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Netflix: Next Episode.

Author
Gray et al.
Date
1 Jul 2017
Publisher
UXP2 Lab

“When a user finishes the episode they are currently watching, Netflix automatically proceeds to the next episode after a countdown.”

Netflix was catalogued by the UXP2 Lab over its automatic playback behaviour. According to the entry, when a user finishes the episode they are watching, Netflix automatically proceeds to the next episode after a countdown.

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