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RE: The future of entertainment: Interactive Television
I haven't watched it but I've been meaning to.
One workaround would be to have the character make inconsequential choices.
There's a knock at the door. Does the protagonist
A: Leave his can of Pepsi on the side table
B: Finish it and throw it in the bin.
The next scene is either shot with the Pepsi visible on the side table or not, and the rest of the show can continue with the plot unchanged.
So you can make a decision and feel like you've had some sort of input, but you don't actually have any real influence or responsibility.
Actually, there is one scene very early on when Stefan has to choose between to type of cereals and it doesn't make any difference - not much of a spoiler, there's much more to the movie.
However, I don't think they could pull that more than once, as the viewers would get irritated if none of their choices mattered.
If you spread the hollow choices out enough, they're fine with it. Once every four years works.