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Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews

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Post by schmappel »

_bxg1 wrote: post #59
underbluewaters wrote: post #20

It's amazing it took this long. I can understand how some people might be okay with this feature but it causes me actual anxiety to use the Netflix app on my AppleTV. Before autoplay I could mindlessly browse looking for content. Now I hurry through to check if there is anything new and get out as fast as possible. They must know that people use the app less since this change... right?

I believe I read somewhere that it did result in an overall increase in viewership. There's no way they don't have those metrics. My guess is that for some majority of users who weren't super bothered by it it genuinely caused them to watch more things. Even though a vocal minority was extremely upset about it, the numbers still worked out overall. Of course adding a preference is easy, and people who aren't upset wo…

If this is true (and it sounds sensible to me), then why not just give the vocal minority a way to opt out? This way everybody's happy.

Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews

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Post by hinkley »

jonplackett wrote: post #221
hinkley wrote: post #160

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The recaps often contain spoilers. When you’re binging, the story line is too recent and it’s a lot easier to read into the scene selection. If they do a clip of someone we thought died six episodes ago, guess what, they aren’t dead.

Exactly - I also hate the 'next week' bit they do at the end of some shows. They ruin all the surprises!

And then there are the synopses...

Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews

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Post by syshum »

unwiredben wrote: post #220
syshum wrote: post #169

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BOOOOOO it seems the setting has no impact on the Roku App I am still getting AutoPlay on Roku

have you tried switching profiles then switching back? I think some settings get cached on device until you do a profile change.

Yes, and rebooting, and logging out and back on, and several other things

I have 2 Roku;s. 1 is working (no autoplay) and 1 is not (still autoplay)..

the one with the AutoPlay still enabled is my primary one, and the newest one, the other is a older Roku Streaming stick.

Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews

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Post by [deleted] »

ehsankia wrote: post #61
Carpetsmoker wrote: post #57

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I don't really like star systems because I spend way too much time deciding if something is 3 or 4 stars, or 4 or 5 stars. I much prefer textual descriptions; for example "Terrible", "Don't like", "Okay", "Like", "Favourite", which has the same options as a 5-star rating system, but choosing between 3/4 and 4/5 is much easier IMHO. I don't really know of any system that uses this, except this one music player I wrote…

Yep, as much as people hate it, when it comes to recommendation, up/down is all the data you need. Trying to build a system out of a 5 star system just adds unnecessary complexity, and the reality was that people used the star system differently making it even harder. up/down thumb is explicit and cleaner to work with.

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Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews

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Post by js2 »

bbbbbr wrote: post #206
js2 wrote: post #170

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I actually hate that "feature" even more than autoplay. It's completely disrespectful to both the viewer and to the content that you're watching. This option is to turn off autoplay when browsing. It would be great if it also disabled the auto play on trailers at the end of a show.

That bugged me enough the first time it happened that I immediately stopped what I was doing and worked on disabling it. If you use greasemonkey/tampermonkey then the script below will disable the post-episode playback (along with a couple other UI changes) https://github.com/bbbbbr/netflix-disable-auto-play-and-more

My Netflix watching is all via an AppleTV, but thank you anyway.

Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews

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Post by neop1x »

2bitencryption wrote: post #4

Didn't ever expect to see this capability. A bit unrelated, but: anyone remember in the "early" days when Netflix held competitions to develop the most accurate recommendation and ratings engines? Giving out million dollar prizes? And held possibly state-of-the-art tech for this? And then one day completely gutted the star rating system, replacing it with a much-despised "thumbs up/down" system, giving up their "so g…

Since I started using MovieLens.org and let it learn what I like, I get pretty decent recommendations. I am also adding tags after I watch the movie. Recommendations has to be highly personal. Thumbs up/down is not enough. And global rankings are totally useless for me. I rarely like top-rated movies. I hope no corporation buys them and rewrites/destroys the system as it is common with all acquisitions because the way it works now is perfect. They should open-source it to preserve it and help the society. I pay for Netflix but I rarely use it due to DRM (a bit complicated in Kodi) and lack of movies (too many shows).

Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews

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Post by cle »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #208
cle wrote: post #62

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> They wouldn't intentionally make their recommendations worse just for the sake of it. Why not? Every big platform that I know of has eventually done this with either 1p or “sponsored” content (Google, Amazon, Apple, etc.). In this case their incentive would be to push their own content above 3p content. What matters to them is their revenue, not maximizing the accuracy of their recommendations model.

That still depends on a good recommendation system, it's just an extra finger on the balance. Giving a boost to first party content is very different from making it "just worse".

From a customer's perspective, there's no difference. These are just rationalizations the business tells itself for those who need to reduce their cognitive dissonance.

Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews

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Post by tomaskafka »

m463 wrote: post #163
_bxg1 wrote: post #59

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I believe I read somewhere that it did result in an overall increase in viewership. There's no way they don't have those metrics. My guess is that for some majority of users who weren't super bothered by it it genuinely caused them to watch more things. Even though a vocal minority was extremely upset about it, the numbers still worked out overall. Of course adding a preference is easy, and people who aren't upset wo…

I can't imagine but think "viewership of folks who left the app open " In other words, could you separate out: - folks who naturally came to a stopping point between shows. - others who ragequit because of annoying previews?

Here's a secret: many people shout about rage quitting. No one actually does.

Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews

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Post by guest__user »

2bitencryption wrote: post #4

Didn't ever expect to see this capability. A bit unrelated, but: anyone remember in the "early" days when Netflix held competitions to develop the most accurate recommendation and ratings engines? Giving out million dollar prizes? And held possibly state-of-the-art tech for this? And then one day completely gutted the star rating system, replacing it with a much-despised "thumbs up/down" system, giving up their "so g…

i (naively?) thought that the thumbs up/down was coupled with info about what you watched, what you clicked on, what trailer you watched etc. is this not the case?

Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews

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Post by m463 »

tomaskafka wrote: post #238
m463 wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't imagine but think "viewership of folks who left the app open " In other words, could you separate out: - folks who naturally came to a stopping point between shows. - others who ragequit because of annoying previews?

Here's a secret: many people shout about rage quitting. No one actually does.

statistics bear it out: they just come to a natural stopping point between shows. :)
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