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You’ll have to call Netflix to cancel and they’ll just pass you around the call Center until they hang up by accident.

ant6n 3y ago
More like, if you cancel, your account gets deleted for good, so you lose your profile with users, history, recommendations. You can pay x/month to pause your membership.
- koolba 3y ago
  Come on, we all know deleting your data would be a premium-only feature.
- XorNot 3y ago
  Netflix recommendations are useless, so this sounds like a win to me. Random is more interesting then "let us fail at understanding you based on limited demographics".
- ClassyJacket 3y ago
  Netflix already deletes your account after 10 months, probably for this specific purpose.
  - jonhohle 3y ago
    Is that a new policy? I’ve had Netflix off and on since 2008 (for DVD rentals) and still have info from them. I’m pretty sure we’ve been gone for longer than 10-month windows.
- ncallaway 3y ago
  I’d seriously consider paying them a fee for that! I certainly hope they go in that direction.
JimtheCoder 3y ago
It's 2023. My ChatGPT based AI agent will continue calling and deliver persuasive Haiku poems requesting a discount on my package. It will persist until it achieves it's desired goal...
- hotpotamus 3y ago
  I assume the Netflix AI team will develop an agent that convinces your AI to agree to a more expensive plan. They are known for their technical excellence afterall.
  - ipaddr 3y ago
    They just laid off their technical excellence would you settle for the overworked, fearful group that remains?
dharmab 3y ago
FTC is enforcing against companies that do this. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/10/ftc-ramp-enforcement-against-illegal-dark-patterns-trick-or-trap-consumers-subscriptions https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/10/...
andsoitis 3y ago
> You’ll have to call Netflix to cancel and they’ll just pass you around the call Center until they hang up by accident. Nonsense. Cancelling is easy: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/407 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/407

More like, if you cancel, your account gets deleted for good, so you lose your profile with users, history, recommendations. You can pay x/month to pause your membership.

koolba 3y ago
Come on, we all know deleting your data would be a premium-only feature.
XorNot 3y ago
Netflix recommendations are useless, so this sounds like a win to me. Random is more interesting then "let us fail at understanding you based on limited demographics".
ClassyJacket 3y ago
Netflix already deletes your account after 10 months, probably for this specific purpose.
- jonhohle 3y ago
  Is that a new policy? I’ve had Netflix off and on since 2008 (for DVD rentals) and still have info from them. I’m pretty sure we’ve been gone for longer than 10-month windows.
ncallaway 3y ago
I’d seriously consider paying them a fee for that! I certainly hope they go in that direction.

JimtheCoder 3y ago

It's 2023. My ChatGPT based AI agent will continue calling and deliver persuasive Haiku poems requesting a discount on my package. It will persist until it achieves it's desired goal...

hotpotamus 3y ago
I assume the Netflix AI team will develop an agent that convinces your AI to agree to a more expensive plan. They are known for their technical excellence afterall.
- ipaddr 3y ago
  They just laid off their technical excellence would you settle for the overworked, fearful group that remains?

dharmab 3y ago

FTC is enforcing against companies that do this. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/10/ftc-ramp-enforcement-against-illegal-dark-patterns-trick-or-trap-consumers-subscriptions https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/10/...

andsoitis 3y ago

> You’ll have to call Netflix to cancel and they’ll just pass you around the call Center until they hang up by accident. Nonsense. Cancelling is easy: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/407 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/407