Netflix Pulls the Plug on Feature Designed to Get Kids Addicted to Netflix

Re:Netflix Pulls the Plug on Feature Designed to Get Kids Ad... by chewz on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @10:43AM (#18757785)

True. But users can be fooled in short term. In the long term consumers are collectively smarter then any corporation.

So in the long term being decent is really good for business but also costly in short term.

Optimizing for the short-term is what many killing companies and good products.

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Re:Netflix Pulls the Plug on Feature Designed to Get Kids Ad... by annadane on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @05:14PM (#18759406)

And then trying to placate everybody with the promise to listen to feedback when the feedback directly goes against what the company is trying to do

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