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Netflix and Seth Meyers teamed up to create a button that lets people skip Trump jokes
Chances are, if someone is tuning into Seth Meyers’ new stand-up special on Netflix, Lobby Baby, they’re interested in his jokes about President Donald Trump. Those who aren’t, however, will be able to skip entire segments of the special, thanks to a new button.
The skip button is similar to the one Netflix flashes during a TV show’s theme song, giving people the ability to move past it. Meyers told CNN Business that it was mostly instituted as a joke. He doesn’t actually believe fans of his who tune in to watch will skip over Trump jokes, but having the ability to leverage Netflix’s technology to make the joke land harder was something he wanted to try.
“It dawned on me that because it was on Netflix, there would be this opportunity…
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