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January 21, 2022
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Netflix Introduces Buffering as Premium Feature

Users can “pay more to wait longer” for cinematic nostalgia. Turning Delay Into Luxury In a move that baffled consumers and delighted satirists, Netflix announced a new subscription tier that charges users extra for buffering. Branded as Cinematic Pause Mode, the feature promises to recreate the “authentic suspense of early 2000s streaming” intentionally delaying playback. […]