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If the cost is so tiny it doesn't matter, why does Netflix have that annoying "Are You Still Watching '<showname>'?" pop-up that's shown after a few episode hav
by avar 8y ago
If the cost is so tiny it doesn't matter, why does Netflix have that annoying "Are You Still Watching '<showname>'?" pop-up that's shown after a few episode have auto-played? It's annoying when binging shows, and I always assumed it was a money-saving measure.
- stouset 8y agoIt's in case you've fallen asleep, so you don't suddenly wake up to find you've "watched" three seasons of whatever show you were on. This is only displayed if there's been no input on the remote for some number of hours.
- smallbigfish 8y agoI still fall asleep and it will go on for 3-4 episodes. It solves nothing other than to annoy me from time to time.
- Retric 8y agoIt’s still much easier to figure out which episode you last watched.
- mcv 8y agoI think it does this after 3 episodes of no input. It's a compromise; they don't want to do this after every episode, but they also don't want you to wake up having watched every season of the show. It would be nice if it was configurable, though. In fact, it might well configurable; I've never really checked, because the current setting is fine by me.
- jemfinch 8y agoThey have it so their watchtime metric is accurate, obviously.
- coke12 8y agoThere might be data limits/throttling on the consumer's side.
- markdown 8y agoBecause in most parts of the world, data is still expensive. It's to save money for the consumer, not for Netflix.
- sbr464 8y agoI find that pops up less these days like it used to.
- adamtulinius 8y agoThe actual answer is that it is to avoid getting categorised as flow TV.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoCan you explain? And when you say "actual answer", what backing do you have?
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