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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFinally, Netflix is offering a way to turn off auto-play previews -- here's how to do it
From https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-turn-of-autoplay-on-netflix-2020-2
Ben Gilbert 16 hours ago
Netflix made a huge announcement for its hundreds of millions of subscribers on Thursday: You can finally turn off the autoplay function!
Autoplay does exactly what it sounds like it does: It automatically plays either a preview of the title you're hovering over, or if you're watching a show, the next episode of the series. If you watched a movie or finished a show, it might automatically play a preview for another show or movie that you didn't choose to watch.
"We've heard the feedback loud and clear," Netflix said in its announcement. "Members can now control whether or not they see autoplay previews on Netflix."
Here's how to change the setting so Netflix no longer autoplays!
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Those were driving me bananas.
Unfortunately, someone flagged this post as commercial spam.
WRT it being flagged as spam, I wonder if that's partially due to me posting it in both the Lounge and the Netflix, Streaming Videos & DVDs group? If it was automatically flagged, I could see that being part of the algorithm. If it was flagged by a person, I don't see why.
On edit:
The auto-previews were driving me bananas, too. Some might try to tell you I was bananas long before Netflix even existed, but don't listen to them.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Is that people spend probably as much time browsing Netflix as watching content on it.
surrealAmerican
(11,364 posts)I'll be doing this.
Cirque du So-What
(25,998 posts)It's an annoyance I won't miss.
csziggy
(34,139 posts)I hate when the previews begin while I am trying to pick my shows. This will make me like Netflix a lot more.
Thank you!