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Ask HN: Why netflix doesn't have playlists?

3 pointsby jturollaover 10 years ago
Ask HN: Why netflix doesn't have playlists as channels were in the past?

2 comments

kolevover 10 years ago
Bigger issues for me are:<p>* Why queues are limited to just 500 items?<p>* Why I can&#x27;t slice a queue by facets (genre, year, rating, stars, etc.)?<p>* Why I can&#x27;t control the queues of my children (I really want them to stay away from the brain-washing Disney stuff, for example)?<p>* Why main account&#x27;s viewing activity includes sub-accounts, too (in my case, the main account is me and my wife, children have their sub-queues)?<p>I find less and less value in Netflix. Recently, I buy more stuff on Vudu, Amazon Instant Videos, and even Google Play. Netflix should rebrand to OldFlix or KidFlix as the there&#x27;s very little quality available for streaming. I really don&#x27;t get why they didn&#x27;t implement Amazon&#x27;s model earlier - offer a fixed selection for the monthly price and then pay per rental or purchase of individual titles not available with the subscription. Maybe they have licensing&#x2F;contract issues, but if Amazon could do it, they should&#x27;ve done it, too. I&#x27;m not into TV shows, but it seems that they are trying to compensate with &quot;Netflix Originals&quot;, which works for some, but not for me.
yzzxyover 10 years ago
Probably because the Netflix UI experience has a lot of inertia - there&#x27;s a Netflix frontend on every TV or device sold nowadays, I&#x27;m guessing a feature has to be ESSENTIAL if they&#x27;re going to make new GUIs for every modern set-top box in the world.