That’s a feature, not a bug. It was originally created in the context of the net neutrality debate. This allows you to see if your ISP is cheating you on Netflix bandwidth, supposedly in order to push their own media-on-demand product.
It was introduced after reports of ISPs doing just that, and it was Netflix’ way of hitting back.
It was introduced after reports of ISPs doing just that, and it was Netflix’ way of hitting back.