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What happens at Netflix when House of Cards goes live (marketplace.org)
17 points by skennedy on Feb 15, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


Uh, what the fuck. They are proud of the following?

<blockquote> "That’s right, of its 40 million subscribers around the world, Netflix was able the find the one super binger. Netflix spokesman Joris Evers said Netflix knows everything about your viewing habits.

"We monitor what you watch, how often you watch things," Evers said. "Does a movie have a happy ending, what’s the level of romance, what's the level of violence, is it a cerebral kind of movie or is it light and funny?"

Evers said Netflix uses this data when it decides on which original program to buy."</blockquote>

This is why I torrent shit, despite having a Netflix account.


Are you upset with the fact they have a lot of data of you based on your view and search on Netflix or the missing movies/drama/shows on Netflix?


In this case, the former, although in general, the latter.




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