Re:Speed Is the Killer Feature
by jiggawatts on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @06:38PM
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My experience with Netflix is the opposite. When you press play after pausing a show, there is an eternity during which it has a dark overlay blocking your view of what you're trying to watch.
Why do content streaming platforms assume that you want to watch everything other than the content?!
YouTube does this too on my TV, and it's infuriating. Not only does it hide half the screen for a long time after the content starts playing, it then helpfully hides most of the screen before the end of the content also!
This is the computer equivalent of someone shoving their hand in your face to block your vision.
It's rude when a human does it. It's rude when a computer does it.
Why do content streaming platforms assume that you want to watch everything other than the content?!
YouTube does this too on my TV, and it's infuriating. Not only does it hide half the screen for a long time after the content starts playing, it then helpfully hides most of the screen before the end of the content also!
This is the computer equivalent of someone shoving their hand in your face to block your vision.
It's rude when a human does it. It's rude when a computer does it.