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Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by kiawe_fire »

cmeacham98 wrote: post #18
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").

I was being partially serious - now that you mention it, between this project's ability to show my time spent watching something, and my phone's app usage, I could probably figure the difference to be the time spent browsing vs watching, which might actually be an interesting metric to track.

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by kiawe_fire »

Xeoncross wrote: post #30
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…

> 45 minutes later, I’m tired I think you're tired to start with, just go to sleep. I realized this with myself and others. Some kind of marketing that "unwind and relax" means you have to watch some TV when sleep will actually bring you more enjoyment. You can always trade those 45 minutes when you wake up for a movie if you actually want to watch one - and you'll enjoy it more.

I've considered myself "not a morning person" for a while now, but maybe just making sleep the priority at night and attempting to trade that time for a movie or TV show in the morning might be worth a try.

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by Something1234 »

gumby wrote: post #9

I have an injury and am spending more time watching video. I was surprised that Netflix isn’t that great in terms of content any more and their app has gone downhill (1.5x is great, but it often loses video synch if you press the back button repeatedly). The competition’s apps are mostly worse. Disney’s is probably the best, but content is also blah

Disney suffers from having bits and pieces of their back catalog and not scratching my personal nostalgia itch.

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by Krisjohn »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #44
system2 wrote: post #21

I can't believe people still watch netflix. Algorithm generated content for simpletons.

There’s plenty of good content. I think people who say this are stuck in a very narrow comfort bubble. The kind of person who gets mad when a single show gets taken away, like The Office. For example, just check out the best content from other countries. Should take you a while if you have a healthy life balance and don’t watch netflix all day.

There's not "plenty" of good content. There's maybe two months of good content if you subscribed now and haven't watched anything on it before, ever. You're lucky if eight hours of good new content is added a month.

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by least »

bee_rider wrote: post #39
least wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You miss almost everything, actually. The only thing you retain by watching it at 1.5x speed is the dialogue and some sort of vague approximation of the visuals. I'm not suggesting that you shouldn't be able to enjoy tv as you do, but you're definitely incorrect to assert you're missing "absolutely nothing."

I mean, they've reported that they miss absolutely nothing, and the experience of watching a TV show is a subjective one. While I don't mess around with the speed, I haven't seen any compelling arguments that somebody couldn't get it all watching at 1.5x speed.

My argument is that a movie or tv show is an art medium that coincides partly with time, just like music. Listening to a song at 1.5x speed fundamentally changes what you are listening to and is a significant deviation from what the artist intended.

It could still be enjoyable but to say that nothing is lost is wrong.

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by dhosek »

Something1234 wrote: post #53
gumby wrote: post #9

I have an injury and am spending more time watching video. I was surprised that Netflix isn’t that great in terms of content any more and their app has gone downhill (1.5x is great, but it often loses video synch if you press the back button repeatedly). The competition’s apps are mostly worse. Disney’s is probably the best, but content is also blah

Disney suffers from having bits and pieces of their back catalog and not scratching my personal nostalgia itch.

Yeah, there’s a lot of live-action films that they haven’t put up yet.

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by thundergolfer »

dxuh wrote: post #40

Assuming 40 minutes per entry is way off base imho. Most of the stuff I watched is sitcoms with 20 minutes per episode each. If you are just going to count the lines of the file I "Upload" to your website, maybe don't even do it at all. Also why does the button say "Upload" and right below it says "Your data is processed locally and not sent to any servers.". Upload implies precisely that data is being transferred. I…

And for me, roughly 80% of my entries are feature length films, so 40 minutes is way, way too low. As long as Netflix avoids exposing actual watch time data per entry, this calculator is going to be very inaccurate.

Re: Show HN: Netflix Calculator

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Post by mvgcf »

yreg wrote: post #24
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…

>But movies and video games I have severe analysis paralysis that leads to a lot of browsing and no actual watching or playing. I suffered of this problem as well and I believe I managed to solve it. ## Netflix - I only open Netflix when I know what I'm going to watch. - When I don't know what to watch it means I'm not in the mood for anything I'm currently planning to watch. So I don't open Netflix, I go to YouTube…

Great life hack, what you said on steam. Will try to do that, too.
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