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> This is to prevent people from subscribing to a service, watching a whole season, then canceling the service.

I might be going against the grain but I actually like this... I prefer being able to digest a show at a slower pace so it can have more of a cultural impact. This allows me to talk to my friends about what we just watched and follow along, plus get other people to join us in the watching experience. It makes it a much more communal activity that helps us connect with others.

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Why not throw in 15-minutes or 30-minutes of adds in certain part as well. To slow it down and allow the watchers to take to social media upon release.

What if it wasn't ads? What if it were short "stretch break" clips that you could skip if you wanted to.

I think this was very important for the success of Games of Thrones. If everybody could watch it at any time and at any rate, we would have had not only spoilers but there wouldn't have been all the chatters at the coffee machines the day after the show and no buildup of expectations for the next episode. Probably nothing changes for not great series.

Gross. Individuals are responsible for avoiding spoilers, not the community. Having a fixed time when episodes become available probably causes more spoilers anyway, once that time passes it’s open season.

Plus that’s how disappointment and resentment are formed. You wait a week to watch the episode and then they kill off all the WW in a single episode, makes the years of build up feel like shit. If I could binge the season from the start I might not have stopped watching it because you are not sitting there almost expecting a letdown for the next week.

That's your choice, which is 100% irrellevant to those who prefer to bulk-view. You can freely stop watching after one episode and return next week if you want. Your preference holds zero bearing on whether you can still do what you want, so you should fairly and similarly do nothing to interfere with others getting their way too, regardless of your choice being different. Rather, unless you want your options constrained by others, do not support, encourage, or permit the constraint of others' options, then deign to imagine that your preference matters one iota to them.

Thinking back to shows like Lost and Walking Dead as examples. The community aspect of episode based shows is better IMO.

You’re not alone. I’ve spent more time talking about _Better Call Saul_ and _She-Hulk_ in the last week thank I have about _Stranger Things_ during the entirety of its run. Zeitgeist conversation is both enjoyable for many consumers and free marketing for streamers.

It’s like once a day Wordle.

Wordle would’ve fizzled out without a sense of anticipation.

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