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Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by kiawe_fire » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 5:34 PM UTC

I might need something that tells me how much time I spend browsing Netflix only to not watch anything.

My Netflix habit consists of aspiring to actually watch something as a way to relax before bed, opening the app, scrolling through a bunch of lists, deciding “that looks really good, I should probably save that to watch with my dad”, “this looks good but too heavy for me tonight”, “this looks good but only one season that ended 2 years ago, so probably cancelled”, “this looks like a candidate but I’ll keep looking just in case”…

45 minutes later, I’m tired, and either close the app or watch 5 minutes of something only to decide I’m too tired to follow it and that’s that.

I don’t have this problem with short YouTube videos or music. Even books I can eventually power through and make a choice.

But movies and video games I have severe analysis paralysis that leads to a lot of browsing and no actual watching or playing. It’s frustrating.

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by iLoveOncall » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 5:37 PM UTC

Keep in mind it counts anything you ever played as watched, even if you dropped after one second.

I'm surprised to see I have 100h throughout the whole year (including the caveat I mentioned above). I feel like I spent more time trying to find something decent to watch than actually watching stuff...

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by harles » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 5:37 PM UTC

Pretty neat. For me, I’d love to see something like this for YouTube. Perhaps it’s just my bad habits, but I find I generally spend time on what I’d consider quality entertainment (that is, I don’t regret having spent time on it) for Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and the like.

YouTube on the other hand, I’ll usually start with something I consider quality like 3b1b and then end up watching much more of forgettable things I regret. Whenever I go to resume a video on YouTube via browsing my history, I’m always in shock of just how much crap I’ve watched.

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Post by Forge36 » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 5:42 PM UTC

blackoil wrote: post #2

I watch a lot of content at 1.5-2X speed

What content are you watching?

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by kretaceous » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 5:44 PM UTC

drexlspivey wrote: post #10

blackoil wrote: post #2

I watch a lot of content at 1.5-2X speed

Way to reduce any artistic quality of the movie to 0. Could you explain the reason for this? Are movies/shows too boring in normal speed? Are you trying to watch as many as possible?

I assume the OP is watching documentaries or likewise.

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by djitz » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 5:49 PM UTC

blackoil wrote: post #2

I watch a lot of content at 1.5-2X speed

This is the new “I read 4 books per week”

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by popotamonga » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 6:01 PM UTC

kretaceous wrote: post #15

drexlspivey wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Way to reduce any artistic quality of the movie to 0. Could you explain the reason for this? Are movies/shows too boring in normal speed? Are you trying to watch as many as possible?

I assume the OP is watching documentaries or likewise.

I watch everything at 1.5 movies seasons etc. Stuff is too slow i just want to absorb it.

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by cmeacham98 » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 6:12 PM UTC

kiawe_fire wrote: post #11

I might need something that tells me how much time I spend browsing Netflix only to not watch anything. My Netflix habit consists of aspiring to actually watch something as a way to relax before bed, opening the app, scrolling through a bunch of lists, deciding “that looks really good, I should probably save that to watch with my dad”, “this looks good but too heavy for me tonight”, “this looks good but only one seas…

If you actually seriously want this: I believe both Android and iOS have some method of tracking time spent in apps (assuming that's what you mean when you say "Netflix App").

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by system2 » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 6:15 PM UTC

djitz wrote: post #16

blackoil wrote: post #2

I watch a lot of content at 1.5-2X speed

This is the new “I read 4 books per week”

Reading requires effort.

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by pearjuice » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 6:15 PM UTC

drexlspivey wrote: post #10

blackoil wrote: post #2

I watch a lot of content at 1.5-2X speed

Way to reduce any artistic quality of the movie to 0. Could you explain the reason for this? Are movies/shows too boring in normal speed? Are you trying to watch as many as possible?

Too much filler cut scenes and slow dialogue. For example, Suits has notorious slow dialogue and lots of cut scenes hovering over city buildings which add nothing to the script. Watching it at 1.5x makes me miss absolutely nothing and reduces episodes of 45 minutes to roughly half an hour.