Netflix wants to let people watch things at twice the speed, but Hollywood is pushing back

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Netflix is testing a feature that allows a small group of Android phone users to change the playback speed of what they’re watching, but some of Hollywood’s biggest actors and filmmakers are pushing back.

Directors Judd Apatow (Knocked Up), Brad Bird (The Incredibles), and Peyton Reed (Ant-Man) asked Netflix on Twitter not to move forward with the tool. Actor Aaron Paul (El Camino, BoJack Horseman) called it a bad decision.

“Why support and finance filmmakers visions on one hand and then work to destroy the presentation of those films on the other?,” Bird tweeted.

A Netflix spokesperson told The Verge that the company is always experimenting with ways to improve subscribers’ viewing experience. Netflix doesn’t have any plans at this...

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