Turning Off Autoplaying Previews
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Turning Off Autoplaying Previews
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Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews
#2Official announcement: https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1225506511184703493
> Some people find this feature helpful. Others not so much.
> We’ve heard the feedback loud and clear — members can now control whether or not they see autoplay previews on Netflix.
Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews
#3I was satisfied personally when they added a mute button for previews, but I'm glad an even "stronger" option now exists.
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#4Didn'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 good it's magical" recommendations for something that feels less accurate than a coin flip...
Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews
#5Oh, wow. It's always impressive to see how a slow wave of rising internet buzz suddenly peaks and affects change in an impenetrable multinational organization. Hurray! :)
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#6I'd love to know what metrics they were optimizing for when they introduced this feature.
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#7The Autoplay is REALLY, REALLY, A-N-N-O-Y-I-N-G!!!
Actually, I hate most of the current design (UI/UX). It's really streamlined when all you want to do is push "play", but everything else is, quite frankly, laborious.
Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews
#8FINALLY
I honestly stopped watching most netflix due to this feature.
I would go there to watch something specific but I would not browse around because of that annoying auto-play crap
Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews
#9Interesting. I phoned and complained about this as soon as Netflix started doing it - I think it was about two years ago! What really got me (and I pointed this out to the cutomer service rep) was that the first preview that showed included several swear words. I thought that that argument alone would be enough, let alone how annoying it is to have a stupid light and sound show while I am browsing.
So all I can say is "about time"!
Re: Turning Off Autoplaying Previews
#10When you put down the wanton AB testing for a minute and actually listen to your users, you can make your product better. Glad to see this.