Unless and until we can recommend things that aren&#x27;t available via netflix, this invention remains another crowdsourced, yet ironically still proprietary, commercial product. Nexflix already had my viewing habits, my daily routine, and my money.  They shouldn&#x27;t need my help too.<p>Netflix needs&#x2F;wants in-house recommendations because any external recommendation service risks drawing attention to their limited offerings.  Netflix has around 20,000 titles for Americans, closer to 6000 it seems for canadians.  That&#x27;s only slightly better than a well-stocked blockbuster video.  Nearly every old show recommended to me by friends, by actual flesh-and-blood people, isn&#x27;t there.<p>Also, What happens to recommendations once the shows they recommend are dropped from the netflix lineup?