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[โ€“] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Recommendations used to be better. There was a sweet spot for a few years where Netflix had everything and I could talk to the rental clerk about what we were watching, and I miss that. But video stores were too pricy to miss

[โ€“] makyo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Blockbuster had gotten so monopolistic and predatory by the time Netflix was mailing DVDs that I was thrilled to end my membership with them.