The www.netflixprize.com data from 2009 is quantitative evidence about whether the recommender works (it is much better than random). I&#x27;m open to the idea that a curated collection might delight more people, but in my experience and based on this data, I can&#x27;t agree that Netflix&#x27;s algorithm is useless. Personally I find it&#x27;s the unavailability of streaming content that makes Netflix frustrating.