The Autoplay Ban

How to complete The Autoplay Ban

Turning off autoplay removes the default that pulls you into a fourth episode you didn't decide to watch. The point is to make continuing a deliberate choice instead of an opt-out you have to fight.

1. Open Netflix on a browser, go to Account, pick each profile's Playback settings, and uncheck 'Autoplay next episode'
2. In YouTube, toggle off Autoplay on the player and disable it in settings to stop the up-next slide
3. Repeat for the rest you use: Disney+, Prime, Max, Hulu each bury the toggle in profile or playback settings
4. Where offered, also disable autoplay previews that start playing on hover

Tips

• Netflix's autoplay setting is per profile and only changes via browser, not the TV app
• Some apps reset the toggle after major updates, so recheck if episodes start chaining again
• Pair this with a hard end-time so the gap between episodes becomes a real stopping point

What counts as done

An episode ends and the app waits on a menu instead of counting down into the next one.