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Netflix's android app is simply horrible. I prefer to watch pewdiepie on youtube than netflix's latest show because of that. I subscribed to their mid-level plan for about a year. One day while watching the daredevil, I realized the quality was so pathetic that it felt like playing a VCR on my 1440p screen. Canceled the subscription and I just watch Youtube now.

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What did you not like about it? I've been using it for the last few months and found it to be fairly good. I believe it got some significant updates (especially to the video player) recently.

Off the top of my head:

1. slow to load the main screen

2. slow to resume a video

3. quality is very low, both streaming and downloaded

4. many videos cannot be downloaded

5. sometimes the playback won't start and I have to force stop the app.

6. the app cannot be minimized to a window

7. seeking is slow and buggy

8. many shows have only old series, for example, expanse

These comparisons are with youtube. All in all, it feels like a single sprint effort to me. Guess they are spending all their money on content.

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