It's been a long week. You worked everyday, for over eight hours each day and barely had the time to sleep or eat. So when your days off finally arrive, you do everything you can to take advantage. You pour yourself a nice glass of wine, lay down on the couch and turn on your TV to binge watch the latest season of "Grey's Anatomy" on Netflix. Nothing can ruin your day. You're comfortable and relaxed for the first time all week. All of a sudden, only three episodes later, Netflix decides to ask you, "Are you still watching?" Now your relaxed and comfortable day has been ruined because of harsh judgment from Netflix. You want to keep watching your episodes, but know Netflix is severely judging your life choice to sit on the couch for hours and stream the same TV show without moving. Netflix needs to have a reality check and take a step back. Not everyone can have an exciting life every second of every day.
We don't need this negativity in our lives. We get enough negativity with the bad news we see everyday and not every person we interact with is a ray of sunshine. Sometimes all we need is to see some happy endings or extremely dramatic stories to take our mind off everything else happening in the world. Why does Netflix think they can control how many episodes we watch in one sitting? I understand that sometimes people fall asleep watching TV and it's used to control that factor, but if I'm watching Netflix at 10 a.m. for two hours, then unless I say otherwise, assume I am still watching Netflix.
Netflix should have a setting in which users can decide if they can ask whether or not we're still watching and we should be able to set a time limit. Also, don't give us the option to have the next episode automatically play if that is going to lead to the question of whether or not we are still watching. Obviously, if we are too lazy to click "play the next episode," I'm clearly too lazy to click the "I'm still watching button." It's common sense Netflix. Also, if we can watch a full-length movie on Netflix without being interrupted (and some of those can be up to three hours), then why can't I watch over three hours of TV episodes without being interrupted? It's not that uncommon, especially among those still in college, that free time and days off are mainly spent on Netflix. There are so many people who talk about binge watching TV shows, and which shows to watch after finishing one series, so why is the idea of watching TV shows for over three to four hours such a far-fetched idea? It shouldn't be. Netflix, you need to chill.
