Netflix subscribers have taken to social media to highlight a massive issue with the streamer which some even say makes watching their new shows ‘pointless’.
Fans everywhere have had many issues with Netflix in recent months despite them remaining the biggest streamer in the world.
Subscribers recently kicked off after the streamer made a massive update to their UI on Playstation and Xbox devices. Others have complained after finding out that they can’t watch certain shows if they’re on the wrong ad-tier, leading Netflix to be forced to explain their three-point policy for how they decide what stays up and what comes down. One issue raised by Netflix users on Reddit is even worse than the above, however.
Viewers have now stated that, due to the number of shows cancelled by Netflix, it is not even worth watching newly released series.
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Just today, Netflix announced that The Residence was being cancelled after one season despite topping charts around the world and racking up 49,500,000 viewing hours.
One fan took to Reddit prior to this even being announced, posting in the r/Netflix subreddit: “I’m done starting new Netflix shows. They cancel everything good.”
They stated that they had recently watched Insatiable, which was cancelled by Netflix after season two.
They added: “This isn’t just about one show. This is about the pattern. They cancel everything good, especially original, weird, dark, or risky stuff, and replace it with endless reality shows or bland reboots.
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“It’s like they only care about new signups, not long-term fans. They greenlight 100 shows and abandon 98 of them. How is that sustainable?”
A number of shows in the last few years have been cancelled by Netflix despite major fan bases.
Kaos starring Jeff Goldblum received rave reviews and topped charts worldwide but was cancelled without an ending to the story.
Mindhunter is another show that was left in 2019 without an ending after two beloved seasons, though murmurs remain that it will be rebooted eventually.
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Another show beloved by fans with great reviews is Dept Q and fans remain concerned that it will be cancelled after a stellar first season.
Showrunner Scott Frank said in an exclusive interview with LADbible that a possible season two of the series was entirely dependent on numbers and that the decision was up to Netflix.
Netflix themselves have always maintained that, as ruthless as it seems, they only cancel shows if people aren’t watching them.
The streamer has pointed to internal metrics that no one has access to, such as the percentage of people who not only start a show but finish it, as an explanation.
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The company’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos claimed in an interview with Bloomberg that they had ‘never cancelled a successful show’ before adding: “A lot of these shows were well-intended but talk to a very small audience on a very big budget.
“The key to it is you have to be able to talk to a small audience on a small budget and a large audience at a large budget. If you do that well, you can do that forever.”
LADbible have contacted Netflix for comment.
Topics: Netflix, Mindhunter, TV and Film, TV
Michael Slavin