Jess👾
One of the things I hate about Netflix is knowing that each and every click, every pause, every I let a preview run for more than 2 seconds, they're tracking each. And. Every. Bit. And will keep showing you the same thing over and over again because you one time were like "wait, what the fuck was that?" Or the dog made a racket while a show was selected so the trailer played for some cringe bullshit show you'd never watch but now it THINKS you'll watch it. Or "oh you watched 2 shows in this genre, now we'll show you EVERY show in that genre. You're That Kind Of Watcher. For fucks sake ...
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Show threadStuck Here11h ago

@JessTheUnstill

This is the way it ALL WORKS NOW. 😕

I go out of my way to mess with the algorithms whenever I can. Change up the details on yourself in every bit of social media. Watch foreign film in the original foreign language. Let Pandora play Zydeco for hours.

Always keep the man guessing.

Show threadAdam Katz10h ago
@JessTheUnstill they don't track anything if you use Kodi with the F/OSS Netflix Plugin (and configure it not to report anything back). They even sent me an email requiring action or else they'd cancel my subscription because by their numbers, I hadn't (ever) watched anything.
GitHub - CastagnaIT/plugin.video.netflix: InputStream based Netflix plugin for Kodi

InputStream based Netflix plugin for Kodi. Contribute to CastagnaIT/plugin.video.netflix development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadFishercat10h ago

@adamhotep @JessTheUnstill

I don't understand.. why would they care, as long as you were still paying them?

Show threadAdam Katz10h ago
@Fishercat @JessTheUnstill I'm guessing it was to avoid lawsuits from evergreen contracts
Show threadFishercat10h ago
@adamhotep @JessTheUnstill What's an evergreen contract?
Show threadJess👾10h ago
@Fishercat @adamhotep https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/evergreen.asp
Show threadFishercat9h ago
@JessTheUnstill @adamhotep Oh, those. Thanks. So.. you think not using their service made them concerned you were going to try to reclaim money that you hadn't intended to spend on it?
Show threadAdam Katz9h ago
@Fishercat that is my theory, yes
Show threadFishercat8h ago
@adamhotep Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying.
Show threadRead along with Matt10h ago

@JessTheUnstill Years back, I chatted with an ex-netflix person at LISA who switched to microsoft because they hated knowing their career had been devoted to "getting people to watch more TV."

Dev/sec/hug/ops is a dissonant career and no mistake.

Show threadFishercat10h ago

@JessTheUnstill

I occasionally address this nuisance by going through the menu and downrating things I haven't watched, and have no interest in.

Show threadLady of Mystery and Science9h ago
@JessTheUnstill
Go and mark it as 👎