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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by EdwardDiego on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @02:32AM (#29250114)
> This number is so large that it makes me question the accuracy.

Given that Netflix will have verrrry precise insights into how much of a stream was delivered to a given viewing instance, I'm inclined to accept it.

It would include people who've put on Red Notice, forgotten about it, tried to watch it again, got distracted, managed to finally watch it, then their partner / kids, also watched it, all on the same account.

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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by jobigoud on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @04:11AM (#29250595)
They can't know for sure when two people are watching at the same time on the same device (TV). And if they apply a factor, they can't know that my wife always falls asleep before the halfway mark.
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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by EdwardDiego on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @06:06AM (#29251439)
Like I said, I'm assuming they're just going off "X milliseconds of content streamed".
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