I’d love to be able to select lists for whose items appear in the “Up Next” section. That way, I’d be able to create a list with upcoming shows I plan to watch when they come out and I’d immediately have them in my “Up Next” section.
I know that I can make the watchlist appear there, but my watchlist also includes items I plan to watch at some point in the future, not immediately on release, so I wouldn’t want to have them clutter my “Up Next” section.
For that special use case it’d also be great to allow to set the watchlist behaviour which automatically removes watched shows for any list.
I started using Ripple a 3rd party app that uses trakt, it even has this function. It’s something I use constantly as I watch shows alone or with the wife to separate them. How hard could it be to implement this?
Part of why I’m not looking to renew VIP as not much seems to improve and cost has doubled now with basic features like this not added.
As both Rippple’s developer and Trakt’s Product Manager, I wanted to give you a bit of context here.
Rippple has been around for 7+ years, and the To Watch feature has gone through many iterations. It might look simple from the outside, but I can assure you it’s not that easy to implement… which is probably why you don’t see it in many other apps.
Another key factor is scale. Rippple is filled with niche features that are extremely helpful for a small number of people. That works fine in an indie app, but on Trakt’s scale, the way Rippple’s To Watch works can create a lot of confusion for the majority of users and a big support burden for our team.
That said, I’m not ruling it out. As @otakunet21 mentioned, features like this will find their way into Trakt eventually. In the meantime, we (as in the whole Trakt team) are genuinely happy to recommend Rippple if it’s the better fit for how you watch.
