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My thoughts exactly as how much confusion this causes. It has happened to me several times that I'm scanning the catalog for a movie that my graphic memory had previously located, just to end up frustrated at first for not being able to find it and angry after realizing Netflix simply decides to A/B test the artwork.

This is like having a vinyl music collection made up of hundreds of items where the covers change randomly. Please Netflix, stop doing this.

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Aren't they proposing this would be shown to you for titles you haven't seen, and haven't made an association with yet?

I actually think this algorithmic discussion is really fascinating.

Even for films you haven't seen, it's a pretty terrible system. I didn't see Good Will Hunting until maybe a decade after it came out, but I was aware of it and knew it starred Matt Damon. If I had looked for it on Netflix and found a cover with Robin Williams, I might have wondered - was this another film with the same title?

> Aren't they proposing this would be shown to you for titles you haven't seen, and haven't made an association with yet?

Haven't seen on Netflix, using your (sub)account. This breaks in an annoying way when you saw the artwork previously at your friend's party, or on your spouse's subaccount, etc., and are now skimming the catalogue for the movie (maybe you don't remember the exact title, but know it's in a particular genre list).

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