On: Casual Viewing – Why Netflix looks like that

[tomatotomato37]

...actually wait, you unintentionally brought up an interesting point, how exactly did Netflix get data on how people are consuming their media in the privacy of their own home. That's not something you'd get good data off a simple survey

[fragmede → tomatotomato37]

The Netflix app knows when it's playing but the video window isn't visible.