That's fair, but it sounds like you're running an older Android version? In this case, your blame should lie with Google's old permissions model being not-fined

That's fair, but it sounds like you're running an older Android version? In this case, your blame should lie with Google's old permissions model being not-fined-grained enough rather than at anger with Netflix over the permissions. Given the constraints on making the app, in order to satisfy you (no new permissions) they would have to halt feature development for things that customers demand, like offline play. You can upgrade your Android version possibly, to find that the Netflix app will not require those permissions if you install it.