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Netflix auto playing trailers
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Its an ad. They get paid for hosting ads. They are literally serving you as a paying subscribed customer an ad. Write them or raise a stink on social media about it because that is scummy as fuck.
I mean, for decades people paid for cable TV with commercials every 6-10 minutes.
I'm sorry for this trouble this has caused you? You're only paying what, $10-$15? Let's not pretend you're paying a $100 bill every month. You can survive a trailer for a few seconds before you binge watch your favorite new show for just fifteen dollars a month.
I'm sorry for this trouble this has caused you? You're only paying what, $10-$15? Let's not pretend you're paying a $100 bill every month. You can survive a trailer for a few seconds before you binge watch your favorite new show for just fifteen dollars a month.
I pay for HBO and they serve me up ads for their own content all the time.
Yeah it's really annoying. You can't leave Netflix on idle at all without some random shit playing.
For the customers that care or the more tech savvy customers, why can't they at least make this an option somewhere to turn off?
I just want my list and recommended. But they keep seemingly hiding it and it's super annoying. Moreover, they need to have a shelved list/queue that auto moves to main queue when there are new episodes. Also a couple/group list that is inherited by individual accounts so I stop getting recommended shows I already watched on my wife's account and that I don't get recommended romantic comedies for just me that we both watched on my account.
But their primary effort seems to have been moving shit around, loudly autoplaying stuff after we open Netflix and get food or water.
I don't want "binge worthy hipster dark comedy" or whateverthefuck I want my fucking list.
But their primary effort seems to have been moving shit around, loudly autoplaying stuff after we open Netflix and get food or water.
I don't want "binge worthy hipster dark comedy" or whateverthefuck I want my fucking list.
This has pissed me off a lot lately as I tend to idle a lot on Netflix on my tv as I hunt around for something to watch. Trailers have been super obnoxious. Especially when I actually find something I want to see so I'd like a full screen trailer but I can't seem to make that happen.
I've pretty much stopped watching Netflix unless I already know what I'm going to watch (which is rare). The autoplaying everything and the awful and repetitive royalty-free music that plays if you try to read a movie's description (on the PS4 app) just makes for such an unpleasant experience.
Amazon's streaming UI (PS4 app, still) isn't as good, but the experience is so much nicer.
Amazon's streaming UI (PS4 app, still) isn't as good, but the experience is so much nicer.
Probably because there's money involved, and unless they bump up the price from the paltry 10-15 monthly fee up, then it isn't happening.
Netflix is insanely affordable comparatively to standard cable TV, and you'er getting a ton of content (good and bad) for a very low price. If the unfortunate side effect is that you have to hear a few seconds of a trailer while you browse, I honestly don't think it's that big of a deal.
Plus, I'd rather them clean up some of their other stupid design choices, like the way my "Continue Watching" or "My List" just happen to shuffle around with no rhyme or reason. Their UX problems far outweigh the need to mute a trailer, IMO.
It's not even the trailers, as soon as you click on a movie or TV show it immediately starts playing it. WTF, what if I want to go into the audio settings or read the syopsis, or just get ready with my cup of tea, STOP AUTO PLAYING EVERYTHING.
I watched 10 minutes of Jessica Jones recently before realising it was playing the 1st episode of season 1, and not season 2. FUCK YOU AUTOPLAY.
I watched 10 minutes of Jessica Jones recently before realising it was playing the 1st episode of season 1, and not season 2. FUCK YOU AUTOPLAY.
It's a small price to pay for something that gives the shows you don't want Netflix to prematurely cancel a shot at drawing more eyeballs in this era or dump releases where all too often good shows come and go only to be cancelled due to the sheer volume of content being put out making them go unnoticed and thereby leaving fans that caught on early frustrated. If you're an avid watcher there's no way this hasn't happened to you at least once.
Don't think of an ad in the conventional sense. Think of it as a "hey, watch this dope shit you might be missing out on" type of notification.
Don't think of an ad in the conventional sense. Think of it as a "hey, watch this dope shit you might be missing out on" type of notification.
I've pretty much stopped browsing Netflix because of the auto preview feature. The experience I want to have, quietly reading the synopsis and or cast of a show or movie is too impacted by the experience they want me to have, with moving screens, loud music, and text that disappears if I don't read fast enough. It makes me anxious and annoyed and I give up after a few minutes.
If I want something to watch but come in not knowing what to watch, I go to Hulu or Prime or HBO Go.
The auto preview thing in Netflix kills any desire I have to browse through their offerings.
I only use Netflix now for searching for a show or movie that I already know is there.
If I want something to watch but come in not knowing what to watch, I go to Hulu or Prime or HBO Go.
The auto preview thing in Netflix kills any desire I have to browse through their offerings.
I only use Netflix now for searching for a show or movie that I already know is there.
The service didn't used to be this way, they added it relatively recently. We know they don't need to do it, and that they've "updated their experience" to be worse than it was before. The least they could do is give us an option to disable it. Other streaming services are not all this way, either. Why the fuck do I want a trailer to auto-play when I've been hovering over it for 1.5 nanoseconds? I'm sorry if I wanted to briefly scan a synopsis or glance at the title card without my sound system blasting me and some of my (limited) bandwidth wasted on a useless trailer.
I'm not going to sit quietly and not complain when they charge me more and also make the service worse over time just because somewhere in the world there's a worse service or business model.
It didn't used to be this way because NetFlix wasn't spending literally billions of dollars to generate a very large content portfolio.
There are other ways to advertise shows than auto playing when you hover above the title for a split second.
Lately whenever i've opened Netflix i just scroll nonstop because if you wait too long on a specific item it will autoplay and the autoplay makes the UI sluggish. Its kind of fun.
And it was what, a year or two ago when they started the utterly massive push of high budget shows? They've got to get ROI. They track how many new subscribers each show brings in, and how much existing subscribers watch. I'm sure this was tested in markets first and it yielded a higher number of play throug per pass.
Maybe, but as we've seen with Netflix before, they test a lot to select demographics and users to see what's working for them, and given that this seems pretty wide spread, it's likely that it worked very well in test groups and is here to stay until they find "something better".
It's a minor annoyance. That's it. I get it, it's not ideal, and I don't "enjoy" it, either. But I also understand that I am able to save considerable amounts of money on entertainment through Netflix, and that money saved far outweighs the alternatives, which often feature far more advertisement.
I'm good with it.
It's been that way for months with me, and it's the God damn worst. I can't even read the synopsis before it starts playing the trailer, so damn annoying.
Fuck you Netflix if I want to watch a damn trailer I'll click on a button to watch the damn trailer.
It doesn't help it's usually not the actual trailer and just some generic garbage Netflix threw together.
Fuck you Netflix if I want to watch a damn trailer I'll click on a button to watch the damn trailer.
It doesn't help it's usually not the actual trailer and just some generic garbage Netflix threw together.
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Yup. The auto play and the PS3 Netflix app makes the UI sluggish and even unresponsive.
I certainly wouldn't call it "fun" though.
Yeah, it's a nightmare on PS4. I can't look away for a second or check my phone while browsing because some random ass trailer for something I'm not interested in starts blaring at full volume (or some bland stock music). It makes browsing such a stressful experience.
I wish it would start after, like, 30 full seconds so you have time to even read the description if they insist on autoplaying trailers or footage.
I wish it would start after, like, 30 full seconds so you have time to even read the description if they insist on autoplaying trailers or footage.
I hate it. It's gotten me skimming through their stupid interface quickly - too quickly - just to avoid having an ad playing.
On the one hand, I can't fucking stand autoplay videos. It disrupts what would otherwise be a nice, chill, browsing experience.
On the other hand, those autoplaying videos have gotten me to watch something I had no intention of taking a second look at beforehand. So, in those cases both Netflix and I benefited from it.
Guess I'm torn, but mostly against. Its obnoxious when you're not interested in what its showing.
On the other hand, those autoplaying videos have gotten me to watch something I had no intention of taking a second look at beforehand. So, in those cases both Netflix and I benefited from it.
Guess I'm torn, but mostly against. Its obnoxious when you're not interested in what its showing.
Ah, it seems I am not alone on this. It really is awful that everything autoplays while browsing or searching for content (on PS4).
The only solution so far is to mute the thing. Like some people mentioned here, there is also the lack of real options like blocking a movie or series from appearing on your lists or deciding that at the end of a movie I don't want it jumping to something else.
Is there something like an official email to send in suggestions or something like that? I searched once and found nothing.
The only solution so far is to mute the thing. Like some people mentioned here, there is also the lack of real options like blocking a movie or series from appearing on your lists or deciding that at the end of a movie I don't want it jumping to something else.
Is there something like an official email to send in suggestions or something like that? I searched once and found nothing.
I like it, makes me take a peek at something I didn't know, and I probably wouldn't click otherwise. I'm more bummed about the shitty categories that are super generic and repeat shows everywhere. It's so hard to find something different.
I work in UX/dev and uh...this is already possible for a couple of years now, especially now that phones are getting more powerful and always connected. You might not want to know what's constantly being discussed in the AR/mixed reality space :/.
Its also anoying it plays a montage of whatever thing u have selected along with some music to fit its genre.
I wouldn't mind if it was just video playing, but the audio does my head in and has made me stop browsing. If it's not a trailer, it's some generic background music. I hate it.
they basically just recycle the same tunes for a lot of them lol
why should you have to do this though? its just bad/annoying UX.
Just as an aside to the auto playing trailer, what is the little box on the right hand side of the trailer with a number in it? Been bugging me for ages.
(on PS3 and PS4, not used netflix on PC or mobile)
(on PS3 and PS4, not used netflix on PC or mobile)
Bringing this back because it's horrible and still in the brand new Netflix UI update. Inexcusable... they've got enough advertising.
I hear ya! If i'm in a bad mood or something this just set's me off at times lol! Wanna sit back and relax and i'm seeing trailers every time i click the remote to a new title and stop for more than 1/4 second. I've gone back to using other cord-cutting outlets instead of relying as heavily as i once did on Netflix for this reason alone.