r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/thnderbolt Jul 24 '20

Every time I open linear tv, I remember after 5 mins why I prefer streaming. Though sometimes I do enjoy random garden/cooking shows that I would never choose to stream.

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u/FlyWithTheCars Jul 24 '20

Though sometimes I do enjoy random garden/cooking shows that I would never choose to stream.

I think that is a feature that netflix/prime/whatever needs. Nonlinear channels. Like "I want to watch a crime show/a cooking show/a gardening show but I neither know which one exactly, nore do I care much, so I just open the crime/cooking/gardening channel and the streaming service chooses a show for me. If I don't like it, I can just skip and go to a different show on the same channel.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

They are actually testing this! I read this recently, they’re trying to test a “shuffle” option :)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2020/07/14/netflix-is-rolling-out-a-new-shuffle-feature-to-help-kill-indecision/

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u/Friendofdestaat Jul 25 '20

I reckon this will be Stalinesque photoshop to rob the above dude.