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The only way to stop Netflix's insane autoplay feature is to stop subscribing to Netflix.

• keepmesmall 8y ago
  It's configurable in the web version. More of a TV-with-closed-software problem.
  • PretzelFisch 8y ago
    Autoplay clips/preview not the autoplay of next episodes that can be controlled by the website settings.
    • keepmesmall 8y ago
      No. Previews can not be disabled and I have disabled "next episode"-autoplay for my user profile. It'd be too weird if this was the other way around for a non-Dutch public, so I will assume you made an error formulating that sentence.
• DoofusOfDeath 8y ago
  Not sure if it's me, but it seems like just about every UI- and service-change that Netflix has made in recent years seems intended to make me unsubscribe.
  • WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
    It's designed to improve 'interaction'... ie, glue you to the screen.
  • mdekkers 8y ago
    It isn't (only) you. I unsubbed from Netflix due to intolerable UI, Autoplay, and rapidly shrinking catalog.
• onlyrealcuzzo 8y ago
  Serious question: why does everyone seem to strongly hate the auto-play feature? I kind of like it. Ditto for YouTube.
  • clhodapp 8y ago
    I can't speak for others but I totally don't mind auto play video on Netflix, I mind the auto play sound that comes with it. I don't want to listen to the audio for something I haven't selected in the first place but the fact that the selected clips tend to be loud makes it worse. When I'm in a group, it gets much worse: we often want to stop and discuss items as we scroll through and/or not start playback immediately when we select something. The auto play sound severely interferes with either of these normal social behaviors. Edit: I just realized you probably meant next-episode auto play. I'm actually fine with that on Netflix, hate it on YouTube. The reason being that YouTube chooses stuff I don't want to watch fairly often while Netflix just continues a series I usually do want to watch.
  • larkeith 8y ago
    For YouTube, a number of reasons: 1) The recommendation algorithm provides entirely negative value for my use case: 1a) I have a very small set of videos I regularly enjoy watching, from a select group of channels. Recommendations tend to direct towards videos I have no interest in at best, or, more frequently, are actively irritating. 1b) In the rare case the algorithm happens on a video I might enjoy, it is almost always something I have already watched. I don't know if it entirely fails to take view history into account while recommending or if it's simply a matter of my small target interests, but either way, I do not remember the last time I intentionally followed a recommendation. 2) I often leave a video on either in the background or on a second monitor. When enabled, YouTube autoplays regardless of if the window is focused, meaning the obnoxious recommendations break my workflow by forcing me to locate and stop the video. 3) YouTube fails to normalize audio. Therefore videos autoplayed after a quiet video have the tendency to blast out my eardrums. I also find autoplay a rather exploitative way of increasing viewer retention in general - it abuses the psyche and addictive nature of the internet for the sake of profits.
  • Tsubasachan 8y ago