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The downside of binge-watching

This article was published on November 21, 2018 and may be out of date. To maintain our historical record, The Cascade does not update or remove outdated articles.

With the cost of cable, I heavily rely on streaming websites like Netflix and YouTube to get my fix of shows. I have no complaints about the selection on Netflix, as there are many shows that I haven’t seen or would love to watch again. The downfall lies in the notifications received when attempting to binge-watch.

Binge-watching feels like an art. It must be well-timed to complete avoidance of work and to get by without a ridiculous amount of caffeine. After spending hours with the first season of Suits, I again received the prompt — “Are you still watching?” Obviously, the five episodes into the series (so far) have not indicated that I am indeed binge-watching the show. If I was bored, I would have turned it off. I would like to just finish off the season without interruptions or feeling guilty about spending a day on the show. There should be a setting to avoid receiving the notification, or to have the ability to enable a binge-watching mode. It would improve the binge-watching experience.

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