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I'm the same. It has never once recommended something I'd actually consider watching. And the rest of the UI is so openly user-hostile that I can't bear using it. In particular, playing video if I pause too long on any one show. Baffling that they won't let you turn that off. And it's so difficult to just look for new stuff!

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i've had similar complaints in the past, though my real pain point has been Hulu on AppleTv. i cannot stand the UX, despite actively training myself on how to navigate the UI. the UX of many AppleTv app implementations has been less than stellar in my opinion. i will say this has driven me straight into the "just talk at it" workflow...which for brings its own set of struggles.

The autoplaying of the thumbnail thing has me flitting around in the UI so it doesn't trigger, because I think not-as-worse when I am flitting compared to when I am trying to focus on something and the video is blaring.

I almost feel like there should be an ADA lawsuit against the top streaming video purveyors to have a low tech distraction free consistent interface. Just give me the full catalog in XML format or SQLite, I'll do the rest.

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