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blinknow t1_j923jc8 wrote

I used it once, and it sent me to recently released stuff, so I stopped using it.

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KitchenReno4512 t1_j937kuf wrote

I always thought it would be cool if Netflix created “channels” you could tune into. Like “action movies” “reality tv” “adult cartoons” etc and it was basically like cable. Where content was just always on.

A lot of people I know that grew up with cable say they miss channel surfing and just tuning into what’s on. I feel like this was Netflix’s half-assed attempt to recreate that.

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acowstandingup t1_j939py5 wrote

Pluto does this really well and for free

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easy-does-it1 t1_j93p4sv wrote

The options are Gun Smoke, The Rifleman, Andy Griffith Show.

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acowstandingup t1_j93xd6r wrote

Eh to be fair it has more options than that. I find plenty of good movies on there and I just watched some Halt and Catch Fire last night on it

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easy-does-it1 t1_j94poq8 wrote

It was kind of tongue in cheek. My old man watches all of them.

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ColdCruise t1_j960iq0 wrote

I occasionally watch the Unsolved Mysteries and Star Trek channels.

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exaslave t1_j950yea wrote

I don't know if it's just my case but it takes way too long to change to next on pluto... just needs a better way to go about it.

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Ozlin t1_j97wxv9 wrote

It's been slow and buggy for years. Sometimes I'll tune into a channel and there's no sound. Sometimes they'll go to a commercial and come back to the film and it will play the previous 10 minutes. I still use it and think it's decent, but Pluto definitely has some bugs in it that they don't seem to care to fix.

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killyourmusic t1_j96gg52 wrote

I've heard of Pluto, but I've never checked it out until today. It's actually awesome and I'm going to download the app to my Rokus when I get home from work.

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g1ngertim t1_j93jmlj wrote

The Roku channel has live TV options that scratch the itch, but there's rarely any reason to watch anything other than Buzzr in my house.

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blamdin t1_j989kyy wrote

Can’t go wrong with Classic Concentration !

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g1ngertim t1_j989qql wrote

I'm a Match Game man, myself, but young Trebek is always welcome.

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roguefilmmaker t1_j93q22k wrote

I would be much more likely to keep my Netflix subscription year round if they did this. That’s why I pay for Hulu, lol

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clain4671 t1_j948zkd wrote

all the free ad supported services do this

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MadeByTango t1_j935wag wrote

Yea, it was a cool idea but all it did was force Netflix originals on me

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KnifeLyfe t1_j93dpxa wrote

> all it did was force Netflix originals on me

You say that like it wasn't the entire purpose...

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ColdCruise t1_j960lpx wrote

Netflix is mostly just originals now anyway.

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MovieTalkersHunter t1_j93hmzu wrote

The only time I used it, it started an episode of New Girl from season 5. I've never watched New Girl, nor was it on my list or anything. It was so odd.

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masterhogbographer t1_j93inwc wrote

What did you expect?

It said surprise me. You were surprised, no?

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hour_of_the_rat t1_j93txfk wrote

"It was supposed to surprise me with something I loved!"

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masterhogbographer t1_j93uvkx wrote

Being a boomer and still having cable it’s crazy not just how many new shows I discover but how many old shows I’d forgotten all about but just randomly flick on right in the middle of an episode and say “wow I forgot Frasier was this funny, I’m gonna watch it again”

That never happens when I’m going through my plex or Netflix (though I’d cancelled it) and looking at icons.

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MovieTalkersHunter t1_j94tipy wrote

I don't mind getting a random show I've never watched, but why would their algorithm choose some random episode in the 5th season? Why not, ya know, the first episode?

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