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then you forget it, and you never log in to Netflix again for several weeks. But unless you actually cancel your subscription, that's not a bad thing for Netfl
by mindcrime 4y ago
then you forget it, and you never log in to Netflix again for several weeks.
But unless you actually cancel your subscription, that's not a bad thing for Netflix. All the time you're not in there watching content is time you're not consuming bandwidth or CPU cycles, etc. It's kinda like a gym: the perfect customer is somebody who signs up for a membership, and never shows up again, while keeping their membership active.
Now I know some people do the whole "binge for a while, cancel my subscription and come back in a couple of months thing." A good friend of mine actually does that. But I suspect most people are too lazy to bother, and keep their account active even when they aren't actively watching something. But maybe that's just me projecting? Hmmm...
- 988747 4y agoActually, I know many people who do this: create a temporary email address, register for a Netflix trial, and cancel it after you watched your favorite show. It's not really that much of the hassle, other than having to type in your credit card details when you register.
- no_butterscotch 4y agoSo Netflix allows for a new free trial per email address rather than per credit card?
- jsnell 4y agoNetflix doesn't actually validate the email address you give them, so a limit per-email would do nothing. (I've had my email address be used by strangers signing up for a Netflix subscriptions on four separate occasions, each time by a different person).