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Netflix is private about their data so I'm curious why they did the interactive video route.

Maybe they had money lying around and there was no market need. I'd be curious to know.

Think it was a just a gamble. They have lower latency edge CDNs than literally everyone else in tech, so they’re in the best position to deliver cloud gaming. And this approach enabled them to roll it out to all user devices without needing any software upgrades.

It’s a neat idea, but the games they made simply aren’t fun.

It's not unusual for tech companies to throw lots of stuff at the wall and see what sticks, in the name of innovation.

There was probably someone pushing this who hoped adding interactivity to videos would be as revolutionary as adding hyperlinks to the web.

In my head I read this in J.K. Simmons’ voice.

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