Georg Complains: Netflix

Hello. This time I'm sat in front of a massive TV and on a squeaky chair, neither of which belong to me, and I'm vaguely moaning about Netflix.

[@jeenkzk5919]

You spend more time looking for something to watch than watching. If they’d stop with the “because you watched-“ and simply have the categories: drama, comedy, sci fi, action and so on, they’d have a chance.

[@Bow-to-the-absurd]

Yeah The menu system definitely obscures what they actually have. Or dont have

[@MichaelPohoreski]

Pisses me off that Sci-Fi and Fantasy get lumped together.

[@robbyg6265]

@@MichaelPohoreski legit- shows about space and aliens don’t belong with medieval dragon stuff.

[@eighteenfiftynine]

That's the biggest joke. No other service is managing this either, so they would regain the advantage. Instead, it seems to be getting worse.

A "do not show me South Korean stuff" option would greatly minimize the eternal-scrolling-through-the-catalog experience.

[@grrarg9319]

Remember when Netflix just had a normal scrollbar so you could zip through content as fast as you could scroll after sorting A-Z to find what you wanted? Then they added carousels to try and hide the lack of content and duplicated content that appeared in multiple categories across different carousels....

[@ptonpc]

Or when you could leave reviews so people had an idea of what was okay to watch?

[@murphy7801]

I mean they actually have loads content. Just not mainstream content. Finding hidden gems is fascinating on the hidden sub genre sections.

[@huckmart2017]

Yeah this is mostly why i dont go to netflix anymore. The UI is so bad i think it has to be that bad on purpose. Instead of adding real categories and organizing them to make it easier to find something you want, they add stupid shit like the shuffle feature and dilute the categories with the same 10-15 movies. It feels like netflix doesn't want you to look for something and instead wants you to only watch whats immediately presented to you, because with every update it becomes harder and harder to find new things to watch.

[@princejellyfish3945]

@@huckmart2017 that aspect pisses me off so much especially since imo netflix for awhile had the best UI of any streaming service.

[@eighteenfiftynine]

My local supermarket have employed similar tactics to try and hide the effects of the impending food crisis.

[@milesblue638]

Remember when people predicted being able to access content from any producer, from any time period, on the internet at our fingertips? Now we have multiple corporate moats fencing off content libraries for a fee.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

To be fair it is very funny when some tiny broadcaster thinks it can compete with fucking Disney at the same price.

[@thursoberwick1948]

@@PlatinumAltaria Most of Disney's product is unpalatable though.

[@Jesse__H]

I remember your essay from years ago on Netflix's unsustainable growth strategy, Georg. You _nailed it_ back then.

[@kateapple1]

George is the best. Wish he would read me my news every am. It would be much more accurate and interesting 🧐

[@jnoelc6]

Link?

[@a012345]

Everyone knew it was going to eventually collapse, it’s just that no one could time exactly when to profit off the decline.

[@kateapple1]

@@a012345 oh man.. there’s def people. People who planned the thing, who were near when key things happened.. people knew and got in ahead of time. Trust that that happened. It just makes me feel so small.. never the whole “I’m so tiny in the big galaxy” line.. but small like invisible without gobs of money. It’s all that matters on this planet-yet, matters the least for what we really have to do. Anyway-sorry for the rant, lol.

[@a012345]

@@kateapple1 You time your short or puts wrong, you would just end up losing a lot of money, even if your conclusion is correct. You need to be right and have the right (almost exact) timing to profit.

[@xepharnazos]

How about the incredible convenience of automatically skipping ahead to after the Intro credits, even if it also skips the Cold Open as well, forcing you to manually rewind to watch the actual beginning of each episode? Good times.

[@01talima]

so thats why i was struggling to follow the plot!

[@Lilybun]

Same with "next episode" popping up before you see mid-/post-credit content or not popping up at all making you think theres going to be aforementioned content. Really makes you think how much of your subscription is going to the unpaid intern whose job is to scroll through all the shows to add those flags.

[@pstrap1311]

@@Lilybun yeah, i hate that. Even if you are ready with the remote (or ps4 controller in my case) you have to impute what amounts to a secret code of 4 or 5 button presses without wasting a fraction of a second if you want to keep it from auto advancing to the next episode. One wrong input, even pushing the wrong direction on my controller immediately initiates the auto advance "feature".

[@elias_xp95]

That's only an issue if you're watching braindead hollywood comedy shows.

[@L_Train]

oh you poor thing

[@Fiddleback]

When Netflix started (back when it was all DVDs) you could find a lot of amazing titles that were rare and hard to find. All sorts of obscure things that you and one guy you met in a video store had heard of but never seen. Really cool stuff, stuff I was happy to subscribe for. And now look at it. The only obscure stuff is their own "originals" most of which aren't.

[@residentelect]

I feel very much the same but I'm most disappointed by the drop in quality and overall choice of documentaries, be them Netflix originals or the ones migrated from a syndicated network, such as the BBC nature programmes. Only two years ago the platform was a wealth of niche, thought provoking, independent, sometimes hard-hitting (and quite refreshingly) unbiased filmmaking. At present I'd argue that in my region 85% of the documentaries available consist of two genres, True Crime or N@zis/WW2... Using a VPN has helped uncover some foreign gems, but they are also now few and far between... Right, I'm off to watch Season 2:1 of 'Cold Cases of the Schutzstaffel...'

[@SoybeanGravy]

Ditching the rating model was a coward move too, what if I WANT to watch something terrible? How do I know what’s good, what’s so bad it’s good, and what’s just downright boring?

[@oj7442]

@@SoybeanGravy it was a coward move, you could say the same when youtube did it

[@residentelect]

@@SoybeanGravy Are we talking "Battlefield Earth-bad" or "Showgirls-bad"...?

[@lifeisstr4nge]

LOL, funny shit!

[@rabudman]

The coolest thing I like about Netflix is how they include the return envelope so you can order your next DVD and it'll be at your door within a week. Nobody can beat that!!

[@wererat42]

I heard they're even going to start carrying video games!

[@mENTALdRIFTER]

Aw man, that's crap, my mom said if I want to rent a game I have to ride my bike to the Hollywood Video

[@tt-thats-me]

Ah, men of the dark ages

[@wmurch3]

i miss ripping Netflix DVD ISO's 😔

[@mENTALdRIFTER]

@@wmurch3 oh God, that takes me back lol. Digital version of our parents recording VHS tapes on a second VCR while the family watches the movie xD

[@Malky24]

Netflix is like one of those albums (back in the day when we bought albums) where you'd heard a couple of the songs on it, liked them, bought the album on the strength of those songs and then realise those are the only good songs on the album and now you've wasted your money and you're bored.

[@erikhermansen3431]

Maybe you should try liking better music... Lol. Once I gave up on radio and started finding music on my own I found that stopped happening.

[@Malky24]

​@@erikhermansen3431 I'm talking about back in the 90's, there was radio and that was about it.

[@fidelpasillas3876]

"Into the night" "Yakamoz" "To the lake" "Midnight mass" "We are all dead" "Cathedral of the sea" "The silent sea" "Kingdom" "Black summer" "Blankspace" "Mind hunter" "Archive 81" "Alice in borderland" "Thieves of the wood"

[@rabudman]

Remember, the big draw for Cable TV was "NO COMMERCIALS". They'll be coming to Netflix soon.

[@WanJae42]

Hey, some of the channels really were commercial free. C-Span, for example. Woot!

[@reginac5488]

And lose oodles more subscribers

[@josephrohland5604]

Great point. I'll never forget how they lied to us about that. The content providers have been getting paid from both ends (advertisers&subscribers) since the early 1980's. What a sham.

[@thursoberwick1948]

Amazon Prime is going down this road. KZbin is pretending not to.

[@PerfectTangent]

The ironic thing is the demise of Netflix may very well signal the demise of all of them. I'm not paying out the ass for multiple streaming services (something many of my friends seem to have no problem doing), so when I inevitably cancel my Netflix, that'll be the end of an era for me. Not unlike when I walked away from cable back in 2001.

[@quarterburnt]

Oh people will pay. They paid $200 a month for cable or satellite tv. Sure you had some who’d install black boxes but not enough to make a dent in profit. We’re back to cable tv now but instead of channels, it’s apps.

[@Games_and_Music]

I've been saying this since 2010 or something, after i stopped watching regular TV and discovered the online stuff. Netflix had a nice run, but it would obviously never work out, as all kinds of paid streaming services start popping up, there will be too many separate bills to pay to keep up with the programming. So, the streaming services probably will have to come together under an umbrella network or corporation, that you sign up for, just like the old TV networks used to do. But i had figured that instead of TV cable networks, it would be the internet providers that will be the distributor of content. It does look like AT&T is making a go for it, and i think if they keep it up, sorta staying under the radar and building up a collection of quality TV channels, they might become one of the first internet/TV giants, as opposed to just being a middle man to the industries. They might even buy up Netflix, why not?

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

It won't be all of them. A few will remain. Disney+ won't go away. That's a certainty.

[@davidjames579]

Just hopscotch. You don't need to buy a year in advance.

[@vikramkrishnan6414]

Most people with disposable income i.e. aged greater than 30, already know what they like, we already have a catalog of movies and shows that we like. I might add a new tv show to that list maybe once every one or two years, but I am not going to sit and watch 5 different shows to try and figure out what I might want to watch more of

[@AaaSWE]

My favorite Netflix feature is browsing around looking at content I will never watch.

[@systemichaos5867]

Well said. Let's not forget my most hated aspect of Netflix, their popularization of the subscriber model (along with Amazon). No company wants a finalized sale anymore; they're all chomping at the bit to stick that IV in you and siphon off your cash each month til your dead. Turning everything into a utility. They'll have you renting your clothes in due time, no doubt. "You will own nothing and be happy" has been in practice for the better part of a decade thanks to this shit company.

[@gcooper642]

I'm looking at you Adobe. Just let me buy a copy of Photoshop

[@samerm8657]

Blaming a sole company for the majority peoples priorities is a stretch...

[@thecoldglassofwatershow]

Bullseye

[@ZachJ-0]

@@samerm8657 it's capitalism in general, the Netflix business model is just a symptom of the disease. Pay more and more money for less and less, that's how you drive up the profit numbers to show to the shareholders. Profit at any cost. Business exists to serve the share holders, not the customers. The crappy state of businesses today makes perfect sense when you view it through that lense.

[@ThumpertTheFascistCottontail]

Here's hoping the decline of Netflix is an indication the pendulum is swinging the other way.

[@tttm99]

"The pharmaceutical industry? Nah... If you really want to see Georg get worked up, mention Netflix!" This was just too good Georg! Thanks 👍😆

[@EstebanGunn]

Some of the magic of Breaking Bad is ruined with how it auto skips past the credits where, in the credits music, ominous sounds are integrated from the episode that was just watched - which originally allowed the viewer watching the AMC broadcast to sit and contemplate the episode over the reminiscent sounds. People binging BB for the first time will never know that experience.

[@kf7721]

I have issue with the quick end skip, it happens so fast you can't even grab the remote and stop it. The superhero show The Boys has good songs at the end. They obviously spent a lot of money on the music budget and I might want to hear the song play but it skips incredibly fast. You can't even reflect on what you just watched and absorb the ending conclusion of the show because the next episode starts.

[@jeremyross9698]

@@kf7721 The worst part is there's not even an option to turn it off. Or, at the very least, make the button skip the credits instead of making the button prevent skipping.

[@TacticusPrime]

It's kind of nuts how Netflix fundamentally doesn't understand streaming... despite basically inventing it. People don't subscribe to watch something premiering. People subscribe to maintain access to favorites.

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

They are trying to turn streaming back into tv.

[@MakerInMotion]

Exactly. They keep cancelling popular shows because of an obsession with growth. It's not enough that a show has a big audience and maintains it. They want it to constantly go up. That's why hardly anything gets past 2 seasons. Most shows have found their audience by then. Netflix doesn't care that their existing subscribers are attached to those shows they just want more signups.

[@thursoberwick1948]

@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 Like this platform.

[@thursoberwick1948]

The BBC is even worse on this score.

[@TheInevitableHulk]

I think the fact they never advertise their genuinely good shows that aren't Stranger Things contributes a lot to that.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

The brain of Netflix has some wires crossed, so that "advertise a good show" has been replaced with "cancel a good show".

[@MakerInMotion]

Plus the homepage has a terrible algorithm for suggesting content. I've gone on opening weekend of a new show that fits perfectly with my viewing profile and it isn't on my homepage anywhere. I have to use the search bar to find something they should be holding up in front of my face.

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

@@MakerInMotion KZbin Recommendations are the same way for me. When you go to "Recommendations", the algorithm is supposed to look at the content that you watched, and your search history, to recommend a page of videos that match your interests. However, every single time I click on it, the page is full of videos that seem to be pushing the boundaries of the opposite of what I want to watch to maximum levels. It's even filling the page with videos that are in languages that I don't understand. The only stuff I watch and search for on KZbin, or even Google in general, are science communication stuff, and history research/documentaries. It recommends me videos about furries, trains, car repair, more furries, Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog crap, videos in Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Thai, Spanish, Mommy bloggers. LOTS of Mommy bloggers. And lately, hundreds of clips from movies and TV shows, or people doing stupid things, that average about 3 seconds in length. How does it even register as a video if it's between 1 to 3 seconds??? I don't know how watching and searching for science and history stuff causes the algorithm to think that THIS is the stuff I'm interested in. So Netflix isn't the only recommendation algorithm that is awful. I think that ALL these recommendation algorithms are borked, for some reason.

[@MakerInMotion]

@@BlackburnBigdragon My homepage and the sidebar when I'm watching a video are pretty relevant to what I want to watch. One thing that probably helps is I click the three dots and choose "not interested" or "don't recommend channel" when its wrong. For example they kept putting videos by The Young Turks everywhere because I watch some political stuff sometimes. But I want politics, not dog shit. So I used those 3 dots to tell youtube a few times to knock it off and now there's no more The Young Turks videos stinking up my feed.

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

@@MakerInMotion Oh, I click, "Not interested", "Don't recommend this channel", "I don't like this video", etc.. ALL of those supposed filters that they give us. And as far as I'm concerned, they're simply placebo. They don't work. At all. I will click "Don't recommend this channel". An hour later, recommendations will be full of videos from that channel. They'll send me a video about football. I'll click, "Not interested". It will send me videos about football teams. I'll click not interested on those videos. It will seem to think, "Okay. you don't like THOSE teams. How about videos about THESE teams.". I'll click "Don't recommend this channel" on every single one of them. It will just recommend more channels about Football. And eventually, half of the channels and videos that I previously clicked on those filter options for to get rid of them, come back. It's like the algorithm has some type of memory loss and forgets every damn thing I click within 15 to 20 minutes. It NEVER bases any of the recommendations on ANYTHING that I watch or search for, and those filter options might as well not be there, because they NEVER work.

[@Ultracity6060]

Reminds me of the new KZbin thumbnails. "Oh, you moused over that long enough for a preview to start? That counts! That counts as watching! Now that's all we'll recommend on your homepage."

[@RADIOSUlClDl0]

if your Netflix "continue watching" section is a vast graveyard of non-hollywood fictions and serialized crime documentaries you found vaguelly interesting, but never felt compelled to pick them up again, don't be alarmed: that indicates only that you are still sane.

[@jneilson7568]

At least you can remove them all now, if you have a spare hour or two...

[@PlatinumAltaria]

I get two kinds of recommendations: things I've already seen, and things I would never watch in a million years that make me question my own sanity.

[@gabrielf2432]

'Brazil' was not supposed to be a playbook, and we don't even get the cool ductwork everywhere either!

[@SomePotato]

And shitty flat-panels instead of lovely CRTs!

[@Serahpin]

One trick I'm surprised they didn't use was keeping subscription prices constant for current subscribers. That way older subscribers feel good because they have a lower price than newer subscribers AND it incentivizes people to hold onto their subscription so that don't have to pay the higher rate if they temporary drop Netflix.

[@tph2010]

It will never not be insane that you can't click on a show/movie to read the summary without it auto-playing.

[@jmaster2855]

No idea if you'll see this, but this is legitimately one of my favorite videos of yours, and I think one of your best. The editing is fantastic, the subject matter is both interesting on its own and made more entertaining by your delivery. Your critiques, insights, and dare I say- _complaints,_ are delivered both really well and are wonderfully biting, and that ending... Honestly, it's so nice to see a KZbin creator both stick with their channel for so long and who so consistently improves their work. Keep at it, whatever it is you're doing!

[@stevenbodo965]

"wow wow wow, I'm mad now..." That was perfect! Tell them George, high tech everything and nothing functions. They make a donkey out of themselves.

[@novelezra]

Georg: "Netflix is lucky that Disney and HBO were so late to the party" Paramount Plus: "W-Why didn't he mention us? W-We're cool r-right?"

[@DMichaelAtLarge]

Good one.

[@davedogge2280]

I expect Netflix to carry most historical titles with hundreds of thousands of movies and TV shows but it doesn't even have Top Gun and Goonies on offer ffs. It was meant to be an online video rental store and it's not. The Jimmy Savile documentary they did recently just had nothing new or different to say that hasn't already been.

[@cloudbloom]

I feel the same way, I honestly don't understand why their library of available shows is relatively small. They must be making a fortune on subscriptions so I assume they have the means to offer a substantially larger amount of films and shows to watch

[@spktrspktr3111]

@@cloudbloom Debt.

[@nagger8216]

"it doesn't even have Top Gun and Goonies" Ugh, and we wonder why nostalgic, pandering bullshit is so popular now. Try actually giving an example of anything made in the last 20 years

[@jasonmcclatchie6877]

@@nagger8216 I looked for The Hateful Eight and it gave me Django, Inglorious Bastards and a bunch of shitty westerns.

[@jarreldoomis3502]

@@jasonmcclatchie6877 to be fair, that was on Netflix for like 3 years.

[@Lilybun]

Netflix UX is really something else, for example look at the "my list" thing. It's like youtube gave you one playlist that's your subscription feed, watch history and watch later melded together and shuffled into a random order every time you refresh the page. Oh, and it won't have that red line on the bottom of the thumbnail to indicate things you have already watched and the thumbnails themselves change on every other page refresh too. Kind of impressive really.

[@AchtungEnglander]

You sir are completely right. It never fails to baffle me how a multi billion company has utterly failed in producing a viable search function. It's like they take My List titles, throw them in the air, and then let them land in any random order, which you then have zero control or editing powers. Beyond useless. It's actually embrassing.

[@jneilson7568]

If anything proves that nobody at Netflix uses their own service, it's that ridiculous single MyList 'feature'.

[@AchtungEnglander]

@@jneilson7568 I am working on the assumption it's done on purpose. Why? God knows

[@stephenlyall7759]

Now that’s the old George back powering through. The best choreographed expletives whilst drinking a can ever……..

[@spoonman9584]

"Pay for Netflix, A whole lot of shitty movies and TV shows at a premium! That you won't even truly own!!!" You might even find one or two that's so addictive you hold on to the service until you discover [redacted] bay.

[@testosteroneinc.3800]

Ahoy matey!! Don't forget about the many free streaming apks. 😉

[@residentelect]

@@testosteroneinc.3800 Those "Misguided Sailors" sure do come in handy at times... Especially when you want to watch Season 1 of Peacemaker, but sans HBO Max account...

[@austintinoC00l]

I cancelled my subscription and returned to my "sailing" days after they put the prices up again. Not giving netflix another penny to churn out "tallgirl 3" or some crap

[@stizanley3987]

If Netflix adds commercials I'm out.

[@coolwill78]

That sign off was better than 78% of the content on Netflix

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

It used to be that if you wanted to watch something, anything, you could pop on Netflix, and find something interesting to watch. The libraries were full of content to browse through. But over the years, every year, for the past decade, I've watch the content on offer shrink, and shrink and shrink. I like to watch comedies and science fiction/fantasy movies. These sections used to be huge. But over time, it's been like watching a dwindling book shelf. They don't even have a quarter on offer of what they once had. Oh. And when I want to watch a TV series that Netflix happens to have, it will be missing one or two seasons... randomly. You can watch season 1. 2, 4, and 7, when there are 10 seasons, as an example of one show. And this is a problem that plagues a lot of the shows on offer. And the damn auto play when looking for content. You can't shut it off. I'll be browsing titles, and if I pause for a second to try to read what a title is, suddenly the damn video will start playing. It doesn't give you any time to read the description, and just decides to throw movie clips at you. I want to know what a movie or show is about, not get scenes from the show shoved in my face as I'm trying to read the description. And I 100% agree with that awful search function. They really want you to use their carousels, and you just can't get away from them without jumping through hoops. The design of the site is awful and intrusive. And while I'm on the subject of the constantly shrinking content, let's talk about what they're replacing that shrinking library with. 99% of the shows that they're adding are cheap, reality based, game shows, and cooking shows it seems, where it looks like they use the same set, decorated differently each time. And the shows that they do have, where they actually invested in them, are very few, and far between. And the ones that are actually good out of those few, are even fewer. Constantly shrinking available content, cheap, crap replacements, and an awful and intrusive site design, especially when compared to other services, are destroying Netflix.

[@LoveProWrestling]

at least theyre not like amazon who have a load of things to offer, but most require money or some other streaming service you dont actually want who then wants money as well

[@kf7721]

It's impossible to even see the content on netflix because the menus just show the same few suggestions by classifying them in every category you go past. Popular stranger things. Thriller stranger things. Sci fi stranger things. 80s Stranger things. But it does that with like 10 other things so after a few mins you realize all you're seeing is the same suggestions over and over again but repackaged. When you finish something then it actually shows you good stuff related to that and that's where I usually find something.

[@kf7721]

When you hover over something to read it, if it doesn't show you video it will show you some sort of spoiler photo like Arrested Development shows the guy with a hook, which when originally watched was funny as hell when it happened because it was outargeous but now its known before you start the show so that comedic moment is stolen. I'm not spoiling it because even getting close to that show it shows that picture repeatedly. Its best to put your hand up and block the screens and mute the volume when you're browsing. Pathetic.

[@kieranhurst8543]

The amount of content hasn't really shrunk all that much, now they only show you what they THINK you will like but I just wished they showed us EVERYTHING

[@DanEaton73]

Hands down, my favorite episode you've done. Eloquent, poetic. Headbanging rock. Thanks so very much, that made my day. Beautiful.

[@gretchenbaker7435]

In my house we have 3 people. Last week we all were watching different movies on it then a notice came up saying too many users were watching! Never seen that before. I'm actually shocked we all found something different to watch .

[@db5823]

“After a fairly shaky start to the day, Arthur's mind was beginning to reassemble itself from the shell-shocked fragments the previous day had left him with. He had found a Nutri-Matic machine which had provided him with a plastic cup filled with a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea. The way it functioned was very interesting. When the Drink button was pressed it made an instant but highly detailed examination of the subject's taste buds, a spectroscopic analysis of the subject's metabolism and then sent tiny experimental signals down the neural pathways to the taste centers of the subject's brain to see what was likely to go down well. However, no one knew quite why it did this because it invariably delivered a cupful of liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.”

[@MikkyD666]

If Netflix had a seance resulting in the slowing of time for a moment, then there's a slim chance that they might get a really good cup of tea!

[@MrWhipple42]

"Look, you stupid machine, it tastes filthy!"

[@theghostofsabertache9049]

Please explain the reference it sounds interesting.

[@MikkyD666]

@@theghostofsabertache9049 The original quote is from Douglas Adams book Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. The universe is filled with ridiculous megacorporations that get into rather insane, unethical and hilarious shenanigans. Naturally, the products they make are basically crap. It's difficult to explain the seance remark I made, except to say it's an event that happens not long after the passage quoted above. Hitchhiker's is very much worth a read if you have the time. Hope this made sense:)

[@theghostofsabertache9049]

@@MikkyD666 I’ve certainly heard of it I will definitely add it to my reading list. Thanks for the tip.

[@geemelone9974]

This was brilliant. I watched 2(!) Whole KZbin ads for this pissed drunk after a Houseparty and a half hour walk home for this. Totally worth it. Have a good night I salute you or whatever. :*

[@coltonc7832]

Glad to hear you got home safe :^)

[@mhoppy6639]

Love it. Can we have a new category!? Georg swears. A lot. Wonderful.

[@Reverend_Andrew]

I'd like to assume you don't even leave the house without taking that damn lava lamp with you

[@jasonwomack4064]

I picture him sitting it on the counter while digging in his pockets to buy a pack of cigarettes.

[@Reverend_Andrew]

@@jasonwomack4064 keeps a portable battery with him so it's always lit up

[@jemhoare2105]

I thought it was his novelty dialysis machine

[@therunningsloth6915]

@@jemhoare2105 lmao

[@coreys7219]

Earlier I was in the grocery store when I heard Annie Lennox start up on the radio, I realized that its been too long since I've enjoyed the Hiptang

[@otahak]

very rarely do I actually laugh out loud, but your Tourette's outburst there at the end was hilarious precisely because I understood it completely. Well done.

[@theretrogamer14]

My favorite phenomenon is when you have an interest to watch a specific movie and so you go through five streaming platforms only to see that none of them have it...

[@TreadedWater]

Watch this once thoughtful movie reviewer lose his mind in real time. (Love you, Georg)

[@Xoais]

The whole end bit had my rolling. Beautiful stuff

[@michiganjack1337]

I have it through my cellphone carrier for free and I still can’t be bothered to turn it on.

[@layziegtp]

This is the content I'm subscribed for.

[@andr386]

The search function and the suggestion algorithm never worked for me. On top of that I had so many good series that stood out and then were cancelled very quickly. It takes me 30-60 minutes now to choose a show on Netflix. It's a huge pain. And the cost has only been raising.

[@kelostful]

“I mean…it’s not as important as someone sh*tting on or near Johnny Depp” HOWLING LAUGHTER

[@thegreathadoken6808]

I thought the final 30-or-so seconds of this video offered some of the most insightful and nuanced thoughts I think I have heard for some time.

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

Frankly, I'm getting sick of the way streaming works altogether now. Each service might have ONE or TWO shows that I'm interested in, while most of the rest of the stuff I have zero interest in. If I wanted to watch all these shows, I would have to have subscriptions to MANY DIFFERENT services, and I'd be paying out a ridiculous amount of cash each month. Subscribing to a service for ONE show just isn't worth the amount they all want to charge.

[@MichaelPohoreski]

Greedy streaming services with their limited A La Carte model is their downfall.

[@ReleaseTheCanines]

I've never owned a Netflix account but had partners who did. I'd log into their accounts and literally every time I did and typed in any of my favourite movies; every single time it'd auto-complete in the search function, yet the film was never actually on their selection. There's only ever been maybe 2 or 3 things on Netflix I ever actually found I actually wanted to see I couldn't get elsewhere for cheaper or free (or didn't already own on basic DVD quality but wanted to watch again in HD), I've simply never understood the appeal of this channel/app whatever you call it, it's always had a shite selection and it's only got worse over time. Flash in the pan load of rubbish that mostly appeals to the lowest common denominator, never spent a penny on it and never will. Good riddance when it finally goes.

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

Lol. My experience exactly. I signed up at the beginning of the pandemic. Was anoyed for 2 days i couldn't find anything i was looking for and unsubscribed again. I'll stick to my magic internet box that has pretty much the entire worlds broadcast channels in it plus streams pretty much every movie and and serie ever made for 100 euro a year. Including netflix originals.

[@thomaseriksen6885]

Accurate It just is

[@jimrustle270]

It used to have a pretty decent selection, until Disney and all the other channels decided to start their own streaming services. For what it’s worth, Redlettermedia have a brilliant summary of just how ridiculous things have gotten with that.

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

@@jimrustle270 redlettermedia is the best thing in the internet!! I wish Mr plinket was my neighbour lol 🤯 It is time for these companies to do something like they have done with music. One simple subscription where you can find most things in a single place. Where things become available after a number of months. Like how it was during the time of the video store. First a movie went into theatres, 6 months later it was available on rentals which was a cheaper option if you where willing to wait to see the movie and 6 months or whatever after that it was broadcast on television for free. Just make new releases pay per view, have a premium subscription where those new releases can be watched after 6 months or so and a normal subscription half the price where things become available 6 months later again plus that gives acces to the whole back library of these studios. Make it simple and easy. I'm perfectly willing to pay for the few things i want to actually watch as long as pricing is reasonable and payment is easy. I am not paying for 7 subscriptions that don't even include full libraries and constantly having to switch between 7 different apps or whatever. When watching stuff not using your services is easier then actually using your service you really can't expect me to pay for it in my opinion.

[@Games_and_Music]

"lowest common denominator" & "partners who did", hah I guess i share your opinion on Netflix and the taste in women. But i still appreciate Netflix for trying, even though i was never going to pay for it, or any other streaming services, but at least they opened the door to internet-TV, as in internet and TV provided under one umbrella corporation, instead of having to pay for services separately. ( i mean, they're going to get bought out eventually, by probably another (stream) TV producer or a cable company). I think the cable companies need to start buying up the streaming services, so that they can be included in the total package, instead of having to pay for services separately. The whole point of me switching to watch stuff online was because of ads, because what is the use of paying for something, when you still get to see ads? Then came the pop ups, but we can block them, so, i just think maybe we should pay a bit more to the cable company, so that we can watch all the other crap without breaking any laws.

[@MrSwinefuzz]

I remember when Netflix stocked virtually every DVD in the world and would rent it to you via snail mail for a low price. IT WAS GREAT. They changed the home video movie rental industry for the better, destroying archaic companies in the process (good riddance Blockbuster Video). Then, they changed the industry AGAIN with streaming the world's most popular TV shows and movies for a low price. When the owners of that content saw Netflix's success, they raised their prices or pulled their content to start their own streaming services, forcing Netflix to become original content creators. Problem is, Nutfux WENT ALL IN on quantity over quality and their few good shows get lost in the avalanche of awful idiosyncratic niche-y shows I simply cannot sit through. Now their DVD selection is terrible, you can't get a title that was hugely popular just 10 or 20 years ago. Yes. I still use "physical media", SUE ME. And they stream very little of anything I want to see. So, basically, Netflix followed one HUGE SUCCESS with another HUGE SUCCESS with a HUGE FAILURE and now it's difficult to find anything good to watched via streaming OR DVD-by-mail from the company called Netflix. They keep raising prices to deliver massive amounts of shit.

[@thursoberwick1948]

Both Netflix and Blockbuster pushed Hollywood product... ignoring or marginalising indy products and non-English language cinema. Except Cuties.

[@adampeters7947]

I think Georg should have his own show. On Netflix.

[@paineoftheworld]

I envision our brave content creator walking into the CEO's office and attempting to slip his foot into said CEO and wear him around town as a boot.

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

the worst thing I remember watching on Netflix was a documentary about aliens and declassified documents. I thought I would see something new and it was exactly the same crap we had been watching from history channel, with little to no investigation or reliable sources.

[@thursoberwick1948]

Read John Keel and Jacques Vallee's books on this subject. Much more informative.

[@20TonChop]

I really didn't expect you to give us such a crisp and thoroughly thought-out description of their actions at the very end. Perfectly said and I concur.

[@fatwoul]

I'm looking forward to Netflix introducing ads, because it will be the catalyst I need to end my subscription and save £16 a month.

[@Bow-to-the-absurd]

Yeah Subs will drop off a cliff when adverts appear. No way in hell am i paying for adverts

[@rayoflight62]

Muzak invented the background music. Netflix invented the background video. The former to be heard without listening, the latter to be seen without watching it. In both cases, listening or watching their products create an intellective default...

[@Olebull93]

I canceled my Netflix subscription when I couldn't see SG-1 in Europe.

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

I don't have a Netflix account but my mum does and sometimes I watch it with her. Usually, it's a case of spending 2 hours trying to find something to watch for an hour or so. Occasionally we'll strike gold but more often than not it'll be crap. The thing that gets me is that you can scroll through all the various sections and be greeted by mostly the exact same titles. While some movies do fit under multiple categories, it does get a bit ridiculous seeing them try to justify putting some crappy rom-com under horror because it might contain scenes of mild peril or something like that. I'm not really a fan of Netflix style streaming sites as I much prefer physical media. The problem is that the streaming services like to make things exclusive and in order to see everything you might be interested in, you need to subscribe to all of them, at which point it'd be cheaper just to buy the DVDs which you then own and watch as often as you like until they stop working.

[@DrKlausTrophobie]

"Usually, it's a case of spending 2 hours trying to find something to watch for an hour or so." A relatable Problem. And i had it years _before_ Netflix with my own DVD-Collection. "Too scary, too romantic, too much action,..." It's a matter of mood. Another thing i have with _every_ streaming service: Titles i find mildly interesting in my watch-list, but didn't get to actually watch them ... mostly Drama.

[@DrKlausTrophobie]

@@m.richards6947 In a browser there are two buttons in the upper right corner. They are right next to each other: one with lines, one with squares. Hit the squares, you'll get rid of the curated lists.

[@kf7721]

I 100% agree it's impossible not to see the same title over and over and over for 20 mins trying to find something. Imagine if you could hover over something and select dont show this again, at keast for the session until you restart it. It would be amazong to be able to hide titles you've seen or don't want to see.

[@ShellShock794]

Honestly, I started disliking Netflix when they implemented the immediate and constant previews of shows when you have them highlighted. You can't scroll without muting your TV because it's just a constant onslaught of random loud noises as you're trying to read descriptions. Then they started losing a LOT of the good stuff that they didn't own and started canceling all of the good stuff that they do own. I canceled my subscription the *second* I got the email that said they were raising the price to $20 a month. And I mean that literally, I read the email, logged into Netflix and canceled my subscription that very second. I'm not paying $20 a month for something that has nothing good, cancels anything that is good and refuses to promote or suggest anything that's good that I don't know about.

[@shanep5819]

This is Final Boss-level Georg.

[@Casablonga]

Where's Collaborator, Georg. Where's Collaborator.

[@brutish123]

The only thing I don't like about this is it took me this long to discover Georg. Good info on and insight into Netflix, yes, and I'm very happy there are a lot more Georg videos to binge, but the crux of this silly comment is, "Where have you been all my KZbin?"

[@badtooth104]

I'm glad to see you and your lava lamp have upgraded from the void to my dad's study.

[@LloydSeven]

Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel about netflix. I am so glad I never signed up for them.

[@jeanrodriguez3359]

Well done Lloyd.

[@_Meriwether]

What really f**ked me off recently, was that you can watch the _second_ part of "IT", but not the _first_ part. You wot mate?

[@x--.]

A masterpiece from start to finish. Could he take a dump on a couch, set it next to a lava lamp and still bring forth the delight? I believe he could. Someone get this guy a Netflix special!

[@jackjohnson6884]

Is that you amber

[@DoubleThinkTwice]

Man understandably descends into self-inflicted tourette syndrome, 2022

[@nigelcarren]

After two years of Netflix, the most entertaining thing I have seen to date has been a documentary about chasing a wheel of cheese downhill! Compliment by the way, I love documentaries about chasing wheels of cheese downhill. 🧀🇬🇧. (Cue national anthem)

[@Splatterpunk_OldNewYork]

At this point your lava lamp has become its own character with a backstory.

[@chungusbooper]

it's always good to hear your voice again. I like it a lot. even if you just uploaded an ominous 10 seconds which was just you frantically saying that you're in way too deep and can't trust any fucker right now

[@PaulThomas-qb9cx]

I really wanna see such a clip.

[@Euphoriasmotion2011]

After cuties and all the propaganda, you should have abandoned ship.

[@vryc]

You know, George, I had this damn Netflix sub and haven't used it in months; kinda like a gym membership that just continues to seep money outta my pocket as I tell myself I'll start using it soon. This vid reminded/inspired me to cancel my sub. At least there's that.

[@mcoupe69]

You’re one of the most well spoken goobers I enjoy watching on this platform sir

[@toskvision]

nice to see you've moved into Mr Plinkett's house. Nice finish BTW.

[@wynngwynn]

Midnight Mass, Hill House, Bly Manor and a few others were really good made by netflix shows and weren't too expensive to make. IDK wtf they were thinking about with stranger things season 4. Holy shit that's a bloated budget.

[@Mooondoggy]

The worst thing in the world is finishing a film that leaves you contemplating something deeply, and having to dive for the controller/remote to prevent the next fucking thing from starting, completely ruining the aftershock of the climax. The feeling and accompanying train of thought that the filmmakers spent tens of millions to give to you. P.S. Birdbox sucked

[@davidkulmaczewski4911]

I saw your thumbnail and thought.... finally, somebody's reacting to Sling Blade! No such luck.

[@BrisbaneTeslaGuy]

As the title says George indeed complains

[@davemanpainter]

I sign up, then immediately cancle my subscription. I have Netflix for a month, and I can watch everything that remotely interests me in a weekend .... then its another year till I suscribe for a month again. They are going in the same direction as TLC. Make cheap reality shows and live with the profit on them.

[@jmjeffries2]

Netflix is trash. That red N on the poster is a warning.

[@colinoscopy2436]

Always had netflix through a friend or brother but can't say I've watched anything on there in about 3 years

[@randomtinypotatocried]

I vaguely remember there being a start from the beginning button a few years back for Netflix

[@EpifanesEuergetes]

If Netflix randomly autoplays Gaspar Noé I just might subscribe.

[@Diptera_Larvae]

That hit on a I Bird Box almost felt like a return to movie reviews 😄

[@pyroromancer]

when record inflation hits, the first thing households drop are subscriptions.

[@easymentality]

Honestly, the last minute and a half of this is what convinced me to 👍the video. Solid work.

[@Richard_Jones]

Georg gradually turning into Father Jack from 'Father Ted' at the end was brilliant.

[@Abravado]

haha I thnk Netflix broke George 😅😅🤣😂🤣

[@incremental_failure]

My favorite is the search which autocompletes the title you were looking for, only to show you that it's not available. Good job.

[@heartman64]

Ya then when they have a good series like mindhinter they give up on it like wtf Netflix

[@danieltaylor4185]

I've been telling people for years that there's going to be a battle of the streaming services soon. Netflix used to be a great service for checking out some good movies on DVD every so often, and it was great. They started streaming, and if you liked movies more than TV, you'd be pretty happy. And even if you did like TV, they had some titles even if they were behind Hulu. But nowadays, the selection has been portioned out in such tiny chunks, no one wants to pay for it anymore. At least, not on a consistent month-to-month basis. I don't know anyone that wants to pay $12 (or whatever it is now) to just watch Netflix Originals. I only bought a month recently because Netflix has the rights to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 6. I finished what they had of the season, watched a few other shows I'd been meaning to catch up on, and then dropped the service like it was flaming bag of dog feces. I just couldn't bring myself to watch half the stuff on there - I exhausted the worthwhile content they added in the past 6 months in less than 1 month, and then I was gone. Mark my words, the streaming wars are heating up. And it looks like Netflix isn't doing too well. Place your bets folks, because eventually we'll be back to 2 or maybe 3 streaming platforms for general content like American Broadcast TV shows and moves, and maybe a couple of specialized streaming platforms for specific markets like Anime, or classic films - things of that nature.

[@TiffyVella1]

Yep there is competition, and instead of the different streaming companies competing for our dollar by increasing value, increasing range, increasing service, catering to diversity etc, they are doing it by dividing up the market into protected territory. If you want to watch something from the GoT universe, the Star Wars universe, the Harry Potter universe, the Star Trek universe etc etc etc...you are going to be forced to buy subs from a stack of services.

[@LoveProWrestling]

but who would have thought the battle of the streaming services was going to be 'who can be the worst?', rather than the best.

[@danieltaylor4185]

@KanashiiFX People on the internet and people in real life are different. You'd be surprised at the number of people who barely even use the internet, and this has completely blindsided them. Half my family had no idea that Netflix was claiming to be in trouble. And I'm not bragging. If I were bragging, I'd have done something like made a video a year ago saying that Netflix would fall, posting the link here, and proclaim myself to be Nostradamus. That was more of a preamble to my rant about how bad Netflix has gotten, and a little end cap for the people who haven't caught up yet.

[@danieltaylor4185]

@@TiffyVella1 Exactly. We went from "far and away better than cable" to "Cable with extra steps." It's basically the games console wars in streaming platform format. They key difference is that there's a much lower barrier to entry. Anyone who could get the rights to these properties like Disney or HBO probably has the staff and most of the infrastructure required to set up a streaming service. To get into the consoles race, you have to manufacture a physical product, deal with logistics, and you can't really lean on an extensive back-catalogue of content.

[@LoveProWrestling]

The main problem is that these companies met in secret (circa 2013) to decide to stop producing physical media as the default and only make special editions or the big hits which were sure to sell like bloody abbas greatest hits, and venture into streaming because it was what people had demanded. So now if you want to watch for example The Shining...it's not on Netflix and Amazon wants me to pay them at least £3.49 to not even own it. If you dont then it has effectively been erased from history.

[@jimrustle270]

This is why piracy has made a huge comeback - and they deserve it.

[@_dude..]

Get a Nas drive and use a (not evil) search engine. All films are out there no matter how obscure.

[@LoveProWrestling]

​@@_dude.. rest assured I can find things when need be...but this streaming is meant to be the good option to make everything available and eliminate Depps Salty Shanty Searches.

[@eugenebebs7767]

If they weren't canceling their successful originals after a couple of seasons, they might have had a decent original library

[@mattblom3990]

The part that's hard to stomach is getting emails saying I need to pay more for Netflix for original content when, personally, I detest most of it and never subscribed for their underwhelming originals in the first place.

[@nigel-Rollercam-channel]

As a massive fan of drinking and complaining I approve of this message

[@_dude..]

I remember when I think Lovefilm became Amazon prime. I used a trial subscription and discovered most of what I wanted to watch was not available or had to pay extra for, so actually terrible compared to what it was as a DVD rental company and even recently, when I went back to see if anything had changed it was exactly the same but with 'original' shows promoted. Most of which were shit. I knew it was only a matter of time before the companies that own the content would keep hold of it and make their own platforms and now it's come to pass. Netflix is never going to survive, only a matter of time before they're gone.

[@thursoberwick1948]

No tears for Netflix. I never subbed.

[@andrewsmithphoto]

After the Warner Brothers AT&T stock split I found myself owner of 48 shares of Warner Brothers Discovery. So... go Warner Brothers!?

[@floridaman1371]

Why tf does it look like David Fincher directed this video? Amazing shot n camera angle!

[@djkymaera]

Really brought it home at the end....

[@mandalorion]

Wish they had a review option. Save me a lot of time.