Their recommendation system was seen as industry standard best in class.
I wouldnt potray them in negative light.
Compared to modern social media platforms they are eons behind ofc social media has more content and more data ofc.
But their BigData and stuff was bleeding edge in pre-2018 in 2026 they really are 5-8 years behind they have not progressed much from what I can tell in both my usage experience, and their technical outputs over the years.
And yes that's the thing about modern development you fall behind really quickly.
Think about it Google was the company to create modern LLMs but people now dog on their LLMs. Apparently even SpaceX is ahead (I don't exactly know but maybe it is).
Being ahead once doesn't mean you are ahead today.
All the world-class data science doesn’t change the fact that the catalog doesn’t actually have many “hidden gem” titles. I find it somewhat hypocritical to argue that naive recommendations skew to the mean, when Netflix will happily pull funding for quirky shows that underperform in front of a general audience.
a nation can emerge as a superpower with advanced infrastructure at one point in time, and still have antiquated infrastructure in the present, no high speed rail and overly complex solutions to make up for it
When was this? 2014?