A Cure For A Symptom

Netflix's New “Play Something” Feature is Pathetic

Even though unintentional, it’s also the boldest admission of inadequacy ever voiced online

Kostas Farkonas
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5 min readApr 29, 2021

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Does this view seem familiar? What comes next is familiar too: the arduous process of going through Netflix’s library yet again for something to watch. Select… “Play Something”, then? (Image: Freestocks, Unsplash)

After spending years in Rumorville and about 9 months or so in limited testing, a Netflix function that promises to “do all the work for you” is available to…

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Kostas Farkonas
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