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wintorez ◴[] No.36909082[source]
There is something extremely addictive about flipping channels on TV. I think it's the magic formula behind the popularity of TikTok. It's not "yet another social media app", it's TV re-invented.
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Apocryphon ◴[] No.36910135[source]
I always did think that streaming services need to revive their format and bypass menu choice fatigue by letting you create "channels" by picking from shows/genres you like and then set you loose to channel surf.
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1. uncletaco ◴[] No.36911022[source]
I both like and am afraid of a system where you can just continuously flip to the next show or tv series, browsing by clip until you find something interesting and choose to roll back to the beginning of the episode. Netflix almost does this but it's not seamless enough due to the menu still being there and the variety of shows still being curated.