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But won't subscribers be annoyed with having to look through so much content to find something they like?

Watching what got good reviews. It worked for movies for some one hundred years.

There were A LOT fewer movies/shows each year to consume. We had 3rd parties doing reviews of the movies both in print and television. There were no centrally controlled entities telling you what was popular near you as a recommendation. Also it was not uncommon to just "go to the movies" and then ask the clerk what they recommended, this was how I ended up seeing several great films.

Does netflix allow reviews? I'm a big user of reviews, both good and bad, but some of these platforms have stopped showing reviews so it makes it really hard to evaluate if something might be worth watching.

I don't not watch because a bad review necessarily because I look to see if the complaint is about something I care a lot about

Finding reviews is easy even when the service is not collaborative.

I went to the Netflix home page. They don't list any of their content there. False start.

I googled Netflix series. The first item Google lists in Popular shows on Netflix is All of Us Are Dead. I tap on the picture. It's 7.6 on IMDB and 83% on Rotten Tomatoes. I tap the latter and get about 30 reviews from critics and audience and the synopsis of the episodes. I know it's a series about zombies. I can choose to read the reviews now.

Which platforms have reviews?

Yes, a bit. Then they'll eventually be happy when they find something they do like. The recommendation algorithms help.

If it was only a few high quality productions, the chances a consumer ever finds something they like at all is much lower.

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