Netflix Inc. has seen a decline in user engagement, with customers opening the app less frequently than before. Although total watch time increased due to new subscribers, individual viewing has decreased significantly during this period. The company is facing challenges such as increased competition and fewer hit productions impacting viewer attraction. In response to these issues, Netflix has made leadership changes to strengthen its content strategy and overall business model.
That and autoplay everything. Are you just trying to read a blurb to see what a show is about? Nah, we’ll just start playing it for you anyway. Christ autoplay pisses me off. And yes, I have found and deselected autoplay in my profile to no effect.
You can turn that off in the Web settings for your account (per-profile in case some monster actually likes that behavior).