaller spaces for viewing and have longer plot lines to hook viewers. Can't blame them for putting there money where people waste their time.
Re:Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs... by surge on Friday March 17, 2017 @10:09AM (#13894079)
They're becoming their own content creator...like HBO, and thus reducing their dependence on often hostile networks for content and able to offer more content to more international markets, there is nothing wrong with that.

I find myself watching more of the stuff they've produced then the licensed content, so for me, it's been an improvement. If I run out of things to watch, maybe I'll care then, but at least I'm not tied to a cable contract, I can just switch to another streaming provider until they fix that issue. At this point though, I can't keep pace.