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Have you actually watched both versions of the show? Sure they share a basic theme and a few plot points from the original are used in the first season of the US version, but the US version quickly becomes its entirely own thing and calling it a remake is simply inaccurate.

That being said I do feel the US version has very much overstayed its welcome.

Yes, I have watched the UK one(s), and the first season of the US one. The US first season is very similar to the UK one. Some "localisation" changes are to be expected, and it's still called a "remake" in that sense, at least at the start.

The original House of Cards was also a mini-series of just 4 episodes; Netflix would have done well to understand why that was such a good idea.

There was three parts with 4 episodes each, for a total of 12 episodes. All very good. Sounds like you may have missed the next two, definitely worth watching.

Original means "produced by Netflix" in this context.