Bland,for fans of everything: what has the Netflix algorithm done to our films?

10 robaato 1 8/28/2025, 7:23:15 AM theguardian.com ↗

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anthk · 38m ago
The same as music. Dumb down the genres once they are almost the same: Metal, rock, pop. Tons of cross-polinated chords and riffs, so the genre can be followed by almost anyone. Ditto with the lyrics.

So, Netflix it's doing the same. And Marvel with the comics, where every hero it's just the same but with different weapons.

And the books, too. A good 90% of best sellers are utter crap, really streamlined stories so everyone can follow the plots as if they were cheap soap operas.

In the end, you need to go elsewhere (niche books and media) to find something worth your dollars/euros.

Something it's wrong when some people writting fiction in Gemini (not AI, protocol) both in English and in Spanish can hook you better than any random library.

And don't let me start on AI produced crap from Amazon and Spotify...