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Somewhat related: It's also probably why services like Netflix have the same thing built in ("I'm still watching" button after watching like 3 episodes of a sho
by bluetidepro 13y ago
Somewhat related: It's also probably why services like Netflix have the same thing built in ("I'm still watching" button after watching like 3 episodes of a show without clicking buttons), so some bot computer doesn't just stream and record everything.
- tokenizerrr 13y agoI always figured that button was for people who fell asleep or had to leave their computers. It would be trivial to automate that prompt away for a malicious user.
- bluetidepro 13y agoGood point, that is probably true. Or possible so Netflix doesn't waste bandwidth on users that are not even there watching/listening.
- isaacremuant 13y agonot as easy but still, doable by someone with determination and a simple knowledge of computer vision and UI simulation.
- GFischer 13y agoIt is really trivial, there are several programs that automate UIs, I remember them from trying my hand at automating trading for a game which didn't provide an API :) . Automate 7 was really impressive, and they're at version 9 now http://www.networkautomation.com/automate/automate/ http://www.networkautomation.com/automate/automate/
- Sambdala 13y agoI remember a Netflix engineer posting somewhere that Netflix needed to implement this for legal reasons. If they don't require you to keep clicking a button to "request content", it doesn't count as an on-demand service.
- aestra 13y agoHulu has it too, IIRC. Also - if you are a real human but fell asleep or walked out of the house/room.