I always found the thing with EastEnders was that you could not watch it for about a year and within two or three episodes you knew exactly what was happening. Not much!Was always Beth and Annalise in neighbours that were the hot ones... not Jane.
I watched Neighbours from the 80's until 99 and then stopped and watched Eastenders from the 80's until a couple of years ago.
It really started to become a chore to just try and watch 2hrs worth of a Eastenders a week. If you missed a few episodes you would have to spend hours just trying to catch up. The fact that nothing ever happened just made it even more unbearable.
With the rise of so many decent TV series on Netflix there is no need for soaps. It really is a dying format. Glad to have stopped watching it. If i accidentally catch a glimpse of it on TV now is still looks the same as where i left it 2 years ago..