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Re:An ex-YouTube whistleblower on their recommendation engine by cladari on Sunday February 10, 2019 @05:00PM (#19130351)
Why would Netflix want to maximize the time people are watching? It seems to me the ideal customer is one who pays the sub fee but never logs in.
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Re:An ex-YouTube whistleblower on their recommendation engine by gggyyhh on Sunday February 10, 2019 @05:09PM (#19130411)
If people don’t find value they will eventually cancel. And Netflix isn’t like gym memberships, it’s very easy to cancel
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Re:An ex-YouTube whistleblower on their recommendation engine by marcodave on Monday February 11, 2019 @10:58AM (#19135348)
it was mentioned in this topic as well, that a person watching a lot of Netflix shows would as well recommend Netflix to others, and thus generating more subscriptions.
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