Philip Michaels, writing at Six Colors, on the topic of autoplaying previews in Apple TV apps:
Should Apple impose some order on tvOS apps and require some degree of standardization when it comes to autoplay settings? Or should it go one step further and tell developers not to turn on that feature by default so as to spare the eardrums of paying customers? It’s not for me to say, even though the answer is emphatically yes to both questions.
Gah, I hate when apps allow previews to automatically play by default, and the feeling that you can’t let your selection rest on anything for more than a moment without the damn thing moving and making noise. Of course there should be a standard for stopping that madness.
Michaels then goes on to document how to do it in each of the major apps, leading to:
…Netflix may be the worst. That’s because you can’t do it from the app on your Apple TV.
Instead, you need to head to Netflix in your web browser of choice, where you select your profile icon, followed by Account. From there, you select Edit Settings followed by Playback Settings followed once more by Autoplay Controls. There’s a box called Autoplay Preview While Browsing on All Devices — uncheck that and make sure to save your preference. Autoplay should be just a filthy memory the next time you access Netflix on your Apple TV.
The Netflix app has to be among the most Apple TV-hostile (and, frankly, user hostile) apps there is. Gross.
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