Netflix loses subscribers for the first time in 10+ years

Re:Netflix loses subscribers for the first time in 10+ years by icytrumpet on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @07:00PM (#31090499)

I'm about to cancel for two reasons.

1. The auto-play preview feature is incredibly annoying and there is no way to disable it. If I want to watch a preview, I'll click the damn button. Let me read a description in peace.

2. The overt propaganda makes watching any new content all but impossible for me. It seems that this is not unique to Netflix, but they are the worst in my opinion.

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Re:Netflix loses subscribers for the first time in 10+ years by UberFly on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @07:19PM (#31090666)

Agreed on both. There are autoplay settings on previews here:

How to turn autoplay previews on or off https://help.netflix.com/en/node/2102

Yes, every service is a Clockwork Orange reeducation campaign any more. It gets old.

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Re:Netflix loses subscribers for the first time in 10+ years by kobalsky on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @01:55AM (#31093351)

one of the reasons I can't stand netflix is their ctr-maximizing screenshots, they are awful.

if they had an option to browse movies with high def posters instead it would be beautiful.

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Re:Netflix loses subscribers for the first time in 10+ years by shaman1 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @07:05PM (#31090540)

Cancelled mine, but I remember you can disable the previews. Quite annoying 'feature'.

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Re:Netflix loses subscribers for the first time in 10+ years by icytrumpet on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @07:11PM (#31090583)

It must be buried in the Fire Stick UI because I can't seem to find it anywhere. I'll have to check again.

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Re:Netflix loses subscribers for the first time in 10+ years by allenu on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @10:43AM (#31097684)

I believe the option only exists in the web settings page. It turns it off for all devices though.

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