Browsing for something to occupy a dismal February evening, I found myself pausing over a copy of Grigori Kozintsev's revered 1971 Russian version of King Lear.
Like Netflix, there are also rows of thumbnails you can scroll through when you're browsing for something to watch.
If you watch porn, you've probably experienced this – browsing for something that appeals to you sexually, and instead opening up something way more sinister.
If you watch porn, you've probably experienced it; browsing for something that appeals to you sexually, and instead opening up something way more sinister.
It appears on a video in bright white lettering if you mouse over the video while watching it — and (perhaps more relevantly) the button also pops up as you are scrolling past a video when you browse your feed for something interesting.
When next you are browsing the internet for something you want to buy or visiting a big box or department store, keep in mind that almost everything that is for sale today will be in a second-hand store, set out in a garage sale or in a garbage dump in less than three years.
Drop in to the Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation wing, which houses the philanthropist's marvellous contemporary Indian art collection (ask to browse through the archives); for something that reaches farther back in time, the newly refurbished miniature wing offers an exquisite glimpse of courtly Mughal life.
But many consumers are tempted to subscribe to these services not for specific content, but because they miss the "always on" and passive nature of browsing live, linear TV for something to watch.
Unlike the pre-roll ads, those video previews will appear as you browse through the library looking for something to watch, and paused on a specific title.
