Binge-watching
Before Netflix, there was a time when people would discuss each episode one at a time. The day after a new episode of ER aired, everyone at school or work would be chatting about their thoughts, feelings, and predictions of the storyline. Since binge-watching has become so popular now, it is difficult to be at the same point of the season as someone else. This makes discussing the show nearly impossible because of the risk of spoilers.
Less people talking to each other about the show leads to more of an isolated experience.
In this video, Ellen Degeneres jokes about how binge-watching can lead to not seeing your family for three months. Although this is an over exaggeration for comedic purposes, it is a real problem how Netflix can be so isolating.
A mild inconvenience for binge-watchers would be the "are you still watching?" feature that Netflix has maliciously developed. This feature pauses the film or show every few hours just in case the person watching has fallen asleep. Now we all know that the creators of Netflix have included this feature just to help us out. Nobody wants to accidentally sleep through a couple episodes and wake up confused about what is happening. However, viewers can't help but feel as if Netflix is judging them.
