Is it... Is it over yet? Can we come out from hiding?
After all these years of waiting for the wicked autoplay of the East to be destroyed, and it's just got like that? Just in a second?
Well, I'm happy and all, but it seems a little bit anti-climactic.
There's no doubt about it, we all collectively love the streaming service.
But things weren't always so hunky-dory! Netflix has made many changes in its time as king of streaming.
For all you meme loving millennials, Netflix used to be a service that delivered DVDs right to your door!
In fact, the same year they became a streaming service (2007)...
But times did change, and they stopped delivering DVDs altogether in order to focus on the future of watching movies and TV streaming!
And the future was bright for Netflix.
In 2009 they expanded to PS3 and Wii, ensuring that all future consoles would be $500 Netflix machines.
Netflix needed to expand, they were going international, baby!
They first started in the third-world heck hole that is Canada, then when Netflix took off there (presumably after showing movies like Goon and the Bob and Doug Mackenzie films)...
And now that it had its tentacles in the pockets of the entire world, it was time to start improving the service itself.
In 2013, it started doing original programming.
It even picked up shows like Arrested Development for more seasons.
But it wasn't just about original programming, either. Netflix also added the "profile" feature in 2013, allowing different users to create different profiles.
And since then, they've toyed with a shuffle feature, they've won some awards and best of all, they've pretty much set the future of how we watch movies and TV.
But one of the most annoying aspects of the streaming service is that when you're browsing through the movies and TV shows if you stop for one second you're slammed with autoplay.
The fact of the matter is that autoplay sucks.
But listen here, dear readers: Netflix has heard your cries of anguish. They have heeded your call and now, after so many years...
Yes, you can now go to the settings on your profile and shut autoplay off. Hallelujah!
Netflix has warned that the fix might not work immediately, but don't worry Netflix.
We're just going to scream at you over Twitter until a patch fixes it, and we can finally get rid of autoplay.
Then honestly, we'll probably just forget about it.
