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I think Netflix is the worst offender. If you spend a minute too long looking at the menu for a movie it will not only auto play, but for the foreseeable futur

I think Netflix is the worst offender. If you spend a minute too long looking at the menu for a movie it will not only auto play, but for the foreseeable future Netflix will assume you’re watching it, want to finish watching it and watch similar stuff. More than most other services Netflix doesn’t trust your ratings or your lists when making up recommendations.

mrweasel 6y ago
Netflix apparently have no idea what I like. Well maybe they do, but don’t actually that type of content, so they just throw random junk at me.
- laurent92 6y ago
  It feels like Netflix knows what I like and throws things I don’t like at me on purpose, just to see whether I’ll change my mind. (So I unsubscribed) The discovery is specifically what makes Youtube, Netflix or Spotify sticky beyond just content hosting, and even at suggestions, pirate websites are better at it.
emrah 6y ago
You can delete half watched things from your history so they don't show up in the main UI
pseudalopex 6y ago
You can turn off auto play FYI.
- BugsJustFindMe 6y ago
  You can disable autoplaying of next episodes in a series that you're watching, and you can disable autoplaying of previews, but I don't see any way to disable autoplaying of movies and shows in general when you're looking at their info pages.
  - pseudalopex 6y ago
    Those are previews as far as I know.
    - BugsJustFindMe 6y ago
      Previews show on the main screen when you hover. But clicking in to get more info auto-starts the show, not just a preview.
      - pseudalopex 6y ago
        The same setting controls both in my experience.
        BugsJustFindMe 6y ago
        And if I want automatic previews because that's convenient but not for shows and movies to start themselves because that's annoying?
        pseudalopex 6y ago
        Suggest it to Netflix.
ergot_vacation 6y ago
Fundamentally, tools should serve their masters. When it's the other way around, it's time to find a different tool. And yes, they had to get rid of ratings, because some people's feelings got hurt because they were being rated so low. Can't have that pesky objective reality rearing its ugly head.

mrweasel 6y ago

Netflix apparently have no idea what I like. Well maybe they do, but don’t actually that type of content, so they just throw random junk at me.

laurent92 6y ago
It feels like Netflix knows what I like and throws things I don’t like at me on purpose, just to see whether I’ll change my mind. (So I unsubscribed) The discovery is specifically what makes Youtube, Netflix or Spotify sticky beyond just content hosting, and even at suggestions, pirate websites are better at it.

emrah 6y ago

You can delete half watched things from your history so they don't show up in the main UI

pseudalopex 6y ago

You can turn off auto play FYI.

BugsJustFindMe 6y ago
You can disable autoplaying of next episodes in a series that you're watching, and you can disable autoplaying of previews, but I don't see any way to disable autoplaying of movies and shows in general when you're looking at their info pages.
- pseudalopex 6y ago
  Those are previews as far as I know.
  - BugsJustFindMe 6y ago
    Previews show on the main screen when you hover. But clicking in to get more info auto-starts the show, not just a preview.
    - pseudalopex 6y ago
      The same setting controls both in my experience.
      - BugsJustFindMe 6y ago
        And if I want automatic previews because that's convenient but not for shows and movies to start themselves because that's annoying?
        pseudalopex 6y ago
        Suggest it to Netflix.

ergot_vacation 6y ago

Fundamentally, tools should serve their masters. When it's the other way around, it's time to find a different tool. And yes, they had to get rid of ratings, because some people's feelings got hurt because they were being rated so low. Can't have that pesky objective reality rearing its ugly head.