It's like Netflix has (at least) two different population of users - those like us, who would like a catalogue of legally streamable good movies to choose from, and the other population for whom Netflix basically replaces TV, i.e. people who don't really care what exactly they watch, and thus are open to recommendations.
I suppose it's fair if they want to target that other population. Maybe they're majority. For me, their recommendation is only an utter annoyance, and it lost any value the moment they switched from objective ratings to "percent match".
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I feel the same way.
It's like Netflix has (at least) two different population of users - those like us, who would like a catalogue of legally streamable good movies to choose from, and the other population for whom Netflix basically replaces TV, i.e. people who don't really care what exactly they watch, and thus are open to recommendations.
I suppose it's fair if they want to target that other population. Maybe they're majority. For me, their recommendation is only an utter annoyance, and it lost any value the moment they switched from objective ratings to "percent match".