this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2024
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[–] Denalduh 44 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

You can turn this off but it can only be done from a computer or on a phone using desktop view..

While logged into Netflix on a browser, you'll need to follow these steps:

  • Account
  • Pick your profile under profile and parental controls
  • Change playback settings
  • Uncheck the 2nd box for autoplaying previews

[–] EtherWhack 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Isn't that just for stopping the previews only when hovering over a title from the home screen, for instance? Doesn't that exclude when you open the page for a show/movie, like to read it's synopsis/cast? (the point the OP is making)

To my memory, there is still no option to stop the auto-start.

[–] danc4498 4 points 6 days ago

I tested it in the iPhone app and it doesn't autoplay when clicking on the link. Maybe that's just mobile and not web/TV apps

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It has to be to artificially inflate the number of views their shows are getting. Just auto-play every single fucking thing a person hovers over and your shows will never stagnate.

We unsubscribed a while back, but that was one of my biggest gripes with the platform.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

From the company that complained too many people were using their serivce

[–] cobysev 24 points 6 days ago (3 children)

My pet peeve is when a show or movie ends and they immediately try to play a trailer for another show. I actually enjoy reading the credits! Or maybe I'm looking for the mid- or post-credits scenes. Either way, they give me like 10 seconds or less to cancel the next preview.

[–] wafflez 14 points 6 days ago

I hate when I pause to read subtitles or something on the screen and it's filled with overlays like "Did you like, love, or not for me this?"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Ugh I get this with The Boys Amazon. I want to hear the outro damnit

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

For real, I hate having the conversation about the movie I just watched with someone drowned out with a trailer for some shitty original.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

Unsubscribe.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No such issues with Plex/Jellyfin.

[–] cobysev 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh man, since setting up my Plex server, I almost never use streaming services anymore. I mostly just keep them because my wife is obsessed with true crime shows and I don't have any of those on my Plex server.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

So... Download them.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Are you implying something here?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

I love when you pause a video and Netflix decides to load the next and start playing anyways. Because of how slow their app is to update the controls I end up just disconnecting and closing the app to stop it.