Recommendation algorithms seem to be widely designed to take away as much individual choice as possible. Just nonsensical sorting that leaves both users and creators confused.

100% this. HHH has made the product much more exciting than it had been.

Of course, but we're talking worldwide. Not in the US.

Idk people think he's funny I guess

>assuming he isn't in too many episodes to be counted as a guest actor

Might actually be a good thing for serkis, since he then wouldn't be competing with the last of us crew, instead going up for supporting actor, which currently feels like a weak category outside succession.

Or Elon Musk, backed by the Saudis.

Nah I get it, I just can’t put myself in the minds of the people who contributed in 2022 to making candy crush 1.2 billion dollars.

It lost my interest after about a day or two over a decade ago. It’s wild that people are still shelling this ridiculous amount of cash out to a game that is basically identical to a multitude of free alternatives

Hashtag Funeral Home Life ✌️

Because an investment is judged by how quickly someone can get a return on their investment. Candy crush made 1.2 billion this year alone and is still growing. It turned out to be a great investment as they investment has paid back well over 6 billion.

I could sell a literal piece of shit but if ppl are willing to pay $100 for it, then thats how much its worth.

If they could just move it to individual TV shows and have it play a random episode. That would actually be useful!

I don’t think anybody is questioning that it has made that much, as much as they are trying to question how the hell something so simple and useless can be worth so much money

It's so weird to bet on shows or seasons that didn't even come out yet.

It'd be more useful for individual tv shows where you can't decide which episode to put on.

Can anyone get a star?

Can we honour Mr. Belding?

Or Penn Badgley?

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Money heist was excellent in the first two seasons!

Because it denotes the company did it without a press release or notifying customers. Quietly is a succinct way to denote it without using up words in a headline where word count matters.

And yet it was a button on the first screen you see when you open the app!

Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Netflix's 'Surprise Me' button. As we reflect on an unremarkable life, we cannot help but wonder: is its passing the surprise we hoped for?

The 'Surprise Me' button was introduced with much fanfare, promising to revolutionize the way we idly eat thousands of pounds of food. It was supposed to be the answer to all of our indecisiveness, our inability to choose what to watch, and our insatiable desire for novelty. But alas, it was not to be.

Perhaps the 'Surprise Me' button was too ahead of its time, too avant-garde for our primitive minds. Or perhaps, it was simply a bad idea from the start. We may never know for sure. Somewhere between the four titles you just scrolled through and something you've already watched lay the disappointment at the core of the experience. What we do know is that it did not live up to its promise.

Oh, 'Surprise Me' button, we hardly knew ye. Your lackluster existence may have been forgettable, but we will always remember the hope that you represented. The hope that someday, someone will invent a button that can truly surprise us, that can truly change our lives.

Rest in peace, 'Surprise Me' button. May the next step in the money-grubbing, corrupt degradation of streaming be something that will surprise us more than a 'target my views to benefit Netflix' button.

P.S. - Please take Spotify's shuffle algorithm with you.

Nah the “sport” of wrestling is a joke, but it’s far more popular (and therefore profitable) than association football in the US, which is the world’s largest economy.

so he can evolve into Water T

The WWE is much better known than Manchester in the world’s largest economy, which probably counts for something

I honestly can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic and writing stuff a typical American MAGA idiot might believe or if you’re just being yourself. If it’s the former that’s a spot on impression. And if it’s the latter you’re inadvertently supporting dpjg’s argument.

I do like that it gives more credibility to the depth and detail that a video game story can have, more than enough to support a full dramatic show in the right hands with the right cast. It will probably win a good amount of awards so that’s about its peak but it’s not going to be revolutionary in the TV space like GOT, BB, or even TWD was just because streaming is different than TV audiences and the range of available options.

Its okay. I quietly dropped Netflix anyways.