Bigger — much bigger — but is it better?
Netflix has been gradually rolling out a new homepage redesign to users around the world (as shown in the photo above). It marks the first major shakeup to the streamer’s layout in 12 years.
The move is a bit of a gamble. Netflix’s classic user interface has been an extraordinary success, one that later-to-the-game rivals (such as Max, Peacock, Paramount+, Hulu and Disney+) have all tried to match — or even improve upon. While one can debate how successful those rival designs have been, Netflix has remained the industry frontrunner regarding subscribers (with more than 300 million subscribers worldwide).
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So far, a sizable percentage of users have been switched over to the new homepage (it’s being rolled out to LG and Samsung smart TV’s first), and many online reactions have
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