It's no longer as convenient with dozens of streaming services; the streaming bitrate is also subpar, and audio is compressed to the point it feels flat. If you want to be mindful about what you are watching, it will be really hard with Netflix, Prime, and Disney compared to your own media server. When I had a streaming subscription, I was constantly shocked by what was popular in Poland and what people were watching. It took me some time to accept that I am not their target audience.

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eastbound 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

The quality of shows is also subpar. And there aren’t many shows on Netflix at a given time: Probably 80 things to watch, all categories included (with 70% of overlap in content).

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JKCalhoun 6 days ago | parent [-]

I feel like we've had at least two lost decades of good content. It's probably somewhere, I just haven't found it yet.

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disillusioned 5 days ago | parent [-]

In my humble opinion, some "good content":

Netflix:

* Dark

* Fisk

* Adolescence

* Ripley

* The Queen's Gambit

* Ozark

* Baby Reindeer

* Easy

Apple TV:

* Black Bird

* The Studio

* Severance

* Shrinking

* Ted Lasso

HBO:

* The Wire

* Oz

* True Detective (S1 at least)

* The Sopranos

* Big Love

* Rome

* In Treatment

* Succession

* Deadwood

* Insecure

Misc:

* Colin From Accounts

* Black Sails

* Mad Men

* Breaking Bad

* Better Call Saul

I don't know, there's plenty. It just absolutely gets washed out with a lot of chaff.

	▲	BLKNSLVR 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Off topic: Black Sails is amazing, I've watched it through a couple of times, and every now and then I lament that I'm not watching it again yet... On topic: Black Sails is about actual piracy. P.S. Fisk - you're a fellow Aussie I take it?
	▲	JKCalhoun 5 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I guess I wasn't thinking "series", but "films". I know I have a lot of series to catch up on (although from the above, I found Severance disappointing, oh well).
	▲	dabockster 3 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Paramount+ * Star Trek everything (except Section 31 - worse than Star Trek V) * South Park specials * Frasier sequel * Beavis and Butthead revival
	▲	madrasman 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		In India, people classify movies as “mass” or “class”. Netflix and Prime are doing a lot more “mass” and for good reasons.

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anal_reactor 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> When I had a streaming subscription, I was constantly shocked by what was popular in Poland and what people were watching. It took me some time to accept that I am not their target audience.

Now I'm genuinely curious