Kind of playing devil’s advocate here since there’s so many negative comments on this feature, but is it possible that this was a well-intentioned design decisi

Kind of playing devil’s advocate here since there’s so many negative comments on this feature, but is it possible that this was a well-intentioned design decision on the part of Netflix? I personally like having the ability to preview content rapidly—I can glean a lot about a show/movie in just a few seconds of video (title/thumbnail alone is low-info). The old pattern was ~5 clicks + buffer time to watch a preview (if one was even available). Also, opening Netflix signals an intention to receive audio+video—this isn’t nearly so bad as e.g. ESPN’s site randomly blasting you with a video as I’m trying to read an article. Anyways, I agree that software should be as user-configurable as is reasonable, and it seems that these days apps like Netflix are completely bereft of meaningful options. Also much of the content that Netflix pumps out feels like the output of a generative algorithm designed to cover market segments vs. anything guided by a sort of original artistic vision. (PS—can we collectively pump the brakes on the “X minor annoyance is cancer” lingo?)