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Microsoft

2025-08-18T14:51:54Z

BartholemewDingleberry: filled in some of the fields within some of the citations

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| Founded = 1975
| Industry = Information Technology
| Logo = Microsoft_logo.png
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| Type = Public
| Website = https://www.microsoft.com/
| Description = Microsoft is one of the "Big Five" tech giants who has had issues ranging from antitrust issues to monopolies
}}[[Wikipedia:Microsoft|'''''Microsoft Corporation''''']] was founded in 1975 by ''Bill Gates'' and ''Paul Allen'' in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is one of the "Big Five" tech giants, well known for licensing ''Q-DOS'' from ''Seattle Computer Product''s as ''MS-DOS'' prior to purchasing it in 1980, as well as ''Windows'', the graphical extension to ''MS-DO''S. They are also known for developing the ''Microsoft'' ''Office Suite; Access,'' ''Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and'' ''Word''. Additionally, they developed the Xbox under ''the Microsoft'' ''Gaming'' division and the ''Surface'' line of laptop devices and the cloud platform ''Azure''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zachary |first=Gregg Pascal |last2=Hall |first2=Mark |last3=Montevirgen |first3=Karl |title=Microsoft-Corporation |url=https://www.britannica.com/money/Microsoft-Corporation |url-status=live |website=britannica.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Michael |date=August 12, 2021 |title=The Rise of DOS: How Microsoft Got the IBM PC OS Contract |url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-rise-of-dos-how-microsoft-got-the-ibm-pc-os-contract |url-status=live |website=PCmag}}</ref>

Through business acquisitions they own numerous other tech-related businesses. They invest heavily in artificial intelligence enterprises, ''OpenAI'' (best known for creating ''ChatGPT'').

==Consumer impact summary==

===Anti-competitive practices===
*'''Monopolistic bundling'''
:Forcing OEMs to preinstall Microsoft software such as Internet Explorer (IE) with Windows, making it difficult for competitors like Netscape to compete.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2002 |title=Competitive Processes, Anticompetitive Practices And Consumer Harm In The Software Industry: An Analysis Of The Inadequacies Of The Microsoft-Department Of Justice Proposed Final Judgment |url=https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis |url-status=live |website=justice.gov |publisher=Department Of Justice}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Microsoft Antitrust Case |url=https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/management/microsoft-antitrust-case/ |url-status=live |website=corporatefinanceinstitute.com}}</ref>
*'''Exclusionary contracts'''
:Blocking rivals' distribution channels by signing exclusive deals with PC manufacturers and ISPs. <ref name=":0"></ref>
*'''Sabotaging competitors'''
:Deliberately degrading interoperability of competing software (e.g., Java, ''Netscape'') with Windows. <ref name=":0"></ref>
*'''Predatory pricing'''
:Offering IE for free to undercut ''Netscape'', later ruled anticompetitive. <ref name=":1"></ref>

===Cloud computing monopoly abuse===
*'''Discriminatory licensing'''
:Charging higher fees for running Windows Server on rival clouds versus Azure, stifling competition.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Browne |first=Ryan |date=December 3, 2024 |title=Microsoft faces £1 billion lawsuit in UK for allegedly overcharging rival cloud firms’ customers |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/03/microsoft-overcharging-rival-cloud-firms-customers-uk-lawsuit-says.html |url-status=live |website=cnbc.com}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Godoy |first=Jody |date=November 28, 2024 |title=Microsoft faces wide-ranging US antitrust probe |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-faces-wide-ranging-us-antitrust-probe-2024-11-27/ |website=reuters.com }}</ref>
*'''Lock-in tactics'''
:Making it costly or technically difficult for customers to migrate data from Azure to other platforms.<ref name=":3"></ref>
*'''Settlements under pressure'''
:Facing EU and UK lawsuits, Microsoft settled with some cloud vendors but retained practices criticized as unfair.<ref name=":2"></ref>

===Anti-consumer software and hardware policies===
*'''Forced online activation'''
:Requiring internet connectivity to set up Xbox consoles or install physical game discs, even for single-player modes.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=April 12, 2021 |title=DRM or Die. How Anti-Consumer Practices Became the New Norm and the Consumers Are to Blame |url=https://cgicoffee.com/blog/2021/04/drm-or-die-anti-consumer-practices |website= }}</ref>
*'''DRM overreach'''
:Xbox Series X/S games demand online verification for disc-based installations, rendering offline play difficult.<ref name=":4"></ref>
*'''Recurring billing traps'''
:Defaulting users into subscription auto-renewals while making cancellation processes opaque.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-18 |title=Why is MS Software So Predatory? |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3869973/why-is-ms-software-so-predatory?forum=windows-all&referrer=answers |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=learn.microsoft.com}}</ref>

===Privacy and data exploitation===
*'''Collaboration with surveillance'''
:Working with the NSA and FBI to bypass encryption (PRISM program) and access user data (Skype, Outlook).<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Milin-Ashmore |first=James |date=October 15, 2019 |title=Microsoft Alternatives Guide: How (and Why) to Avoid Microsoft |url=https://ethical.net/ethical/microsoft-alternatives/ |website= }}</ref>
*'''Unauthorized data collection'''
:Contractors reportedly listened to Xbox/Skype/Cortana audio without clear user consent.<ref name=":5"></ref>
*'''Dark patterns in Windows'''
:Manipulative UI designs to nudge users toward data-sharing opt-ins.<ref name=":5"></ref>

===Ethical and legal controversies===
*'''Censorship compliance'''
:Removing content from Bing/LinkedIn to appease authoritarian regimes (e.g., China).<ref name=":5"></ref>
*'''Military contracts'''
:Developing ''HoloLens AR'' tech for the U.S. Army to "turn warfare into a video game," contrary to employee expectations.<ref name=":5"></ref>
*'''Patent aggression'''
:Threatening open-source projects like calling Linux a "cancer" and suing small entities such as MikeRoweSoft.com.<ref name=":5"></ref>
===Market manipulation and stifling innovation===
*'''Artificial price inflation'''
:Overcharging consumers by $20–30 billion for Windows licenses in the 1990s by hiding costs in PC bundles.<ref name=":0"></ref>
*'''Acquisition dominance'''
:Buying competitors like GitHub, VS Code, and LinkedIn to absorb markets and limit alternatives.<ref name=":5"></ref>
*'''Delaying competitors'''
:Intentionally slowing development of rival products like IBM and Apple through contractual or technical barriers.<ref name=":0"></ref>

===Monopolization===
*Exclusive licensing agreements with ''IBM'' and other PC manufacturers ensured that ''MS-DOS'' became the dominant OS.
*Priced ''MS-DOS'' significantly lower than competitors, making it the default choice for PC makers.
*Launched ''Windows 1.0'' in 1985, as a graphical extension of ''MS-DOS''. They had over 90% of the PC market by the 1990's.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2002 |title=Competitive Processes, Anticompetitive Practices And Consumer Harm In The Software Industry: An Analysis Of The Inadequacies Of The Microsoft-Department Of Justice Proposed Final Judgment |url=https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis |website=justice.gov }}</ref>
*Integrated ''Internet Explorer'' (IE) with ''Windows'', making it difficult for users to choose alternatives like ''Netscape Navigator''. This led to the U.S. vs. Microsoft antitrust case (1998), where the company was found guilty of illegally maintaining a monopoly.<ref name=":5" />
*Allegedly used "embrace, extend, extinguish" tactics; adopting open standards, extending them with proprietary features, and then pushing competitors out.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2002 |title=Competitive Processes, Anticompetitive Practices And Consumer Harm In The Software Industry: An Analysis Of The Inadequacies Of The Microsoft-Department Of Justice Proposed Final Judgment |url=https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis |website=justice.gov}}</ref>
*Charging higher fees for running ''Windows Server'' on rival clouds (e.g., ''AWS'', ''Google Cloud'') versus ''Azure''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Browne |first=Ryan |date=December 3, 2024 |title=Microsoft faces £1 billion lawsuit in UK for allegedly overcharging rival cloud firms’ customers |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/03/microsoft-overcharging-rival-cloud-firms-customers-uk-lawsuit-says.html |website=CNBC}}</ref>

===Consumer harm===

*Slowed browser innovation for 14 years by blocking out competitors like ''Netscape''.<ref name=":6" />
*Studies estimated that their monopoly led to consumers being overcharged by as much as 30 billion dollars in the 1990s.<ref name=":6" />

==Controversies==

===Windows 3.1 AARD code===
[[File:Windows 3.10.068 setup AARD code.png|alt=Windows 3.1 beta setup with a gray square in the middle in red text coloring that says "Non-fatal error detected: error #4D53 (Please contact Windows 3.1 beta support.). Press ENTER to continue"|thumb|Windows 3.1 AARD code]]
Users trying to install a beta release of Windows 3.1 on a machine running [[wikipedia:DR-DOS|DR DOS]] would receive an error message stating "'''Non-fatal error detected: error #4D53 (Please contact Windows 3.1 beta support . )'''", the error code was discovered by Geoff Chappell on April 17 1992<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chappell |first=Geoff |date=8 May 1999 |title=AARD code |url=https://www.geoffchappell.com/notes/windows/archive/aard/index.htm?tx=57 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112155815/https://www.geoffchappell.com/notes/windows/archive/aard/index.htm?tx=57 |archive-date=12 Jan 2024 |access-date=16 Aug 2025 |website=Geoff Chappell, Software Analyst}}</ref>

===Court cases up to the early 2000s===
In a major antitrust case brought by the ''US Department of Justice'', ''U.S. v.'' Microsoft Corp'''''.''','' 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001),<ref name=":5">[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/253/34/576095/ "U.S. v. Microsoft Corp., 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001)"] - law.justia.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> Microsoft argued that there was no barrier to entry in the market they were in. A central issue at that time was whether Microsoft could bundle the web browser ''Internet Explorer'' with the Microsoft Windows operating system. The ''District Court'' stated the following in the court case: <blockquote>"The District Court condemned a number of provisions in Microsoft's agreements licensing Windows to OEMs, because it found that Microsoft's imposition of those provisions (like many of Microsoft's other actions at issue in this case) serves to reduce usage share of ''Netscape''<nowiki/>'s browser and, hence, protect Microsoft's operating system monopoly."</blockquote>The court specifically identified three main license restrictions for [[Original Equipment Manufacturers]] (OEMs) that were considered problematic:

#The prohibition upon the removal of desktop icons, folders, and Start menu entries
#The prohibition for modifying the initial boot sequence
#The prohibition of otherwise altering the appearance of the Windows desktop

The case was eventually settled,<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/atr/case-document/file/503541/dl "Final judgment of US v. Microsoft"] - justice.gov - accessed 2025-01-29</ref><ref>[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/373/1199/474311/ "Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Ex Rel., Appellant, v. Microsoft Corporation"] - law.justia.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> and did not result in a company breakup.<ref>[https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/long-antitrust-saga-ends-for-microsoft/ "Long antitrust saga ends for Microsoft"] - seattletimes.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref>

Section III.H of the Consent Decree<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/atr/microsoft-consent-decree-compliance-advisory-august-1-2003-us-v-microsoft "Microsoft Consent Decree Compliance Advisory - August 1, 2003 : U.S. V. Microsoft"] - justice.gov - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> required ''Microsoft'' to "allow end users and OEMs to enable or remove access to all middleware products, including web browsers, e-mail clients, and media players through a readily accessible, centralized mechanism." End users and OEMs should be able "to specify a non-Microsoft middleware product as the default middleware product to be launched in place of the corresponding Microsoft middleware product."

In the case ''United States v.'' Microsoft Corp'''''.''','' 87 F. Supp. 2d 30 (D.D.C. 2000),<ref>[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/87/30/2307082/ "United States v. Microsoft Corp., 87 F. Supp. 2d 30 (D.D.C. 2000)"] - law.justia.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> Microsoft's conduct taken as a whole was described as a "deliberate assault upon entrepreneurial efforts that, could well have enabled the introduction of competition into the market for [[Intel]]-compatible PC operating systems". Further, "Microsoft's anti-competitive actions trammeled the competitive process through which the computer software industry generally stimulates innovation and conduces to the optimum benefit of consumers."

===Xbox 360 Defect - The "Red Ring of Death"===
{{Main|Bumpgate}}
In 2005, Microsoft released the ''Xbox 360''. Not very long after, consumers started reporting problems with their consoles- three red flashing lights on the ring around the power button. This was coined by consumers as the "''Red Ring of Death''", and by 2007, ''Xbox''<nowiki/>'s hardware engineers eventually discovered that the reason for it was a defect in the ''Xbox 360''<nowiki/>'s GPU.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=December 13, 2021 |title=Power On: The Story of Xbox {{!}} Chapter 5: The Red Ring of Death |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch? |url-status=live |access-date=June 4, 2025 |website=YouTube}}</ref>

For the first several months of this incident's height of prevalence in 2006, consumers had to pay to get their consoles fixed by Microsoft if the console was outside of its one year warranty. However, by September 2007, they chose to extend the warranty to three years from the date of original purchase, and refunded anyone who had previously paid to get this issue fixed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Peter |date=2007 |title=Open Letter from Peter Moore |url=http://xbox.com/en-ca/support/petermooreletter.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023004948/http://xbox.com/en-ca/support/petermooreletter.htm |archive-date=23 Oct 2007 |access-date=4 Jun 2025 |website=Xbox}}</ref> Judging from current and former employees' comments in the ''Xbox'' documentary, ''Power On: The Story of Xbox'', Microsoft seemed to have primarily done this to rescue the ''Xbox'' brand.<ref name=":2" /> Nonetheless, this was still beneficial to consumers who had made an investment in and enjoyed games from Microsoft's console.

===Windows (Win 9x - Win 10)===
{{Main|Windows}}

====Forced Updates====
Beginning with [[Windows|''Windows'' ''10'']], end users can no longer selectively choose updates. Instead, updates are automatically scheduled when a computer is inactive, or before the system is shut down.<ref>[https://www.crn.com/news/applications-os/300077576/did-microsoft-just-backtrack-on-forced-updates-for-windows-10 "Did Microsoft Just Backtrack On Forced Updates For Windows 10?"] - crn.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> This has also led to some systems being rendered unusable because of bugged updates that cannot be avoided.<ref>[https://www.tomsguide.com/news/windows-10-update-is-bricking-pcs-uninstall-this-right-now "Windows 10 update is 'breaking' PCs — what to do now"] - tomsguide.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref><ref>[https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-update-bricked-my-bios-thought-to-be/a1f0ebc7-d20d-459f-9956-72a3f98ca432 "Windows update bricked my bios ?? Thought to be impossible ?"] - answers.microsoft.com - accessed 2025-01-29 </ref> Some users have resorted to disabling updates in ''Windows registry editor'',<ref>[https://www.minitool.com/backup-tips/how-to-stop-win10-update.html "How to Stop Windows 10 Update Permanently – 7 Ways"] - minitool.com - accessed 2025-01-29
</ref> though this prevents them from receiving security updates, which can make their systems vulnerable to attacks.

====Resetting preferences during updates====
During some ''Windows'' updates, the preferences users have set on applications that they have installed, will end up being reset to their default settings.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/n1hoz0/windows_please_stop_changing_my_settings_with/ "Windows: PLEASE STOP CHANGING MY SETTINGS WITH UPDATES"] - reddit.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref><ref>[https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-updated-and-reset-all-of-my-settings/529ffb03-edd4-4be2-9412-50e3271fa8fe "Windows 10 updated and reset all of my settings and preferences."] - answers.microsoft.com - 2025-01-29</ref><ref>[https://www.minitool.com/news/windows-settings-are-reset-after-reboot.html "Windows Settings Are Reset After Reboot? Best Fixes Here!"] - minitool.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> Users have reported this to go as far as resetting permissions for apps,<ref name=":1">[https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-update-reset-my-computer-settings/e58bcee8-f4c9-40ef-a452-1dc5db7c45d9 "Windows 10 Update Reset my Computer Settings."] - answers.microsoft.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref><ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/y0ksm0/why_are_my_settings_changed_after_every_update/ "Why are my settings changed after every update?"] - reddit.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref><ref>[https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/why-do-updates-remove-personalization-settings/0f1badb2-7486-4d31-b687-39913795aa8f "Why do Updates Remove Personalization Settings"] - answers.microsoft.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> which can be extremely risky for insecure software. 

====Forced Arbitration====
When [[Windows|''Windows'' ''10'']] is installed from the ISO that can be downloaded from Microsoft, the EULA explicitly mentions forced arbitration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microsoft Software License Terms |url=https://www.microsoft.com/content/dam/microsoft/usetm/documents/windows/10/oem-pre-installed/UseTerms_OEM_Windows_10_English.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729194240/https://www.microsoft.com/content/dam/microsoft/usetm/documents/windows/10/oem-pre-installed/UseTerms_OEM_Windows_10_English.pdf |archive-date=2025-07-29 |access-date=2025-08-11 |page=6 |quote="If we can’t [informally resolve a dispute], you and we agree to binding individual arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), and not to sue in court in front of a judge or jury."}}</ref>

===Edge===
''Microsoft Edge''(''Edge'') is a ''[[Chromium]]''-based web browser that comes preinstalled with Windows 10 and later. It is the successor to ''IE''.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Controversy
!Year started - Year Ended
!Background Info
!Aftermath
!Related Article
|-
|Illegal monopoly of web browser market
| - 2001
|Bundled ''IE'' and ''Windows'' restricting competitors like ''NetScape''. U.S. Court of Appeals ruled they had violated the Sherman Antitrust Act, leading to a settlement requiring sharing APIs with third parties
|The case set precedents for antitrust enforcement in tech, influencing later cases against other dominant firms
|
|-
|International
|2004 - 2013
|Faced EU penalties for bundling ''Media Player'' and ''IE''
|Paid EU antitrust fines
|
|-
|Restrictive software licensing
|2015 - 2025
|UK lawsuit alleging inflated software prices by blocking resale of preowned licenses and pushing subscription models like ''Microsoft 365''(''365'')
|Ongoing. ''Microsoft'' denies these "unsubstantiated" allegations.
|
|-
|Resetting primary browser
|2017 – Present
|Windows has frequently been resetting the default browser to ''Edge''<ref>[https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/default-browser-keeps-changing-to-edge/25e2939d-4674-40ab-b05a-6161e2297976 "Default Browser Keeps Changing to Edge"] - answers.microsoft.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> without consent.<ref name=":1" /> While there are methods to disable this,<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/15zbjar/default_browser_keeps_changing_to_microsoft_edge/ "Default browser keeps changing to Microsoft Edge after every PC restart. Win 11, tried everything"] - reddit.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> it is tedious to achieve, especially for users who are not tech-savvy.
|Continues to happen
|
|-
|Inability to delete
|2018 – Present
|During major updates for ''Windows'', users have been reporting their installations of ''Edge'' being reinstalled to their devices without their consent.<ref>[https://www.windowscentral.com/how-prevent-microsoft-edge-chromium-installing-automatically-windows-10 "How to prevent new Microsoft Edge from installing automatically on Windows 10"] - windowscentral.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref>
|No change
|
|-
|Importing content from other browsers without consent
|2020 – ?
|Users have reported on frequent occasions that Edge has imported user data from browsers such as ''Chrome'' and ''Firefox'' without first requesting consent from the user.<ref>[https://www.komando.com/news/microsoft-edge-caught-importing-data/ "''Microsoft'' caught importing data before you give the OK"] - komando.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref>
|Unknown if it still occurs
|
|-
|Anti-competition allegations
|2024 - 2025
|UK lawsuit alleges ''Windows Servers'' users were overcharged when using non ''Azure '' cloud services
|Ongoing
|
|-
|Removal of ''365'' features to push ''Copilot''
|2025
|Eliminated key search features in ''365'', forcing users to pay $30/month for ''Copilot'' access, sparking backlash from businesses and educators
|The FTC and DOJ are reportedly investigating, with Elon Musk alleging antitrust violations in its ''OpenAI'' partnership
|
|}

===Windows 11===

====TPM 2.0 chip requirements====
Microsoft updated their system requirements to include ''Trusted Platform Module 2.0'' (TPM) support as a mandatory requirement for upgrading to ''[[Windows 11]]''. This would require either a TPM-compatible CPU, or a separate TPM-dedicated chip to be installed on the motherboard, however some users were able to circumvent this requirement by editing the registry.<ref>[https://www.starwindsoftware.com/blog/bypass-tpm-and-install-windows-11-on-unsupported-hardware/ "Bypass TPM and Install Windows 11 on Unsupported Hardware"] - starwindsoftware.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> This change resulted in many customers selling or discarding their otherwise functional computers and hardware that did not meet the new system requirements.<ref>[https://securityonline.info/windows-11s-tpm-2-0-free-software-foundation-fights-forced-upgrades-and-e-waste/ "Windows 11’s TPM 2.0: Free Software Foundation Fights Forced Upgrades and E-Waste"] - securityonline.info - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> Microsoft has been frequently reminding users of ''[[Windows|Windows 10]]'' to upgrade their hardware to be compatible with ''[[Windows 11]]'',<ref>[https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-revives-pop-ups-in-windows-10-to-push-windows-11-upgrades "Microsoft Revives Pop-Ups in Windows 10 to Push Windows 11 Upgrades"] - pcmag.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref><ref>[https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-embarrasses-itself-with-windows-10-pop-up-that-hogs-the-desktop-urging-an-upgrade-to-windows-11-then-promptly-crashes "Microsoft embarrasses itself with Windows 10 pop-up that hogs the desktop urging an upgrade to Windows 11 – then promptly crashes"] - techradar.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> which has caused many users frequent agitation.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoft/comments/19dvs9k/any_way_to_disable_the_upgrade_to_windows_11_ads/ "Any way to disable the "upgrade to Windows 11" ads?"] - reddit.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref>

====Recall====
{{Main|Microsoft Copilot's recall feature}}
In 2024, Microsoft unveiled ''Recall'' for ''Copilot+ PCs'',<ref name=":0">[https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-reveals-ai-powered-recall-feature-to-transform-windows-11s-searchability-while-confirming-hardware-requirements "Microsoft reveals AI-powered ‘Recall’ feature to transform Windows 11’s searchability, while confirming hardware requirements"] - techradar.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> marketed as a way for users to search through what they have done on their computer by recording their screen. This sparked controversy,<ref>[https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water "Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot water"] - techradar.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> especially among security experts<ref>[https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall "Privacy and security risks surrounding Microsoft Recall"] - techtarget.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> who worried about the security of screenshots,<ref>[https://news.sky.com/story/microsoft-ai-feature-investigated-by-uk-watchdog-over-screenshots-13141171 "Microsoft AI feature investigated by UK watchdog over screenshots"] - news.sky.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> since it could easily document private information like social-security numbers, bank-account information, and passwords, as well as user browsing behavior. A ''Python'' script was developed, called "''TotalRecall''", that collects the screenshots and descriptions of these recordings,<ref>[https://github.com/xaitax/TotalRecall "TotalRecall - a 'privacy nightmare'?"] - github.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> proving the danger of ''Recall''.<ref name=":0" /> This feature was delayed after backlash from users.<ref>[https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/06/microsoft-recall-delayed-after-privacy-and-security-concerns "Microsoft Recall delayed after privacy and security concerns"] - malwarebytes.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref>

In 2025, Microsoft re-released ''Recall'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davenport |first=Corbin |date=Apr 25, 2025 |title=Windows Recall Is Finally Rolling Out After Controversal Reveal |url=https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-recall-is-finally-rolling-out-after-controversal-release/ |access-date=Jun 20, 2025 |work=How to Geek}}</ref> with claims that the tool has resolved the security flaws and it coming disabled by default.<ref>{{Cite news |last=LeClair |first=Dave |date=Apr 11, 2025 |title=Microsoft Recall is rolling out following major controversy — what you need to know |url=https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/microsoft-recall-is-coming-for-real-this-time |access-date=Jun 20, 2025 |work=Tom's Guide}}</ref> However, despite integrating better security, having this feature enabled continues to pose privacy risks for consumers, as it is only a matter of when a vulnerability is discovered for the problems both consumers and businesses initially had with the tool to resurface,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Nick |date=May 5, 2025 |title=Turn Off Windows' Recall to Protect Your Privacy |url=https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-disable-recall/ |access-date=Jun 20, 2025 |work=How to Geek}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Piltch |first=Avram |date=2025-08-01 |title=Tested: Microsoft Recall can still capture credit cards and passwords, a treasure trove for crooks |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/microsoft_recall_captures_credit_card_info/ |access-date=2025-08-05 |website=The Register}}</ref> especially since it is difficult for users to inspect the screenshots that are taken by the tool.

====Family Safety====
{{Main|Microsoft's anticompetitive practices}}
A feature seen within ''[[Windows 11]]''<nowiki/>'s parental controls is Family Safety. A key problem shown from this feature is that it can questionably ban certain applications from properly running on the device, with no notice to the administrator in charge of the device. In '''June 2025''', this feature banned the string "Chrome",<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=u/Witty-Discount-2906 |date=Jun 3, 2025 |title=Chrome won’t open (Windows 11) |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/1l2c552/comment/mvt1w2a/ |access-date=Jun 20, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> which blocked the web browser [[Google Chrome|''Chrome'']] from functioning.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Warren |first=Tom |date=Jun 20, 2025 |title=Microsoft is blocking Google Chrome through its family safety feature |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/690179/microsoft-block-google-chrome-family-safety-feature |access-date=Jun 20, 2025 |work=The Verge}}</ref> Schools in particular use this feature on devices given out for students to complete classwork remotely, and as [[Google Chrome|''Chrome'']] holds the majority market share of web browser usage, (65-70%)<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 1, 2025 |title=Browser Market Share Worldwide |url=https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/ |access-date=Jun 20, 2025 |website=Statcounter}}</ref> there has been mass reports of students being unable to complete their classwork strictly due to this flaw.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Priestley |first=Peter |date=Jun 4, 2025 |title=Microsoft Family Safety Blocking Chrome Browser |url=https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_11-wintop_famsafety/microsoft-family-safety-blocking-chrome-browser/40023ef5-177b-4eed-a857-80ed15afa3a5?rtAction=1749008739548&page=1 |access-date=Jun 20, 2025 |work=Microsoft Answers}}</ref>

Currently, Microsoft has neglected to inform users on rolling out a fix in the future,<ref>{{Cite web |date=Jun 3, 2025 |title=[User Feedback - Stable] M137 Windows - Increase in feedback about crashing |url=https://issues.chromium.org/issues/422222571 |access-date=Jun 20, 2025 |website=Chromium issues}}</ref> and the only solutions available to users is to either rename the executable on the affected device<ref name=":3" /> or disable "Block inappropriate browsing" inside the ''Family Safety'' settings.<ref name=":4" />

===Microsoft account dark patterns when installing Windows===
[[File:MSInstall.png|thumb|An image of a Windows 10 installation, to illustrate the effort required to make an account unattached to a Microsoft account.]]
Numerous [[dark patterns]] have been implemented in the form of vague language and a confusing user interface, which hides the option to create an account without a Microsoft account under sub-menus and small text. The dark patterns in the Windows installation menu have been in place since Windows 10 was launched in 2015, and continue into the [[Windows 11]] installation process.

===Removal of games===
In early September 2016, Microsoft shut down ''Xbox Live Indie Games'',<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/2015/9/9/9297959/xbox-live-indie-games-shutting-down "After seven years, Xbox Live Indie Games is closing down for good"] - polygon.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> and in late July 2024, Microsoft shut down its storefront for ''[[Xbox|Xbox 360]]'' games.<ref>[https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/08/17/xbox-360-store-will-close-july-2024/ "The Xbox 360 Store Will Close July 2024, But You Can Keep Playing Your Favorite Games"] - news.xbox.com - accessed 2025-01-29</ref> These shutdowns have made it impossible to obtain new copies of, or in some cases, even play, hundreds of games within the legacy ''[[Xbox]]'' library..

===Office 365 Suite issues===
{{Main|Microsoft Office 365}}
The Office 365 program has been facing a number of issues in recent years, with allegations of forced upsell and forced implementation of OneDrive.

===Minecraft account migration===
{{Main|Minecraft account migration}}
Following Microsoft's acquisition of Minecraft, they have started forcing account migration to users who already had a Mojang account to a Microsoft account. The company gave users a grace period for account migration, after which users would have to purchase Minecraft again if the Mojang account was not migrated.<ref>https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/19633473939981-I-Missed-My-Chance-to-Migrate-What-Happens-to-My-Account</ref>

===Discontinued support for Windows Mixed Reality (WMR)===
{{Main|Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) discontinuation}}
Beginning with [[Windows 11]] version ''24H2'', Microsoft no longer supports Windows Mixed Reality, and all support for the platform will end November 1, 2027. This affects device models from manufacturers including ''[[Samsung]]'', ''[[HP Inc.|HP]]'', ''[[Lenovo]]'', ''[[Acer]]'', ''Dell'', and Microsoft - including their own flagship device, Microsoft ''HoloLens''. Users who wish to continue using these devices must either use Windows 10 or block the ''24H2'' update from being installed.<ref> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/hp-reverb-g2-windows-11-24h2-not-working-need-help/dd90e232-1f28-4655-aafa-685285017d59 </ref>

===Forced Telemetry (Windows 10 and above)===
Windows 10 and up are configured to send telemetry by default. Users can only switch it to a reduced mode, but there is no way to disable it completely without resorting to tools and techniques beyond what most normal users have the technical knowledge to implement (disabling services, setting registry keys and group policies, blocking communication using firewalls etc.). Automatic system updates are know to re-enable some of the corresponding components without warning.

Only certain editions like the Enterprise version have options to switch it off, but a study conducted by the German ministry of information security in 2018 suggests that even this does not stop telemetry data collection completely.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schulz |first=Hajo |date=2018-11-20 |title=BSI untersucht Sicherheit von Windows 10 [German] |url=https://www.heise.de/news/BSI-untersucht-Sicherheitseigenschaften-von-Windows-10-4227139.html |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Heise Online}}</ref>

Telemetry covers a wide variety of system information as well as a multitude of user interactions. Microsoft can configure remotely which and how much data and is collected from a particular system. This can go up to a level where all key presses are transmitted in real time. This makes telemetry very intransparent and difficult to monitor since the kind of data being collected could change at any moment without notice.

This raises concerns of privacy and security, especially so for international users in light of the United States Cloud Act. Moreover, it is not uncommon in certain countries for the home editions of Windows and Office to be used in places like medical facilities.

Telemetry collection is also associated with excessive disk usage and SSD wearout. Particularly the DiagTrack and CompatTelRunner components are known offenders.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khanse |first=Anad |date=2025-10-10 |title=Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry High CPU; How to disable CompatTelRunner.exe |url=https://www.thewindowsclub.com/what-is-compattelrunner-exe-on-windows-10 |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=TheWindowsClub}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=FRIEDMOZART |title=100% Disk Usage - Please Help ! |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/5hpym1/100_disk_usage_please_help/ |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Reddit}}</ref>

Given the scale of Windows and Office deployments, the cumulative energy consumed by collecting, transmitting, storing and processing this data across the globe is also an environmental concern.

==Products and services==

==See Also==
[[Microsoft's anticompetitive practices|Microsoft's Anticompetitive Practices]], an article talking about all of Microsoft's anticompetitive practices.

[[Microsoft Office 365]], an article on Microsoft's Office 365 subscription service which includes how to avoid the $30 price increase at the start.

[[Microsoft Ends use of "bypassnro.cmd" for Win 11|Microsoft Ends use of "bypassnro.cmd" for Windows 11]], which talks about exactly that.

==References==
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[[Category:Microsoft]]

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|[[Nintendo]]
|In 2025, the company Nintendo stripped Switch 2 consoles that used the MIG switch cartridge of all online functionality
|<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Scattered Brain |date=Jun 16, 2025 |title=Soo... Nintendo banned my Switch 2 (Don't try the MIG Switch!) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExgYTA18_vo&t=656s |access-date=Jun 18, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Orland |first=Kyle |date=Jun 17, 2025 |title=Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game “backups” |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/06/playing-personal-game-backups-could-get-your-switch-2-banned-by-nintendo/ |access-date=Jun 19, 2025 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref>
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==List of incidents not yet covered==
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!Company
!Summary of Incident
!Refs
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|LBRY Foundation, Oddessy
|Community first decentralization & Odysseys plan to enable censorship by switching away from the opensource LBRY network.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The LBRY Foundation |url=https://lbry.org/ |url-status=live |access-date=08 Aug 2025 |quote=The LBRY community invites everyone to join us in building a more free and open way to share content and information online.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Watson |first=RT |date=06 June 2024 |title=Decentralized YouTube alternative Odysee acquired by Forward Research despite content concerns |url=https://www.theblock.co/post/298888/decentralized-youtube-alternative-odysee-acquired-by-forward-research-despite-content-concerns |url-status=live |access-date=8/16/25 |work=The Block}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Li |first=Jun |last2=Grintsvayg |first2=Alex |last3=Kauffman |first3=Jeremy |last4=Fleming |first4=Charles |date=2020 |title=LBRY: A Blockchain-Based Decentralized Digital Content Marketplace |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9126007 |journal=2020 IEEE International Conference on Decentralized Applications and Infrastructures (DAPPS) |location=Oxford, UK |publisher=IEEE |doi=10.1109/DAPPS49028.2020.00005 |isbn=978-1-7281-6978-1 |via=IEEE Xplore}}</ref>
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|[[Microsoft]]
|Anticompetitive behavior contributing to the damaging of the security of customer devices.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Triplette |first=Ryan |date=Nov 15, 2024 |title=Microsoft’s anticompetitive behavior weakens its customers’ cybersecurity |url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2024/11/microsofts-anticompetitive-behavior-weakens-its-customers-cybersecurity/?readmore=1 |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=Federal News Network}}</ref>
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|[[Samsung]], [[Glance]]
|Using the faces of its devices' users for the purposes of generating ads with AI to display on the lock screen
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitwam |first=Ryan |date=Jun 4, 2025 |title=Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/samsung-teams-up-with-glance-to-use-your-face-in-ai-generated-lock-screen-ads/ |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref>
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|[[Facebook]], [[Yandex]]
|De-anonymizing web browsing identifiers
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wildeboer |first=Jan |date=Jun 03, 2025 |title=Wildeboer post from Jan Wildeboer |url=https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/114620123151656825 |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=social.wildeboer.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Goodin |first=Dan |date=Jun 3, 2025 |title=Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers |url=https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/meta-and-yandex-are-de-anonymizing-android-users-web-browsing-identifiers/ |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref>
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|[[TikTok]]
|Integrated AI tools to track user behaviors even more for the purposes of selling to advertisers
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sato |first=Mia |date=Jun 3, 2025 |title=TikTok will give advertisers even more data on trends and users |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/678255/tiktok-advertiser-summit-ai-targeting-data-seo |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=The Verge}}</ref>
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|[[k.chicntech]]
|Selling fraudulent products on its platform
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=Jun 3, 2025 |title=Shopper denied $51 refund for 20TB HDD that’s mostly a weighted plastic box |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/man-buys-20tb-portable-hdd-for-51-son-breaks-the-news-that-its-a-fake/ |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref>
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|[[T-Mobile]]
|Secretly recording the screens of users via T-Life app
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=u/Appropriate_Rain_770 |date=May 27, 2025 |title=T-Life App Under Fire as Users Spot Hidden Screen Recording |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/1kwmglg/tlife_app_under_fire_as_users_spot_hidden_screen/ |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Tyler |date=May 27, 2025 |title=T-Life App Under Fire as Users Spot Hidden Screen Recording |url=https://www.androidheadlines.com/2025/05/t-life-app-under-fire-as-users-spot-hidden-screen-recording.html |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=Android Headlines}}</ref>
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|[[Facebook]], [[Yandex]]
|Automatic opt-in of user-generated content being used for the purposes of training AI.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Borgesius |first=Frederik |date=Apr 24, 2025 |title=Post on akademienl.social |url=https://akademienl.social/@Frederik_Borgesius/114392662340468118 |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |website=akademienl.social}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=Apr 24, 2025 |title=AP: kom nu in actie als je niet wil dat Meta AI traint met jouw data |url=https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/ap-kom-nu-in-actie-als-je-niet-wil-dat-meta-ai-traint-met-jouw-data |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl}}</ref>
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|[[Google]]
|Terms enacted in April reserve it the right to analyze sensitive call data
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saam |first=Conrad |date=Apr 24, 2025 |title=Google asserts ownership of all advertiser assets in Local Services Ads |url=https://searchengineland.com/google-asset-ownership-local-services-ads-454561 |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=Search Engine Land}}</ref>
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|[[VidIQ]]
|Scraping user generated content so poorly that it puts users at risk of violating copyright law
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=CutCafe |date=Jan 24, 2025 |title=This AI tool is EXPLOITING small content creators (So I exposed it) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg8JZozCa0c |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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|[[Waymo]]
|Using interior camera to train GenAI models; automatic opt-in
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bellan |first=Rebecca |date=Apr 8, 2025 |title=Waymo may use interior camera data to train generative AI models, but riders will be able to opt out |url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/waymo-may-use-interior-camera-data-to-train-generative-ai-models-sell-ads/ |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=TechCrunch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hawkins |first=Andrew |date=April 7, 2025 |title=Waymo: ‘no plans’ to use in-car camera data for targeted ads |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/644770/waymo-interior-camera-ai-training-ads-privacy |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-14}}</ref>
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|[[Dymo]]
|550 and newer models have DRM in the printer paper; older model printers bricked via a driver update.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Malawey |first=David |date=Apr 3, 2025 |title=discard junkware and the extract pure value of Dymo |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hlhPRlxA9s |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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|[[Google]]
|Numerous incidents listed under Wikipedia's [[wikipedia:Google_litigation|Google Litigation]] page
|N/A
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|[[UPS]]
|Charges excessively high brokerage fees disguised as "customs fees" that exceed shipping costs when mailing a product from the US to Canada; sent person in source a $42.60 bill AFTER delivering the package, without the person being informed of the shipper being UPS.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Runkle Of The Bailey |date=Nov 14, 2024 |title=I Fought UPS' Bogus Brokerage Fees, And Won |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKju9a4lA5I |access-date=Jun 26, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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|[[Liberty Safe]]
|At the point of sale (POS) of the safe, the consumer was not informed that the manufacturer has a backdoor for the safe. In this specific incident, this backdoor was used to bypass the security for the purposes of the FBI
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Runkle Of The Bailey |date=Sep 6, 2023 |title=Liberty Safe Has Secret Backdoors -- And They Gave It To the FBI |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeCwrX2gcXM |access-date=Jun 26, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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|[[Yubo]]
|Only in-scope elements of the provided source should focus on "age estimation" and "facial recognition", despite the ethical dubiousness of the platform for minors.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=CinemaGuess |date=Jun 25, 2025 |title=Yubo; The Most Dangerous Snapchat Clone Ever Made |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKm5gkG9yMw |access-date=Jun 26, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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|[[itch.io]], [[Night School Studios]], [[Netflix]]
|In September 2024, users who purchased Oxenfree on itch.io were warned that the game was going to be pulled from the platform on October 1st. Consumers would not be able to download the installers after this date, so they would lose access unless they had them backed up. Users speculated that Netflix, the parent company of the development studio, had ordered the move; however, no response from Netflix or the developers was ever published. This is particularly notable because it is against itch.io's terms of service: "Users shall retain a license to this content even after the content is removed from the Service."
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=itch corp |date=15 Apr 2023 |title=itch.io Terms of Service |url=https://itch.io/docs/legal/terms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907004719/https://itch.io/docs/legal/terms |archive-date=7 Sep 2024 |access-date=27 Jun 2025 |website=itch.io}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=ShawnS |date=31 Jan 2025 |title=OXENFREE |url=https://delistedgames.com/oxenfree/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321070400/https://delistedgames.com/oxenfree/ |archive-date=21 Mar 2025 |access-date=27 Jun 2025 |website=Delisted Games}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Colp |first=Tyler |date=9 Sep 2024 |title=Another reminder that your digital library isn't forever: Oxenfree will be completely removed from Itch.io next month |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/another-reminder-that-your-digital-library-isn-t-forever-oxenfree-will-be-completely-removed-from-itch-io-next-month/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250523111125/https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/another-reminder-that-your-digital-library-isn-t-forever-oxenfree-will-be-completely-removed-from-itch-io-next-month/ |archive-date=23 May 2025 |access-date=27 Jun 2025 |website=PC Gamer}}</ref>
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|[https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=SourceForge.net_forces_users_to_inconditionally_accept_terms_of_use_with_no_alternative_before_logging_in&veaction=edit&section=2 Sourceforge.net]
|Sourceforge forces users to accept terms and conditions before they can even log in, denying their right to refuse or disagree.
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|[[Electronic Arts]]
|The video game [[Anthem]] was announced to have its servers shut down, leading to all licenses for the title becoming bricked.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hore |first=Jamie |date=Jul 3, 2025 |title=Anthem will soon die for good, as Bioware confirms a full server shut down |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/anthem/servers-shutting-down-bioware |access-date=Jul 4, 2025 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref>
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|[https://drivesaversdatarecovery.com/partner-programs/ DriveSavers]
|Through DriveSavers' partner program, independent or otherwise affiliated shops receive an approximately 10% commission for referring customers to the service (typical service being approximately $3,000.00, resulting in $300.00 of commission for partners). On top of this, partnered shops also receive DriveSavers branded merchandise (pens, antistatic mats and similar shop equipment, etc). Has relevance as this may result in partners having heavy incentives to refer customers to a service they may not need.
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|[https://www.skystone.games/ Skystone Games]
|Boundary, a multiplayer online-only first-person shooter, got shut down just a year after its release by Skystone games, and its publishing rights relinquished, citing "ongoing delays and a lack of updates from the developer". Studio Surgical Scalpels (the developer) stated that the publisher decissions were "extremely sudden and unreasonable", and attempted to "regain the rights to boundary". The game has been offline for more than a year at the time of writing, and no refunds or communications to the userbase has been made by Skystone Games.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-19 |title=Boundary - End of service notice |url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1364020/view/4209257868262605607?l=english |url-status=live |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Steam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-30 |title=Boundary Shut Down: Who's to Blame? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr8IhV1fovE |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[Automatic Content Recognition (ACR)]]
|Smart TVs of multiple brands have a feature called Automatic Content Recognition, which sends several screenshots per minute of whatever plays on the device to the manufacturer for analysis. This includes content from external inputs and thus could include private photos and videos of the user, as well as third parties who never agreed to anything of that nature. This is required to be opt-in in the US, but most people inadvertently agree to it with the EULA of the device.
|<ref>{{Cite web |first=Rachel Cericola, Jon Chase and Lee Neikirk |date=2025-06-25 |title=Yes, Your TV Is Probably Spying on You. Your Fridge, Too. Here’s What They Know. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/advice-smart-devices-data-tracking/ |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=The New York Times - Wirecutter}}</ref>
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|Not applicable/[[Device bricking]]
|There have been repeated incidents of various companies [[Device bricking|bricking devices]] owned by consumers. This requires a theme article to be finally made. May be ideal to have a sibling article titled [[Software bricking]].
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|Not applicable
|Factory reset and deconfiguration guides for removing personal/sensitive data from devices before change of ownership to avoid that data being used for identity theft, spear phishing and scams.
|<ref>{{cite web|title=ACCC Report Revelations Of Scams And Cyber Crime Not Surprising |website=Tech Business News |url=https://www.techbusinessnews.com.au/news/accc-report-revelations-of-scams-and-cyber-crime-not-surprising/ |publication-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=20 July 2025 |quote="Whilst there exists the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) and the Information Security Manual (ISM) which direct government and critical industry to use NAID AAA certified recyclers to destroy and sanitise data at end of life, there remains confusion over ownership of accountability."}}</ref>
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|Not applicable
|Users are being forced by law to violate their privacy to access adult websites, when numerous sites that won't follow the law exist and are unsafe.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ortutay |first=Barbara |date=27 Jun 2025 |title=What to know about online age verification laws {{!}} AP News |url=https://apnews.com/article/internet-age-verification-supreme-court-def346d7bf299566a3687d8c4f224fec |url-status=live |access-date=19 Jul 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 Jun 2025 |title=The Scam of Age Verification {{!}} PORNBIZ.COM |url=https://pornbiz.com/post/17/the_scam_of_age_verification/en#5 |url-status=live |access-date=19 Jul 2025}}</ref>
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|[[Microsoft]]
|Microsoft uses software engineers based in China to work on US Defense Department systems with laughably ineffective precautions. I think this is relevant in the context of Microsoft's attitude towards cloud security. In the past, master keys have been stolen by Chinese hackers and from my understanding, it's not even clear to what extent those groups still have access to Microsoft's internal systems, and by extension, Microsoft customers'. This needs more research though.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dudley |first=Renee |date=2025-07-15 |title=A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers |website=ProRepublica}}</ref>
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|Not applicable
|[[Malicious Compliance]]
Companies like Apple comply with regulations such as those imposed by the EU by trying to follow the wording, but not the spirit of the legislation. For instance, there were early reports that Apple would support USB-C, but only with Apple certified devices and cables, allowing them to continue the lucrative "Made for iPhone" certification programme. They only backtracked when the EU indicated this would not be considered compliant with the USB-C mandate.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malicious Compliance |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_compliance |website=Wikipedia}}</ref>
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|Not applicable
|[[Financial Censorship]]
This came up in the recent Valve controversies about removing Games because of pressure from payment providers. It is the concept that US payment providers have pretty much a monopoly world-wide and can thus control which content websites can publish and what goods they can sell because they can threaten to revoke their access to payments.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=https://www.eff.org/issues/financial-censorship |url= |website=EFF}}</ref>
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|[[QIDI]]
|3D printer causes disastrous fire; subreddit staff attempts to cover up incident.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=u/ProgressLocal1511 |date=Mar 30, 2025 |title=R/QidiTech3d Permanently banned me for warning people after my family lost everything from a fire! |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1jnuju1/rqiditech3d_permanently_banned_me_for_warning/ |access-date=Jul 23, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>
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|[[Microsoft]]
|Potentially related to: [[Microsoft's anticompetitive practices]]
Mysteriously banned the developer of LibreOffice from his Hotmail Account; Automated systems handled the appeal process and refused to restore access to his account, potentially harming LibreOffice's development.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simms |first=Daniel |date=Jul 30, 2025 |title=Microsoft suddenly bans LibreOffice developer's email account, blocks appeal |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/108878-microsoft-suddenly-bans-libreoffice-developer-email-account-blocks.html |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=TechSpot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Beri |first=Devesh |date=Aug 1, 2025 |title=Microsoft Bans Profile Belonging to Developer Behind Free Microsoft Office Alternative |url=https://tech.yahoo.com/business/articles/microsoft-bans-profile-belonging-developer-204536148.html |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=ExtremeTech}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=Rohit |date=Aug 3, 2025 |title=LibreOffice Developer Says Microsoft Blocked His Email Account Without Warning |url=https://www.alltechnerd.com/libreoffice-developer-says-microsoft-blocked-his-email-account-without-warning/ |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=All Tech Nerd}}</ref>
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|[[Swiffer]]
|When using a Swiffer wet jet power mop you need to buy Swiffer's WetJet Multi-Surface Floor Cleaner which comes in a bottle with a cap on it that the customer can not take off and refill with their own floor cleaner of their choice. The cap is "locked" with plastic hooks that prevent refilling and force the customer to buy another bottle which is heavily priced.
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|[[Assioma]]

|When purchasing power pedals that just need to output ANT+ data, you cannot use the product you have bought without creating an account, logging into the app and pairing your phone with BLE (lots of phones can't do this pair step). This is claimed by the manufacturer for warranty activation but mean without a phone with the right capability you can't use your expensive power pedals.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=FAQs |url=https://cycling.favero.com/en/faq#headingFAQ6-Favero-Assioma-App}}</ref>
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|[[Discord]]
|RubenSim's bot "Ro-Cleaner", which protects servers from users who have joined "Roblox Condo" servers in the past, is banned because it invades user's privacy and accesses "Protected Characteristics". Should also be added to [[Roblox's problematic moderation]].
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|[[TeamViewer]]
|TeamViewer's free trial automatically enrolls users into a paid subscription unless they provide 28 days' advance written notice to cancel. This excessively long cancellation window, combined with the requirement for written notice (rather than allowing cancellations through the same platform used for sign-up), creates a high risk of unintended charges. If users fail to meet these stringent requirements, TeamViewer bills the full annual subscription fee without further warning
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-03 |title=All about subscription |url=https://www.teamviewer.com/en/global/support/knowledge-base/teamviewer-classic/licensing/subscription/all-about-subscription/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628031915/https://www.teamviewer.com/en/global/support/knowledge-base/teamviewer-classic/licensing/subscription/all-about-subscription/ |archive-date=2025-06-28 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=TeamViewer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ozgurozkan |title=TeamViewer invoiced me after a free trial + demanded “28‑day written cancellation.” Proofs inside |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/teamviewer/comments/1mpzpo5/teamviewer_invoiced_me_after_a_free_trial/ |url-status=live |website=Reddit}}</ref>
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|Embodied
|This is case of "software tethering". Embodied's $799 companion robot Moxie permanently shut down once the company decided to shut down cloud services. According to Embodied's own website "Moxie relies on cloud connectivity for its core features, and it will not function once services end ... Our Terms of Service specify that services may be terminated at any time without prior notice."
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Notopoulos |first=Katie |date=2024-12-11 |title=They bought an $800 AI robot for their kids. Now the company is shutting down — and children are having to say goodbye. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/moxie-robot-toy-shutting-down-kids-embodied-goodbye-2024-12?op=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250816193431/https://www.businessinsider.com/moxie-robot-toy-shutting-down-kids-embodied-goodbye-2024-12?op=1 |archive-date=2025-08-16 |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Closing FAQs – Moxie Robot |url=https://moxierobot.com/pages/closing-faqs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126054436/https://moxierobot.com/pages/closing-faqs |archive-date=2024-11-26 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=moxierobot.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Degeurin |first=Mack |date=2024-12-10 |title=‘I love you… goodbye:’ What will happen when this companion robot suddenly dies? |url=https://www.popsci.com/technology/moxie-robot-offline/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212035257/https://www.popsci.com/technology/moxie-robot-offline/ |archive-date=2024-12-12 |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=Popular Science}}</ref>
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|UP3 By Jawbone
|Approximately 2011, Pioneering startup company from San Francisco, had revolutionary fitness trackers. In 2017 with no notice to customers they stole personal data and shut down app which in turn, bricked devices. Highly likely went bankrupt and sold to sister company to manipulate customer services and rights. Now owned by Aliph brands.
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|GoPro Hero 12
|GoPro Hero 12 requires the GoPro app to be installed before you can use the camera. Many currently used devices are not compatible with the app, therefore making use of the camera difficult to impossible for new owners or upon camera factory reset. There's also the question of what data the app collects and whether it requires login and or camera activation.
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|Internet radios
|I'd like a page where I can share information about internet radios "openness." Few allow you to enter a radio station's URL (which I would consider the least intrusive option). Most depend on third-party websites or apps; [https://www.sangean.com/uk/blog/149 some of which have already bricked devices].
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==See Also==

*[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]

==Reference List==
<references />
[[Category:Sources]]

User talk:BartholemewDingleberry

2025-08-18T13:55:19Z

BartholemewDingleberry: /* Merging Netflix Games articles */ Reply

==Merging Netflix Games articles==

Thank you very much for merging the two articles! [[User:Emanuele|ema]] ([[User talk:Emanuele|talk]]) 11:22, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

:it's what i should do, the purpose of this wiki is to deliver the info as best as possible, and of the two articles the other one was more substantial, i just added the "Consumer response" section to it.
:i was a bit bummed learning someone already wrote an article, but it gave me the lesson of always checking if someone is already writing an article before writting one. [[User:BartholemewDingleberry|BartholemewDingleberry]] ([[User talk:BartholemewDingleberry|talk]]) 13:55, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

File:Xlear.png

2025-08-17T04:25:14Z

BartholemewDingleberry: the company's logo

== Summary ==
the company's logo

Xlear

2025-08-17T04:23:45Z

BartholemewDingleberry: trying to add the company's logo

{{stub}}{{CompanyCargo
| Founded = 2000
| Industry = Nasal sprays
| Type = Private
| Website = https://xlear.com
|Logo=Xlear.png}}
'''Xlear''' is a Utah-based nasal spray company which [[False advertising|falsely advertised]] its nasal spray as a COVID-19 preventative and treatment. In 2021, the FTC sued Xlear for this false claim.<ref name=":02">{{cite web |last=Felner |first=Lauren |date=2025-06-25 |title=A nasal spray company wants to make it harder for the FTS to police health claims |url=https://www.theverge.com/policy/692327/xlear-ftc-lawsuit-covid-health-claims-consumer-protection |website=The Verge}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{cite web |date=2021-10-28 |title=FTC Sues Utah-based Company for Falsely Claiming Its Nasal Sprays Can Prevent and Treat COVID-19 |url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/10/ftc-sues-utah-based-company-falsely-claiming-its-nasal-sprays-can-prevent-treat-covid-19 |website=Federal Trade Commission}}</ref>

==Background==
Xlear was founded in 2000, and creates xylitol-based sinus and oral care products.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://xlearproactive.com/about-us/|title=About Xlear|website=Xlear}}</ref>

==Consumer Impact Summary==

In 2021, Xlear was sued by the FTC for false advertising. In 2025, Xlear filed a lawsuit against the FTC which would make it harder for the FTC to punish unsubstantiated health claims, thereby harming consumers of medical products.

==Incidents==

===False COVID-19 medical claims (October 28, 2021)===
On the 28th of October, 2021, the US Department of Justice filed a complaint against Xlear, Inc. on the behalf of the FTC for falsely marketing its nasal spray as an effective COVID-19 preventative, seeking to impose financial penalties on the company and to bar them from continuing to make unsubstantiated medical claims about their products.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":12" />

According to the complaint, since at least March 2020, Xlear marketed their nasal sprays as an effective preventative and treatment against COVID-19, claiming that their nasal sprays provide up to 4 hours of protection against COVID-19. The FTC alleged that Xlear lacked a factual or scientific base to support their claims.<ref>https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/filed_complaint_xlear_v_jones_v.1.pdf</ref>

The Trump Justice Department, on the behalf of the FTC, asked for the case to be dismissed with prejudice on the 10th of March, 2025, but did not explain its reasoning for the dismissal.<ref name=":02" /><ref>https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/2123045xleardismissstipulation.pdf</ref>

On the 18th of June, 2025, Xlear filed a lawsuit against the FTC in an attempt to make it harder for the FTC to go after health claims.<ref name=":2">https://www.allaboutadvertisinglaw.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2025/06/COMPLAINT-against-Andrew-N-Ferguson.pdf</ref> The company's central argument is that the FTC Act prohibits only false or deceptive statements – not unsubstantiated ones.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 Jun 2025 |title=Xlear v. FTC: Utah Company Files Challenge to Long-standing FTC Substantiation Requirements Post-Loper |url=https://www.allaboutadvertisinglaw.com/2025/06/xlear-v-ftc-utah-company-files-challenge-to-long-standing-ftc-substantiation-requirements-post-loper.html |website=Venable}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:False Advertising]]
[[Category:Xlear]]

Netflix

2025-08-17T04:07:31Z

BartholemewDingleberry: changes the title for the Netflix Games section and added a citation

{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = Netflix, Inc.
| Type = Public
| Founded = 1997
| Industry = Media Streaming
| Official Website = https://www.netflix.com/
| Logo = Netflix 2015 logo.svg
}}

[[wikipedia:Netflix|Netflix, Inc.]] is a media streaming service and publisher, founded in 1997 by ''Reed Hastings'' and ''Marc Randolph'' formerly for remote video rentals, it eventually became the pioneer of the video streaming industry in 2007, eventually turning to more anti-consumer practices in the mid-2010s and later.

==Consumer-impact summary==

*User Freedom: Extensive history of restricting access to content, including paywalling higher quality content,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=And_You_Like_It_Too |date=Dec 16, 2023 |title=How much licensed content does Netflix display in premium formats (4K, HDR/Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos) in the 4K tier? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/18k554z/how_much_licensed_content_does_netflix_display_in/ |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> increasing costs of service, combatting password sharing, and more.
*User Privacy: Extensive history of collecting and selling user data.
*Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]
*Market Competition: Extensive, including free platforms like [[Roku]] TV and Pluto TV, and premium platforms such as [[Disney+]], [[Hulu]], and [[HBO Max]].

==Controversies==

===Stream-quality controversy===
{{Main|Netflix stream-quality controversy}}
Discovered as early as December 2023,<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rikki1256 |date=Dec 2, 2023 |title=Netflix requirements to watch 4k that you paid for |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/189odn6/netflix_requirements_to_watch_4k_that_you_paid_for/ |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> ''Netflix'' has not clearly defined<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Netflix Support |title=Netflix supported browsers and system requirements |url=https://help.netflix.com/en/node/30081 |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=help.netflix.com}}</ref> every restriction for how users are capable of accessing higher quality streaming content, despite 4k content being a specified tier consumers pay for.

===Advertising overload===
{{Main|Advertising overload}}
Netflix was among one of the first<ref name=":8">[https://help.netflix.com/en/node/126831 Ads on Netflix]</ref> premium streaming services to integrate advertisements on top of having to pay for the service. Since then, the platform has sought progressively more avenues to integrate advertisements, including further ads.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=11 Sep 2021 |title=Share of adults who think there were too many ads on video streaming services in the United States as of September 2021, by generation |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307619/video-streaming-advertising-frequency-by-generation-us/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Statista]]}}</ref> These advertisements have also increased the amount of data that Netflix can collect, and by extension, sell.

Due to the amount of data that Netflix has been able to sell due to advertisement integration, it has also encouraged the company to raise the costs of ad-free tiers, so subscribers are forced either paying more to not see ads, or witness an increasing barrage of advertisements.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Roettgers |first=Janko |date=23 Sep 2023 |title=Why every streaming service wants you to watch ads now |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90956587/why-every-streaming-service-wants-you-to-watch-ads-now |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Fast Company]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Additionally, starting from 2025, Netflix will be using generative AI to "serve the right ad to the right member at the right time" to subscribers of the lowest paying tier.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=May 18, 2025 |title=Netflix puts AI ads in paid tier: pirate EVERYTHING at this point... 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhvDXmFEeUI |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=YouTube}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Netflix |date=May 14, 2025 |title=Netflix Upfront 2025: The Center of Attention |url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-upfront-2025-the-center-of-attention |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Netflix About}}</ref> The nature of generative AI raises concerns about the quality of these advertisements. Said advertisements may also encourage further user tracking in order to "tailor" the content. Consumers were especially provoked by certain phrases used by Netflix' President of Advertising, Amy Reinhard at the Upfront 2025. Reinhard claimed that "When you compare us to our competitors, attention starts much higher and ends ''much'' higher. And even more impressive, members pay as much attention to mid-roll ads as they do to the shows and the movies themselves"<ref name=":4" />, which further raised concerns about user privacy.

===DRM Restrictions===
Netflix has historically halted access for certain consumer devices merely due to the fact that these devices cannot support PlayReady DRM.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitnam |first=Ryan |date=Nov 12, 2019 |title=Netflix Is Killing Support for Some TVs and Roku Boxes Because of DRM |url=https://www.extremetech.com/internet/301842-netflix-is-killing-support-for-some-tvs-and-roku-boxes-because-of-drm |access-date=May 19, 2025 |work=Extreme Tech}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Torbet |first=Georgina |date=Nov 12, 2019 |title=Netflix explains why its apps won't work on older TVs and set-top boxes |url=https://www.engadget.com/2019-11-12-netflix-older-hardware-drm.html |access-date=May 18, 2025 |work=Engadget}}</ref> The usage of DRM has also brought forth criticism from organizations such as Defective by Design and the Free Software Foundation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rogoff |first=Zak |date=Jul 12, 2013 |title=Cancel Netflix if you value freedom |url=https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/cancel-netflix-if-you-value-freedom |access-date=May 18, 2025 |work=Free Software Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Farough |first=Greg |date=Dec 16, 2020 |title=IDAD 2020 sent Netflix and DRM a message |url=https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/idad-2020-sent-netflix-and-drm-a-message |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Free Software Foundation}}</ref>

Previously until October 2014, Linux couldn't support Netflix for streaming strictly due to a lack of DRM support.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wallen |first=Jack |date=Aug 14, 2010 |title=The Netflix Linux conjecture: How Netflix snubs the Linux community |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/the-netflix-linux-conjecture-how-netflix-snubs-the-linux-community/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020232704/https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/the-netflix-linux-conjecture-how-netflix-snubs-the-linux-community/ |archive-date=Oct 20, 2015 |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=TechRepublic}}</ref>

===Selling identifiable user data===
{{Main|The Netflix Prize}}
From 2006 through 2010, ''Netflix'' held competitions to improve its recommendation system via '[[The Netflix Prize|''The Netflix Prize'']]'.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Netflix |title=The Netflix Prize |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924184639/http://www.netflixprize.com/community/viewtopic.php?id=1537 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://www.netflixprize.com//community/viewtopic.php?id=1537 |archive-date=Sep 24, 2009 |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Netflix}}</ref> These competitions had prizes that were valued at $50k or higher.<ref name=":3" /> This has brought several privacy concerns from its userbase, and led to at least 2 lawsuits<ref>{{Cite news |last=Demerjian |first=Dave |date=Mar 15, 2007 |title=Rise of the Netflix Hackers |url=https://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/03/72963 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928235912/http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/03/72963 |archive-date=Sep 28, 2015 |access-date=May 15, 2025 |work=WIRED}}</ref> concerning these competitions<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singel |first=Ryan |date=Dec 17, 2009 |title=Netflix Spilled Your Brokeback Mountain Secret, Lawsuit Claims |url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/netflix-privacy-lawsuit/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227060413/http://www.wired.com/2009/12/netflix-privacy-lawsuit/ |archive-date=Feb 27, 2016 |access-date=May 19, 2015 |work=WIRED}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=Jun 6, 2023 |title=DOE et al v. NETFLIX, INC. et al, No. 1:2022cv01281 - Document 155 (S.D. Ind. 2023) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/indiana/insdce/1:2022cv01281/201228/155/ |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Justia}}</ref> which were found to be capable of leaking identifiable information, and especially could have been worsened had their sequel series successfully launched, as data such as renters' ages, gender, ZIP codes, genre ratings and previously chosen movies were provided to these research teams.

===Illegal retention of user data===
In 2011, Netflix settled a lawsuit regarding the retention of user data that was at least 2 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stangel |first=Luke |date=Mar 25, 2013 |title=Netflix settles $9 million privacy lawsuit |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/03/25/netflix-settles-9-million-privacy.html |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Silicon Valley Business Journal}}</ref>{{Citation needed}}

===GDPR violation===
On November 26, 2024, the Dutch Data Protection Authority imposed an administrative fine of €4.75 million to Netflix for not properly informing customers about processing their data between the years 2018 and 2020. The lack of transparency and unclear information given by Netflix was in direct violation of several articles of the [[GDPR]].<ref>Dutch Data Protection Authority. (2024). Decision to impose an administrative fine for violation of the GDPR (Dutch DPA). Dutch Data Protection Authority. https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/system/files?file=2024-12/Decision%20fine%20Netflix.pdf</ref>

=== Netflix delisting 23 game titles ===
on july 15 2025<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parrish |first=Ash |date=2025-08-17 |title=Netflix is letting go of some of its best indie games |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/692227/netflix-games-delisting-hades-braid-gaming-strategy |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-17 |website=theverge.com |publication-date=2025-06-24}}</ref>, some Games provided by the "Netflix Games" service were pulled, and of those games that were already downloaded became unplayable too. which has caused a lot of users to lose access to their save games with no way to transfer them, and where they could play the games as most were exclusive to Netflix Games

{{Main|Netflix delisting 23 game titles}}

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Netflix]]

Netflix

2025-08-17T04:03:55Z

BartholemewDingleberry: added to the Netflix Games deactivated section, and switched out the previous article with one that's more well written

{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = Netflix, Inc.
| Type = Public
| Founded = 1997
| Industry = Media Streaming
| Official Website = https://www.netflix.com/
| Logo = Netflix 2015 logo.svg
}}

[[wikipedia:Netflix|Netflix, Inc.]] is a media streaming service and publisher, founded in 1997 by ''Reed Hastings'' and ''Marc Randolph'' formerly for remote video rentals, it eventually became the pioneer of the video streaming industry in 2007, eventually turning to more anti-consumer practices in the mid-2010s and later.

==Consumer-impact summary==

*User Freedom: Extensive history of restricting access to content, including paywalling higher quality content,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=And_You_Like_It_Too |date=Dec 16, 2023 |title=How much licensed content does Netflix display in premium formats (4K, HDR/Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos) in the 4K tier? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/18k554z/how_much_licensed_content_does_netflix_display_in/ |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> increasing costs of service, combatting password sharing, and more.
*User Privacy: Extensive history of collecting and selling user data.
*Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]
*Market Competition: Extensive, including free platforms like [[Roku]] TV and Pluto TV, and premium platforms such as [[Disney+]], [[Hulu]], and [[HBO Max]].

==Controversies==

===Stream-quality controversy===
{{Main|Netflix stream-quality controversy}}
Discovered as early as December 2023,<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rikki1256 |date=Dec 2, 2023 |title=Netflix requirements to watch 4k that you paid for |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/189odn6/netflix_requirements_to_watch_4k_that_you_paid_for/ |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> ''Netflix'' has not clearly defined<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Netflix Support |title=Netflix supported browsers and system requirements |url=https://help.netflix.com/en/node/30081 |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=help.netflix.com}}</ref> every restriction for how users are capable of accessing higher quality streaming content, despite 4k content being a specified tier consumers pay for.

===Advertising overload===
{{Main|Advertising overload}}
Netflix was among one of the first<ref name=":8">[https://help.netflix.com/en/node/126831 Ads on Netflix]</ref> premium streaming services to integrate advertisements on top of having to pay for the service. Since then, the platform has sought progressively more avenues to integrate advertisements, including further ads.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=11 Sep 2021 |title=Share of adults who think there were too many ads on video streaming services in the United States as of September 2021, by generation |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307619/video-streaming-advertising-frequency-by-generation-us/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Statista]]}}</ref> These advertisements have also increased the amount of data that Netflix can collect, and by extension, sell.

Due to the amount of data that Netflix has been able to sell due to advertisement integration, it has also encouraged the company to raise the costs of ad-free tiers, so subscribers are forced either paying more to not see ads, or witness an increasing barrage of advertisements.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Roettgers |first=Janko |date=23 Sep 2023 |title=Why every streaming service wants you to watch ads now |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90956587/why-every-streaming-service-wants-you-to-watch-ads-now |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Fast Company]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Additionally, starting from 2025, Netflix will be using generative AI to "serve the right ad to the right member at the right time" to subscribers of the lowest paying tier.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=May 18, 2025 |title=Netflix puts AI ads in paid tier: pirate EVERYTHING at this point... 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhvDXmFEeUI |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=YouTube}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Netflix |date=May 14, 2025 |title=Netflix Upfront 2025: The Center of Attention |url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-upfront-2025-the-center-of-attention |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Netflix About}}</ref> The nature of generative AI raises concerns about the quality of these advertisements. Said advertisements may also encourage further user tracking in order to "tailor" the content. Consumers were especially provoked by certain phrases used by Netflix' President of Advertising, Amy Reinhard at the Upfront 2025. Reinhard claimed that "When you compare us to our competitors, attention starts much higher and ends ''much'' higher. And even more impressive, members pay as much attention to mid-roll ads as they do to the shows and the movies themselves"<ref name=":4" />, which further raised concerns about user privacy.

===DRM Restrictions===
Netflix has historically halted access for certain consumer devices merely due to the fact that these devices cannot support PlayReady DRM.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitnam |first=Ryan |date=Nov 12, 2019 |title=Netflix Is Killing Support for Some TVs and Roku Boxes Because of DRM |url=https://www.extremetech.com/internet/301842-netflix-is-killing-support-for-some-tvs-and-roku-boxes-because-of-drm |access-date=May 19, 2025 |work=Extreme Tech}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Torbet |first=Georgina |date=Nov 12, 2019 |title=Netflix explains why its apps won't work on older TVs and set-top boxes |url=https://www.engadget.com/2019-11-12-netflix-older-hardware-drm.html |access-date=May 18, 2025 |work=Engadget}}</ref> The usage of DRM has also brought forth criticism from organizations such as Defective by Design and the Free Software Foundation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rogoff |first=Zak |date=Jul 12, 2013 |title=Cancel Netflix if you value freedom |url=https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/cancel-netflix-if-you-value-freedom |access-date=May 18, 2025 |work=Free Software Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Farough |first=Greg |date=Dec 16, 2020 |title=IDAD 2020 sent Netflix and DRM a message |url=https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/idad-2020-sent-netflix-and-drm-a-message |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Free Software Foundation}}</ref>

Previously until October 2014, Linux couldn't support Netflix for streaming strictly due to a lack of DRM support.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wallen |first=Jack |date=Aug 14, 2010 |title=The Netflix Linux conjecture: How Netflix snubs the Linux community |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/the-netflix-linux-conjecture-how-netflix-snubs-the-linux-community/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020232704/https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/the-netflix-linux-conjecture-how-netflix-snubs-the-linux-community/ |archive-date=Oct 20, 2015 |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=TechRepublic}}</ref>

===Selling identifiable user data===
{{Main|The Netflix Prize}}
From 2006 through 2010, ''Netflix'' held competitions to improve its recommendation system via '[[The Netflix Prize|''The Netflix Prize'']]'.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Netflix |title=The Netflix Prize |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924184639/http://www.netflixprize.com/community/viewtopic.php?id=1537 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://www.netflixprize.com//community/viewtopic.php?id=1537 |archive-date=Sep 24, 2009 |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Netflix}}</ref> These competitions had prizes that were valued at $50k or higher.<ref name=":3" /> This has brought several privacy concerns from its userbase, and led to at least 2 lawsuits<ref>{{Cite news |last=Demerjian |first=Dave |date=Mar 15, 2007 |title=Rise of the Netflix Hackers |url=https://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/03/72963 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928235912/http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/03/72963 |archive-date=Sep 28, 2015 |access-date=May 15, 2025 |work=WIRED}}</ref> concerning these competitions<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singel |first=Ryan |date=Dec 17, 2009 |title=Netflix Spilled Your Brokeback Mountain Secret, Lawsuit Claims |url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/netflix-privacy-lawsuit/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227060413/http://www.wired.com/2009/12/netflix-privacy-lawsuit/ |archive-date=Feb 27, 2016 |access-date=May 19, 2015 |work=WIRED}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=Jun 6, 2023 |title=DOE et al v. NETFLIX, INC. et al, No. 1:2022cv01281 - Document 155 (S.D. Ind. 2023) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/indiana/insdce/1:2022cv01281/201228/155/ |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Justia}}</ref> which were found to be capable of leaking identifiable information, and especially could have been worsened had their sequel series successfully launched, as data such as renters' ages, gender, ZIP codes, genre ratings and previously chosen movies were provided to these research teams.

===Illegal retention of user data===
In 2011, Netflix settled a lawsuit regarding the retention of user data that was at least 2 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stangel |first=Luke |date=Mar 25, 2013 |title=Netflix settles $9 million privacy lawsuit |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/03/25/netflix-settles-9-million-privacy.html |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Silicon Valley Business Journal}}</ref>{{Citation needed}}

===GDPR violation===
On November 26, 2024, the Dutch Data Protection Authority imposed an administrative fine of €4.75 million to Netflix for not properly informing customers about processing their data between the years 2018 and 2020. The lack of transparency and unclear information given by Netflix was in direct violation of several articles of the [[GDPR]].<ref>Dutch Data Protection Authority. (2024). Decision to impose an administrative fine for violation of the GDPR (Dutch DPA). Dutch Data Protection Authority. https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/system/files?file=2024-12/Decision%20fine%20Netflix.pdf</ref>

===Netflix Games deactivated===
on july 15 2025, some Games provided by the "Netflix Games" service were pulled, and of those games that were already downloaded became unplayable too. which has caused a lot of users to lose access to their save games with no way to transfer them, and where they could play the games as most were exclusive to Netflix Games

{{Main|Netflix delisting 23 game titles}}

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[[Category:Netflix]]

Netflix delisting 23 game titles

2025-08-17T04:01:03Z

BartholemewDingleberry: added a Consumer Response section

==Background==
'''[[Netflix]]''' is a subscription based video-on-demand streaming [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/website website] that primarily distributes original and acquired [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movie films] and TV shows in multiple languages to end [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consumer consumers]. It also offers a library of [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/video%20game video games] for mobile devices like Android based Smartphones, Apple's iPhones and iPads

==Incident==
Netflix has been slowly delisting video games from it's library<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2024-12-24 |title=‘Vikings: Valhalla’, ‘Mighty Quest’, ‘Slayaway Camp 2’ & ‘Desta: The Memories Between’ Joins List of Netflix Game Departures |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/vikings-valhalla-mighty-quest-slayaway-camp-2-desta-joins-list-netflix-game-departures/ |url-status=live |website=whats-on-netflix}}</ref> with the largest delisting of 23 titles<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-06-23 |title=Netflix To Remove Over 20 Mobile Games Including Monument Valley Trilogy and Hades |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-games/netflix-to-remove-over-20-mobile-games-including-monument-valley-trilogy-and-hades/ |url-status=live |website=whats-on-netflix}}</ref> announced on 23rd June 2025<ref name=":0" />. The news came as a surprise to many users with many left wondering whether their saves would carry over to other devices or if the games would be available on any other online video game store at all<ref>{{Cite web |title=22 Games Leaving Netflix Games in July 2025 |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1liud3f/22_games_leaving_netflix_games_in_july_2025/ |url-status=live |website=Reddit}}</ref> . This also left all the games previously downloaded, unplayable due to the games requiring to communicate with Netflix servers on start up<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Parrish |first=Ash |title=Netflix is letting go of some of its best indie games |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/692227/netflix-games-delisting-hades-braid-gaming-strategy |url-status=live |website=The Verge}}</ref>

Netflix's own website confirms, video game saves would not carry over to other devices on video games bought on other online video game stores<ref>{{Cite web |title=How do game saves work on Netflix? |url=https://help.netflix.com/en/node/123943 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601052303/https://help.netflix.com/en/node/123943 |archive-date=2025-06-01 |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=Netflix}}</ref>. The wording "Unlimited Access"<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Netflix Mobile Games |url=https://help.netflix.com/en/node/121442/us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617163902/https://help.netflix.com/en/node/121442/us |archive-date=2025-06-17 |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=Netflix}}</ref> for Netflix Games on their website can be considered deceptive advertising<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deceptive Advertising: Definition, Types, and Examples |url=https://www.torhoermanlaw.com/false-or-misleading-marketing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250614085555/https://www.torhoermanlaw.com/false-or-misleading-marketing/ |archive-date=2025-06-14 |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=TorHoremanLaw}}</ref>

The video games already downloaded will not work post July 15th , the date for 21 out of the 23 games that were scheduled for delisting. <ref name=":1" />

==Follow up==
Developer reactions suggest the delist announcement from Netflix was a sudden move, rather than a preplanned initiative, according to discussions on their Discord servers <ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |title=“Out Of Our Control”: Developers and Gamers React To More Games Being Pulled from Netflix |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-games/out-of-our-control-developers-and-gamers-react-to-more-games-being-pulled-from-netflix/ |url-status=live |website=What's-on-Netflix}}</ref> The founder of Color Gray Games said, in relation to their two games (The Rise of the Golden Idol and The case of the Golden Idol) that were in the list of games leaving the app on 15th July, 2025 - “''This is all recent news for us, and all the practical implications are yet to be worked out. Once we have more information, we will update you''.”

Players would need to buy the video game again upon re release on new digital stores like Steam, Apple app store, Google Play store. <ref name=":3" />

No official statements were given by Netflix on the situation besides announcing the departure. Netflix's new president of games who was previously the VP of game development for Fortnite at Epic Games said in an interview in March of 2025, "''readjust and focus on fewer areas with more intention''"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webster |first=Andrew |date=2025-03-21 |title=Netflix has a new plan for games |url=https://www.theverge.com/games/633481/netflix-gaming-strategy-alain-tascan-interview |url-status=live |website=The Verge}}</ref> highlighting the delisting might be a part of Netflix's new strategy for its video game library.

==Netflix's Terms of Use==
Netflix has no specific Terms of Use for it's video game's library. Instead the general Terms of Use apply to all of Netflix's services. Each specific game has it's own Terms of Use as directed by the company that developed the game.

Netflix's mobile game page advertises "Unlimited access to more than 80 exclusive mobile games"<ref name=":2" /> without clear wording for what "Unlimited" means. Point 4.4 from Netflix's Terms of Use states "''The Netflix service, including the Netflix content, is regularly updated. We therefore do not guarantee that particular content will be available on the Netflix service at any given time"''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-12 |title=Netflix Terms of Use |url=https://help.netflix.com/en/legal/termsofuse |url-status=live |website=Netflix}}</ref> contradicting the advertisement. The full point reads as follows<blockquote>4.4. The Netflix service, including the Netflix content, is regularly updated. We therefore do not guarantee that particular content will be available on the Netflix service at any given time. We may give you the opportunity to watch live or special events (including replays of such content) or to enjoy new additional features. Such content and new features may contain commercial breaks and other types of commercial messages and advertising formats (“Advertisements”). Our service may also contain limited commercial content, such as branded content or sponsorship messaging, promos for Netflix content or information about other Netflix goods or services. Netflix does not endorse or sponsor any advertised products or services and any interactions with advertisers, including through engagement with interactive advertisements, are at your own option and risk. In addition, we continually test various aspects of our service, including our websites, user interfaces and promotional features. You can turn off test participation at any time by visiting the "Account" page and changing the "Test participation" settings.</blockquote>There is no point in Terms of Use of specific games studios that address the specific advertising of ''"Unlimited Access''<ref name=":2" />''"'' on Netflix. If we take the example of OXENFREE II: Lost Signals ,a game developed by Night School LLC acquired by Netflix in September of 2021, which is available on Netflix for download; it's terms of use states the following points<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-12 |title=Netflix Games Off-Service Terms of Use & Privacy Statement |url=https://nightschoolstudio.com/privacy-tos-en/ |url-status=live |website=Night School Studio}}</ref><blockquote>6. Ownership of the Games

We and our affiliates and licensors own all rights in the Games, including, without limitation, all content within the Games.</blockquote><blockquote>11. Disclaimers of Warranties and Limitations of Liability

IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION OR THE UK, THE NETFLIX PARTIES MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE GAMES WILL AT ALL TIMES MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS.

IF YOU ARE NOT A RESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION OR THE UK, THEN THE GAMES, GAME CONTENT, OR ANY FEATURES OR FUNCTIONALITIES ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE NETFLIX PARTIES DO NOT GUARANTEE, REPRESENT, OR WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE GAMES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE NETFLIX PARTIES SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR THE USE OF THE GAMES AND ANY GAME CONTENT, INCLUDING VIRTUAL GOODS.</blockquote>These suggest the mobile game developer and Netflix hold full rights to revoke the license and delist the game from the library rendering your downloaded game unplayable, yet it's advertised as "Unlimited Access<ref name=":2" />"

== Consumer response ==
losing access to games you previously could play caused many frustrations for people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Why does it feel like Netflix Games is going downhill? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m6jwc4/why_does_it_feel_like_netflix_games_is_going/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit |publication-date=2025-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Will more games be removed in August? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m5rb09/will_more_games_be_removed_in_august/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit}}</ref>

as most had questions about whether they'll be able to play the games somewhere else.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Discontinued games |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m1fuu6/discontinued_games/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit}}</ref>

or if they could move their saves to another device to not lose their progress as most games don't have cloud saving.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Can I transfer btd6 Netflix save data to normal btd6 |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/17jzpp7/can_i_transfer_btd6_netflix_save_data_to_normal/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Have I lost my save? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1lv22yo/have_i_lost_my_save/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit}}</ref>

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2025-08-17T03:57:11Z

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|Community first decentralization & Odysseys plan to enable censorship by switching away from the opensource LBRY network.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The LBRY Foundation |url=https://lbry.org/ |url-status=live |access-date=08 Aug 2025 |quote=The LBRY community invites everyone to join us in building a more free and open way to share content and information online.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Watson |first=RT |date=06 June 2024 |title=Decentralized YouTube alternative Odysee acquired by Forward Research despite content concerns |url=https://www.theblock.co/post/298888/decentralized-youtube-alternative-odysee-acquired-by-forward-research-despite-content-concerns |url-status=live |access-date=8/16/25 |work=The Block}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Li |first=Jun |last2=Grintsvayg |first2=Alex |last3=Kauffman |first3=Jeremy |last4=Fleming |first4=Charles |date=2020 |title=LBRY: A Blockchain-Based Decentralized Digital Content Marketplace |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9126007 |journal=2020 IEEE International Conference on Decentralized Applications and Infrastructures (DAPPS) |location=Oxford, UK |publisher=IEEE |doi=10.1109/DAPPS49028.2020.00005 |isbn=978-1-7281-6978-1 |via=IEEE Xplore}}</ref>
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|[[Xlear]]
|The company Xlear was falsely marketing its nasal spray as a covid preventative, potentially harming consumers; the company wants to combat the FTC.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Feiner |first=Lauren |date=Jun 24, 2025 |title=A nasal spray company wants to make it harder for the FTC to police health claims |url=https://www.theverge.com/policy/692327/xlear-ftc-lawsuit-covid-health-claims-consumer-protection |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=The Verge}}</ref>
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|[[Microsoft]]
|Anticompetitive behavior contributing to the damaging of the security of customer devices.
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|[[Samsung]], [[Glance]]
|Using the faces of its devices' users for the purposes of generating ads with AI to display on the lock screen
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|[[Facebook]], [[Yandex]]
|De-anonymizing web browsing identifiers
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|Integrated AI tools to track user behaviors even more for the purposes of selling to advertisers
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|Selling fraudulent products on its platform
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|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Borgesius |first=Frederik |date=Apr 24, 2025 |title=Post on akademienl.social |url=https://akademienl.social/@Frederik_Borgesius/114392662340468118 |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |website=akademienl.social}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=Apr 24, 2025 |title=AP: kom nu in actie als je niet wil dat Meta AI traint met jouw data |url=https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/ap-kom-nu-in-actie-als-je-niet-wil-dat-meta-ai-traint-met-jouw-data |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl}}</ref>
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|[[Google]]
|Terms enacted in April reserve it the right to analyze sensitive call data
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|[[VidIQ]]
|Scraping user generated content so poorly that it puts users at risk of violating copyright law
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|[[Dymo]]
|550 and newer models have DRM in the printer paper; older model printers bricked via a driver update.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Malawey |first=David |date=Apr 3, 2025 |title=discard junkware and the extract pure value of Dymo |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hlhPRlxA9s |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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|[[Google]]
|Numerous incidents listed under Wikipedia's [[wikipedia:Google_litigation|Google Litigation]] page
|N/A
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|[[UPS]]
|Charges excessively high brokerage fees disguised as "customs fees" that exceed shipping costs when mailing a product from the US to Canada; sent person in source a $42.60 bill AFTER delivering the package, without the person being informed of the shipper being UPS.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Runkle Of The Bailey |date=Nov 14, 2024 |title=I Fought UPS' Bogus Brokerage Fees, And Won |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKju9a4lA5I |access-date=Jun 26, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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|[[Liberty Safe]]
|At the point of sale (POS) of the safe, the consumer was not informed that the manufacturer has a backdoor for the safe. In this specific incident, this backdoor was used to bypass the security for the purposes of the FBI
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Runkle Of The Bailey |date=Sep 6, 2023 |title=Liberty Safe Has Secret Backdoors -- And They Gave It To the FBI |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeCwrX2gcXM |access-date=Jun 26, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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|[[Yubo]]
|Only in-scope elements of the provided source should focus on "age estimation" and "facial recognition", despite the ethical dubiousness of the platform for minors.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=CinemaGuess |date=Jun 25, 2025 |title=Yubo; The Most Dangerous Snapchat Clone Ever Made |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKm5gkG9yMw |access-date=Jun 26, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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|[[itch.io]], [[Night School Studios]], [[Netflix]]
|In September 2024, users who purchased Oxenfree on itch.io were warned that the game was going to be pulled from the platform on October 1st. Consumers would not be able to download the installers after this date, so they would lose access unless they had them backed up. Users speculated that Netflix, the parent company of the development studio, had ordered the move; however, no response from Netflix or the developers was ever published. This is particularly notable because it is against itch.io's terms of service: "Users shall retain a license to this content even after the content is removed from the Service."
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=itch corp |date=15 Apr 2023 |title=itch.io Terms of Service |url=https://itch.io/docs/legal/terms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907004719/https://itch.io/docs/legal/terms |archive-date=7 Sep 2024 |access-date=27 Jun 2025 |website=itch.io}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=ShawnS |date=31 Jan 2025 |title=OXENFREE |url=https://delistedgames.com/oxenfree/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321070400/https://delistedgames.com/oxenfree/ |archive-date=21 Mar 2025 |access-date=27 Jun 2025 |website=Delisted Games}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Colp |first=Tyler |date=9 Sep 2024 |title=Another reminder that your digital library isn't forever: Oxenfree will be completely removed from Itch.io next month |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/another-reminder-that-your-digital-library-isn-t-forever-oxenfree-will-be-completely-removed-from-itch-io-next-month/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250523111125/https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/another-reminder-that-your-digital-library-isn-t-forever-oxenfree-will-be-completely-removed-from-itch-io-next-month/ |archive-date=23 May 2025 |access-date=27 Jun 2025 |website=PC Gamer}}</ref>
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|[https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=SourceForge.net_forces_users_to_inconditionally_accept_terms_of_use_with_no_alternative_before_logging_in&veaction=edit&section=2 Sourceforge.net]
|Sourceforge forces users to accept terms and conditions before they can even log in, denying their right to refuse or disagree.
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|[[Electronic Arts]]
|The video game [[Anthem]] was announced to have its servers shut down, leading to all licenses for the title becoming bricked.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hore |first=Jamie |date=Jul 3, 2025 |title=Anthem will soon die for good, as Bioware confirms a full server shut down |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/anthem/servers-shutting-down-bioware |access-date=Jul 4, 2025 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref>
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|[https://drivesaversdatarecovery.com/partner-programs/ DriveSavers]
|Through DriveSavers' partner program, independent or otherwise affiliated shops receive an approximately 10% commission for referring customers to the service (typical service being approximately $3,000.00, resulting in $300.00 of commission for partners). On top of this, partnered shops also receive DriveSavers branded merchandise (pens, antistatic mats and similar shop equipment, etc). Has relevance as this may result in partners having heavy incentives to refer customers to a service they may not need.
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|[https://www.skystone.games/ Skystone Games]
|Boundary, a multiplayer online-only first-person shooter, got shut down just a year after its release by Skystone games, and its publishing rights relinquished, citing "ongoing delays and a lack of updates from the developer". Studio Surgical Scalpels (the developer) stated that the publisher decissions were "extremely sudden and unreasonable", and attempted to "regain the rights to boundary". The game has been offline for more than a year at the time of writing, and no refunds or communications to the userbase has been made by Skystone Games.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-19 |title=Boundary - End of service notice |url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1364020/view/4209257868262605607?l=english |url-status=live |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Steam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-30 |title=Boundary Shut Down: Who's to Blame? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr8IhV1fovE |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[Automatic Content Recognition (ACR)]]
|Smart TVs of multiple brands have a feature called Automatic Content Recognition, which sends several screenshots per minute of whatever plays on the device to the manufacturer for analysis. This includes content from external inputs and thus could include private photos and videos of the user, as well as third parties who never agreed to anything of that nature. This is required to be opt-in in the US, but most people inadvertently agree to it with the EULA of the device.
|<ref>{{Cite web |first=Rachel Cericola, Jon Chase and Lee Neikirk |date=2025-06-25 |title=Yes, Your TV Is Probably Spying on You. Your Fridge, Too. Here’s What They Know. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/advice-smart-devices-data-tracking/ |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=The New York Times - Wirecutter}}</ref>
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|Not applicable/[[Device bricking]]
|There have been repeated incidents of various companies [[Device bricking|bricking devices]] owned by consumers. This requires a theme article to be finally made. May be ideal to have a sibling article titled [[Software bricking]].
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|Not applicable
|Factory reset and deconfiguration guides for removing personal/sensitive data from devices before change of ownership to avoid that data being used for identity theft, spear phishing and scams.
|<ref>{{cite web|title=ACCC Report Revelations Of Scams And Cyber Crime Not Surprising |website=Tech Business News |url=https://www.techbusinessnews.com.au/news/accc-report-revelations-of-scams-and-cyber-crime-not-surprising/ |publication-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=20 July 2025 |quote="Whilst there exists the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) and the Information Security Manual (ISM) which direct government and critical industry to use NAID AAA certified recyclers to destroy and sanitise data at end of life, there remains confusion over ownership of accountability."}}</ref>
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|Not applicable
|Users are being forced by law to violate their privacy to access adult websites, when numerous sites that won't follow the law exist and are unsafe.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ortutay |first=Barbara |date=27 Jun 2025 |title=What to know about online age verification laws {{!}} AP News |url=https://apnews.com/article/internet-age-verification-supreme-court-def346d7bf299566a3687d8c4f224fec |url-status=live |access-date=19 Jul 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 Jun 2025 |title=The Scam of Age Verification {{!}} PORNBIZ.COM |url=https://pornbiz.com/post/17/the_scam_of_age_verification/en#5 |url-status=live |access-date=19 Jul 2025}}</ref>
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|[[Microsoft]]
|Microsoft uses software engineers based in China to work on US Defense Department systems with laughably ineffective precautions. I think this is relevant in the context of Microsoft's attitude towards cloud security. In the past, master keys have been stolen by Chinese hackers and from my understanding, it's not even clear to what extent those groups still have access to Microsoft's internal systems, and by extension, Microsoft customers'. This needs more research though.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dudley |first=Renee |date=2025-07-15 |title=A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers |website=ProRepublica}}</ref>
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|Not applicable
|[[Malicious Compliance]]
Companies like Apple comply with regulations such as those imposed by the EU by trying to follow the wording, but not the spirit of the legislation. For instance, there were early reports that Apple would support USB-C, but only with Apple certified devices and cables, allowing them to continue the lucrative "Made for iPhone" certification programme. They only backtracked when the EU indicated this would not be considered compliant with the USB-C mandate.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malicious Compliance |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_compliance |website=Wikipedia}}</ref>
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|Not applicable
|[[Financial Censorship]]
This came up in the recent Valve controversies about removing Games because of pressure from payment providers. It is the concept that US payment providers have pretty much a monopoly world-wide and can thus control which content websites can publish and what goods they can sell because they can threaten to revoke their access to payments.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=https://www.eff.org/issues/financial-censorship |url= |website=EFF}}</ref>
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|[[QIDI]]
|3D printer causes disastrous fire; subreddit staff attempts to cover up incident.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=u/ProgressLocal1511 |date=Mar 30, 2025 |title=R/QidiTech3d Permanently banned me for warning people after my family lost everything from a fire! |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1jnuju1/rqiditech3d_permanently_banned_me_for_warning/ |access-date=Jul 23, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>
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|[[Microsoft]]
|Potentially related to: [[Microsoft's anticompetitive practices]]
Mysteriously banned the developer of LibreOffice from his Hotmail Account; Automated systems handled the appeal process and refused to restore access to his account, potentially harming LibreOffice's development.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simms |first=Daniel |date=Jul 30, 2025 |title=Microsoft suddenly bans LibreOffice developer's email account, blocks appeal |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/108878-microsoft-suddenly-bans-libreoffice-developer-email-account-blocks.html |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=TechSpot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Beri |first=Devesh |date=Aug 1, 2025 |title=Microsoft Bans Profile Belonging to Developer Behind Free Microsoft Office Alternative |url=https://tech.yahoo.com/business/articles/microsoft-bans-profile-belonging-developer-204536148.html |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=ExtremeTech}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=Rohit |date=Aug 3, 2025 |title=LibreOffice Developer Says Microsoft Blocked His Email Account Without Warning |url=https://www.alltechnerd.com/libreoffice-developer-says-microsoft-blocked-his-email-account-without-warning/ |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=All Tech Nerd}}</ref>
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|[[Swiffer]]
|When using a Swiffer wet jet power mop you need to buy Swiffer's WetJet Multi-Surface Floor Cleaner which comes in a bottle with a cap on it that the customer can not take off and refill with their own floor cleaner of their choice. The cap is "locked" with plastic hooks that prevent refilling and force the customer to buy another bottle which is heavily priced.
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|[[Assioma]]

|When purchasing power pedals that just need to output ANT+ data, you cannot use the product you have bought without creating an account, logging into the app and pairing your phone with BLE (lots of phones can't do this pair step). This is claimed by the manufacturer for warranty activation but mean without a phone with the right capability you can't use your expensive power pedals.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=FAQs |url=https://cycling.favero.com/en/faq#headingFAQ6-Favero-Assioma-App}}</ref>
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|[[Discord]]
|RubenSim's bot "Ro-Cleaner", which protects servers from users who have joined "Roblox Condo" servers in the past, is banned because it invades user's privacy and accesses "Protected Characteristics". Should also be added to [[Roblox's problematic moderation]].
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|[[TeamViewer]]
|TeamViewer's free trial automatically enrolls users into a paid subscription unless they provide 28 days' advance written notice to cancel. This excessively long cancellation window, combined with the requirement for written notice (rather than allowing cancellations through the same platform used for sign-up), creates a high risk of unintended charges. If users fail to meet these stringent requirements, TeamViewer bills the full annual subscription fee without further warning
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-03 |title=All about subscription |url=https://www.teamviewer.com/en/global/support/knowledge-base/teamviewer-classic/licensing/subscription/all-about-subscription/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628031915/https://www.teamviewer.com/en/global/support/knowledge-base/teamviewer-classic/licensing/subscription/all-about-subscription/ |archive-date=2025-06-28 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=TeamViewer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ozgurozkan |title=TeamViewer invoiced me after a free trial + demanded “28‑day written cancellation.” Proofs inside |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/teamviewer/comments/1mpzpo5/teamviewer_invoiced_me_after_a_free_trial/ |url-status=live |website=Reddit}}</ref>
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|Embodied
|This is case of "software tethering". Embodied's $799 companion robot Moxie permanently shut down once the company decided to shut down cloud services. According to Embodied's own website "Moxie relies on cloud connectivity for its core features, and it will not function once services end ... Our Terms of Service specify that services may be terminated at any time without prior notice."
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Notopoulos |first=Katie |date=2024-12-11 |title=They bought an $800 AI robot for their kids. Now the company is shutting down — and children are having to say goodbye. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/moxie-robot-toy-shutting-down-kids-embodied-goodbye-2024-12?op=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250816193431/https://www.businessinsider.com/moxie-robot-toy-shutting-down-kids-embodied-goodbye-2024-12?op=1 |archive-date=2025-08-16 |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Closing FAQs – Moxie Robot |url=https://moxierobot.com/pages/closing-faqs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126054436/https://moxierobot.com/pages/closing-faqs |archive-date=2024-11-26 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=moxierobot.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Degeurin |first=Mack |date=2024-12-10 |title=‘I love you… goodbye:’ What will happen when this companion robot suddenly dies? |url=https://www.popsci.com/technology/moxie-robot-offline/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212035257/https://www.popsci.com/technology/moxie-robot-offline/ |archive-date=2024-12-12 |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=Popular Science}}</ref>
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|UP3 By Jawbone
|Approximately 2011, Pioneering startup company from San Francisco, had revolutionary fitness trackers. In 2017 with no notice to customers they stole personal data and shut down app which in turn, bricked devices. Highly likely went bankrupt and sold to sister company to manipulate customer services and rights. Now owned by Aliph brands.
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==See Also==

*[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]

==Reference List==
<references />
[[Category:Sources]]

Category:Netflix Games

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== Netflix Games ==
it is a service [[Netflix]] provides that allows users who have an active subscription to play the games within their catalogue

Netflix

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{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = Netflix, Inc.
| Type = Public
| Founded = 1997
| Industry = Media Streaming
| Official Website = https://www.netflix.com/
| Logo = Netflix 2015 logo.svg
}}

[[wikipedia:Netflix|Netflix, Inc.]] is a media streaming service and publisher, founded in 1997 by ''Reed Hastings'' and ''Marc Randolph'' formerly for remote video rentals, it eventually became the pioneer of the video streaming industry in 2007, eventually turning to more anti-consumer practices in the mid-2010s and later.

==Consumer-impact summary==

*User Freedom: Extensive history of restricting access to content, including paywalling higher quality content,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=And_You_Like_It_Too |date=Dec 16, 2023 |title=How much licensed content does Netflix display in premium formats (4K, HDR/Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos) in the 4K tier? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/18k554z/how_much_licensed_content_does_netflix_display_in/ |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> increasing costs of service, combatting password sharing, and more.
*User Privacy: Extensive history of collecting and selling user data.
*Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]
*Market Competition: Extensive, including free platforms like [[Roku]] TV and Pluto TV, and premium platforms such as [[Disney+]], [[Hulu]], and [[HBO Max]].

==Controversies==

===Stream-quality controversy===
{{Main|Netflix stream-quality controversy}}
Discovered as early as December 2023,<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rikki1256 |date=Dec 2, 2023 |title=Netflix requirements to watch 4k that you paid for |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/189odn6/netflix_requirements_to_watch_4k_that_you_paid_for/ |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> ''Netflix'' has not clearly defined<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Netflix Support |title=Netflix supported browsers and system requirements |url=https://help.netflix.com/en/node/30081 |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=help.netflix.com}}</ref> every restriction for how users are capable of accessing higher quality streaming content, despite 4k content being a specified tier consumers pay for.

===Advertising overload===
{{Main|Advertising overload}}
Netflix was among one of the first<ref name=":8">[https://help.netflix.com/en/node/126831 Ads on Netflix]</ref> premium streaming services to integrate advertisements on top of having to pay for the service. Since then, the platform has sought progressively more avenues to integrate advertisements, including further ads.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=11 Sep 2021 |title=Share of adults who think there were too many ads on video streaming services in the United States as of September 2021, by generation |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307619/video-streaming-advertising-frequency-by-generation-us/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Statista]]}}</ref> These advertisements have also increased the amount of data that Netflix can collect, and by extension, sell.

Due to the amount of data that Netflix has been able to sell due to advertisement integration, it has also encouraged the company to raise the costs of ad-free tiers, so subscribers are forced either paying more to not see ads, or witness an increasing barrage of advertisements.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Roettgers |first=Janko |date=23 Sep 2023 |title=Why every streaming service wants you to watch ads now |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90956587/why-every-streaming-service-wants-you-to-watch-ads-now |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Fast Company]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Additionally, starting from 2025, Netflix will be using generative AI to "serve the right ad to the right member at the right time" to subscribers of the lowest paying tier.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=May 18, 2025 |title=Netflix puts AI ads in paid tier: pirate EVERYTHING at this point... 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhvDXmFEeUI |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=YouTube}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Netflix |date=May 14, 2025 |title=Netflix Upfront 2025: The Center of Attention |url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-upfront-2025-the-center-of-attention |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Netflix About}}</ref> The nature of generative AI raises concerns about the quality of these advertisements. Said advertisements may also encourage further user tracking in order to "tailor" the content. Consumers were especially provoked by certain phrases used by Netflix' President of Advertising, Amy Reinhard at the Upfront 2025. Reinhard claimed that "When you compare us to our competitors, attention starts much higher and ends ''much'' higher. And even more impressive, members pay as much attention to mid-roll ads as they do to the shows and the movies themselves"<ref name=":4" />, which further raised concerns about user privacy.

===DRM Restrictions===
Netflix has historically halted access for certain consumer devices merely due to the fact that these devices cannot support PlayReady DRM.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitnam |first=Ryan |date=Nov 12, 2019 |title=Netflix Is Killing Support for Some TVs and Roku Boxes Because of DRM |url=https://www.extremetech.com/internet/301842-netflix-is-killing-support-for-some-tvs-and-roku-boxes-because-of-drm |access-date=May 19, 2025 |work=Extreme Tech}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Torbet |first=Georgina |date=Nov 12, 2019 |title=Netflix explains why its apps won't work on older TVs and set-top boxes |url=https://www.engadget.com/2019-11-12-netflix-older-hardware-drm.html |access-date=May 18, 2025 |work=Engadget}}</ref> The usage of DRM has also brought forth criticism from organizations such as Defective by Design and the Free Software Foundation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rogoff |first=Zak |date=Jul 12, 2013 |title=Cancel Netflix if you value freedom |url=https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/cancel-netflix-if-you-value-freedom |access-date=May 18, 2025 |work=Free Software Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Farough |first=Greg |date=Dec 16, 2020 |title=IDAD 2020 sent Netflix and DRM a message |url=https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/idad-2020-sent-netflix-and-drm-a-message |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Free Software Foundation}}</ref>

Previously until October 2014, Linux couldn't support Netflix for streaming strictly due to a lack of DRM support.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wallen |first=Jack |date=Aug 14, 2010 |title=The Netflix Linux conjecture: How Netflix snubs the Linux community |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/the-netflix-linux-conjecture-how-netflix-snubs-the-linux-community/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020232704/https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/the-netflix-linux-conjecture-how-netflix-snubs-the-linux-community/ |archive-date=Oct 20, 2015 |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=TechRepublic}}</ref>

===Selling identifiable user data===
{{Main|The Netflix Prize}}
From 2006 through 2010, ''Netflix'' held competitions to improve its recommendation system via '[[The Netflix Prize|''The Netflix Prize'']]'.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Netflix |title=The Netflix Prize |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924184639/http://www.netflixprize.com/community/viewtopic.php?id=1537 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://www.netflixprize.com//community/viewtopic.php?id=1537 |archive-date=Sep 24, 2009 |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Netflix}}</ref> These competitions had prizes that were valued at $50k or higher.<ref name=":3" /> This has brought several privacy concerns from its userbase, and led to at least 2 lawsuits<ref>{{Cite news |last=Demerjian |first=Dave |date=Mar 15, 2007 |title=Rise of the Netflix Hackers |url=https://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/03/72963 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928235912/http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/03/72963 |archive-date=Sep 28, 2015 |access-date=May 15, 2025 |work=WIRED}}</ref> concerning these competitions<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singel |first=Ryan |date=Dec 17, 2009 |title=Netflix Spilled Your Brokeback Mountain Secret, Lawsuit Claims |url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/netflix-privacy-lawsuit/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227060413/http://www.wired.com/2009/12/netflix-privacy-lawsuit/ |archive-date=Feb 27, 2016 |access-date=May 19, 2015 |work=WIRED}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=Jun 6, 2023 |title=DOE et al v. NETFLIX, INC. et al, No. 1:2022cv01281 - Document 155 (S.D. Ind. 2023) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/indiana/insdce/1:2022cv01281/201228/155/ |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Justia}}</ref> which were found to be capable of leaking identifiable information, and especially could have been worsened had their sequel series successfully launched, as data such as renters' ages, gender, ZIP codes, genre ratings and previously chosen movies were provided to these research teams.

===Illegal retention of user data===
In 2011, Netflix settled a lawsuit regarding the retention of user data that was at least 2 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stangel |first=Luke |date=Mar 25, 2013 |title=Netflix settles $9 million privacy lawsuit |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/03/25/netflix-settles-9-million-privacy.html |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Silicon Valley Business Journal}}</ref>{{Citation needed}}

===GDPR violation===
On November 26, 2024, the Dutch Data Protection Authority imposed an administrative fine of €4.75 million to Netflix for not properly informing customers about processing their data between the years 2018 and 2020. The lack of transparency and unclear information given by Netflix was in direct violation of several articles of the [[GDPR]].<ref>Dutch Data Protection Authority. (2024). Decision to impose an administrative fine for violation of the GDPR (Dutch DPA). Dutch Data Protection Authority. https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/system/files?file=2024-12/Decision%20fine%20Netflix.pdf</ref>

=== Netflix Games deactivated ===
some Games provided by the "Netflix Games" service were pulled, and of those games that were already downloaded became unplayable too.{{Main|Netflix Games deactivated}}

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Netflix]]

Netflix

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{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = Netflix, Inc.
| Type = Public
| Founded = 1997
| Industry = Media Streaming
| Official Website = https://www.netflix.com/
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[[wikipedia:Netflix|Netflix, Inc.]] is a media streaming service and publisher, founded in 1997 by ''Reed Hastings'' and ''Marc Randolph'' formerly for remote video rentals, it eventually became the pioneer of the video streaming industry in 2007, eventually turning to more anti-consumer practices in the mid-2010s and later.

==Consumer-impact summary==

*User Freedom: Extensive history of restricting access to content, including paywalling higher quality content,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=And_You_Like_It_Too |date=Dec 16, 2023 |title=How much licensed content does Netflix display in premium formats (4K, HDR/Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos) in the 4K tier? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/18k554z/how_much_licensed_content_does_netflix_display_in/ |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> increasing costs of service, combatting password sharing, and more.
*User Privacy: Extensive history of collecting and selling user data.
*Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]
*Market Competition: Extensive, including free platforms like [[Roku]] TV and Pluto TV, and premium platforms such as [[Disney+]], [[Hulu]], and [[HBO Max]].

==Controversies==

===Stream-quality controversy===
{{Main|Netflix stream-quality controversy}}
Discovered as early as December 2023,<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rikki1256 |date=Dec 2, 2023 |title=Netflix requirements to watch 4k that you paid for |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/189odn6/netflix_requirements_to_watch_4k_that_you_paid_for/ |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> ''Netflix'' has not clearly defined<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Netflix Support |title=Netflix supported browsers and system requirements |url=https://help.netflix.com/en/node/30081 |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=help.netflix.com}}</ref> every restriction for how users are capable of accessing higher quality streaming content, despite 4k content being a specified tier consumers pay for.

===Advertising overload===
{{Main|Advertising overload}}
Netflix was among one of the first<ref name=":8">[https://help.netflix.com/en/node/126831 Ads on Netflix]</ref> premium streaming services to integrate advertisements on top of having to pay for the service. Since then, the platform has sought progressively more avenues to integrate advertisements, including further ads.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=11 Sep 2021 |title=Share of adults who think there were too many ads on video streaming services in the United States as of September 2021, by generation |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307619/video-streaming-advertising-frequency-by-generation-us/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Statista]]}}</ref> These advertisements have also increased the amount of data that Netflix can collect, and by extension, sell.

Due to the amount of data that Netflix has been able to sell due to advertisement integration, it has also encouraged the company to raise the costs of ad-free tiers, so subscribers are forced either paying more to not see ads, or witness an increasing barrage of advertisements.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Roettgers |first=Janko |date=23 Sep 2023 |title=Why every streaming service wants you to watch ads now |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90956587/why-every-streaming-service-wants-you-to-watch-ads-now |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Fast Company]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Additionally, starting from 2025, Netflix will be using generative AI to "serve the right ad to the right member at the right time" to subscribers of the lowest paying tier.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=May 18, 2025 |title=Netflix puts AI ads in paid tier: pirate EVERYTHING at this point... 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhvDXmFEeUI |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=YouTube}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Netflix |date=May 14, 2025 |title=Netflix Upfront 2025: The Center of Attention |url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-upfront-2025-the-center-of-attention |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Netflix About}}</ref> The nature of generative AI raises concerns about the quality of these advertisements. Said advertisements may also encourage further user tracking in order to "tailor" the content. Consumers were especially provoked by certain phrases used by Netflix' President of Advertising, Amy Reinhard at the Upfront 2025. Reinhard claimed that "When you compare us to our competitors, attention starts much higher and ends ''much'' higher. And even more impressive, members pay as much attention to mid-roll ads as they do to the shows and the movies themselves"<ref name=":4" />, which further raised concerns about user privacy.

===DRM Restrictions===
Netflix has historically halted access for certain consumer devices merely due to the fact that these devices cannot support PlayReady DRM.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitnam |first=Ryan |date=Nov 12, 2019 |title=Netflix Is Killing Support for Some TVs and Roku Boxes Because of DRM |url=https://www.extremetech.com/internet/301842-netflix-is-killing-support-for-some-tvs-and-roku-boxes-because-of-drm |access-date=May 19, 2025 |work=Extreme Tech}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Torbet |first=Georgina |date=Nov 12, 2019 |title=Netflix explains why its apps won't work on older TVs and set-top boxes |url=https://www.engadget.com/2019-11-12-netflix-older-hardware-drm.html |access-date=May 18, 2025 |work=Engadget}}</ref> The usage of DRM has also brought forth criticism from organizations such as Defective by Design and the Free Software Foundation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rogoff |first=Zak |date=Jul 12, 2013 |title=Cancel Netflix if you value freedom |url=https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/cancel-netflix-if-you-value-freedom |access-date=May 18, 2025 |work=Free Software Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Farough |first=Greg |date=Dec 16, 2020 |title=IDAD 2020 sent Netflix and DRM a message |url=https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/idad-2020-sent-netflix-and-drm-a-message |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Free Software Foundation}}</ref>

Previously until October 2014, Linux couldn't support Netflix for streaming strictly due to a lack of DRM support.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wallen |first=Jack |date=Aug 14, 2010 |title=The Netflix Linux conjecture: How Netflix snubs the Linux community |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/the-netflix-linux-conjecture-how-netflix-snubs-the-linux-community/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020232704/https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/the-netflix-linux-conjecture-how-netflix-snubs-the-linux-community/ |archive-date=Oct 20, 2015 |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=TechRepublic}}</ref>

===Selling identifiable user data===
{{Main|The Netflix Prize}}
From 2006 through 2010, ''Netflix'' held competitions to improve its recommendation system via '[[The Netflix Prize|''The Netflix Prize'']]'.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Netflix |title=The Netflix Prize |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924184639/http://www.netflixprize.com/community/viewtopic.php?id=1537 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://www.netflixprize.com//community/viewtopic.php?id=1537 |archive-date=Sep 24, 2009 |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Netflix}}</ref> These competitions had prizes that were valued at $50k or higher.<ref name=":3" /> This has brought several privacy concerns from its userbase, and led to at least 2 lawsuits<ref>{{Cite news |last=Demerjian |first=Dave |date=Mar 15, 2007 |title=Rise of the Netflix Hackers |url=https://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/03/72963 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928235912/http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/03/72963 |archive-date=Sep 28, 2015 |access-date=May 15, 2025 |work=WIRED}}</ref> concerning these competitions<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singel |first=Ryan |date=Dec 17, 2009 |title=Netflix Spilled Your Brokeback Mountain Secret, Lawsuit Claims |url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/netflix-privacy-lawsuit/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227060413/http://www.wired.com/2009/12/netflix-privacy-lawsuit/ |archive-date=Feb 27, 2016 |access-date=May 19, 2015 |work=WIRED}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=Jun 6, 2023 |title=DOE et al v. NETFLIX, INC. et al, No. 1:2022cv01281 - Document 155 (S.D. Ind. 2023) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/indiana/insdce/1:2022cv01281/201228/155/ |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Justia}}</ref> which were found to be capable of leaking identifiable information, and especially could have been worsened had their sequel series successfully launched, as data such as renters' ages, gender, ZIP codes, genre ratings and previously chosen movies were provided to these research teams.

===Illegal retention of user data===
In 2011, Netflix settled a lawsuit regarding the retention of user data that was at least 2 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stangel |first=Luke |date=Mar 25, 2013 |title=Netflix settles $9 million privacy lawsuit |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/03/25/netflix-settles-9-million-privacy.html |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Silicon Valley Business Journal}}</ref>{{Citation needed}}

===GDPR violation===
On November 26, 2024, the Dutch Data Protection Authority imposed an administrative fine of €4.75 million to Netflix for not properly informing customers about processing their data between the years 2018 and 2020. The lack of transparency and unclear information given by Netflix was in direct violation of several articles of the [[GDPR]].<ref>Dutch Data Protection Authority. (2024). Decision to impose an administrative fine for violation of the GDPR (Dutch DPA). Dutch Data Protection Authority. https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/system/files?file=2024-12/Decision%20fine%20Netflix.pdf</ref>

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==References==
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==Summary==
some Games provided by the "Netflix Games" service were pulled, and of those games that were already downloaded became unplayable too.

==Background==
on 2021-11-01, Netflix launched its "Netflix Games" service, the games in the service were simple arcade games at first, and it was available to everyone that had an active subscription. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Frosty Pop CEO Faisal Sethi Talks About Netflix’s First Wave Mobile Games |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/interview-with-frosty-pop-ceo-faisal-sethi-studio-behind-netflixs-first-mobile-games/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2021-11-12}}</ref>

over time more games were added with a bigger scope and from larger publishers, and some ports of PC games to mobile became more frequent; like ''Into the Breach, Moonlighter, Braid: Anniversary Edition, Katana Zero, Hades,'' and many more''.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Best Netflix Mobile Games to Play in 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/best-netflix-mobile-games-to-play-in-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2022-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=New Games Coming to Netflix in May 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/coming-soon/new-games-coming-to-netflix-in-may-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2022-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Every New Mobile Game Showcased at Netflix’s Geeked Week |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-new-game-announced-at-netflixs-geeked-week/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2023-11-11}}</ref>

==Netflix Games removing some of their games==
since 2021-11-01 until 2024-12, Netflix Games has only been adding games into its catalogue, but during the month of december Netflix Games began removing some games from their library; like ''Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,'' and many more.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Full List of 114 Mobile Games on Netflix & Every Removed Game |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/whats-new/full-list-of-mobile-games-on-netflix/#list-of-removed-mobile-games-from-netflix-3 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |publication-date=2025-05-07}}</ref>

a representative for Netflix Games said:<blockquote>Just like with series and film, games will be removed from Netflix as licenses expire. Players will notice a “Leaving Soon” badge and be notified by the app itself well in advance of removal. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City Leaving Netflix Games in December 2024 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/grand-theft-auto-iii-and-vice-city-leaving-netflix-games-in-december-2024/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix |publication-date=2024-11-14}}</ref></blockquote>and going into 2025, the games scheduled to be removed by 2025-07-15 increased in number to include:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Netflix To Remove Over 20 Mobile Games Including Monument Valley Trilogy and Hades |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-games/netflix-to-remove-over-20-mobile-games-including-monument-valley-trilogy-and-hades/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix |publication-date=2025-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parrish |first=Ash |date=2025-08-16 |title=Netflix is letting go of some of its best indie games |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/692227/netflix-games-delisting-hades-braid-gaming-strategy |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=theverge.com |publication-date=2025-06-24}}</ref>

*Braid, Anniversary Edition
*Battleship
*Carmen Sandiego
*CoComelon: Play with JJ
*Death’s Door
*Diner Out: Merge Cafe
*Dumb Ways to Die
*Fashionverse
*Ghost Detective
*Hades (Note: Only available on iOS devices – Leaving July 1st)
*Katana ZERO
*LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed
*Ludo King
*Monument Valley
*Monument Valley 2
*Monument Valley 3
*Rainbow Six: SMOL
*Raji: An Ancient Epic
*SpongeBob: Bubble Pop F.U.N.
*TED Tumblewords
*The Case of the Golden Idol
*The Rise of the Golden Idol
*Vineyard Valley

==Consumer response==

losing access to games you previously could play caused many frustrations for people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Why does it feel like Netflix Games is going downhill? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m6jwc4/why_does_it_feel_like_netflix_games_is_going/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit |publication-date=2025-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Will more games be removed in August? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m5rb09/will_more_games_be_removed_in_august/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit}}</ref>

as most had questions about whether they'll be able to play the games somewhere else.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Discontinued games |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m1fuu6/discontinued_games/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit}}</ref>

or if they could move their saves to another device to not lose their progress as most games don't have cloud saving.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Can I transfer btd6 Netflix save data to normal btd6 |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/17jzpp7/can_i_transfer_btd6_netflix_save_data_to_normal/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Have I lost my save? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1lv22yo/have_i_lost_my_save/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit}}</ref>

==Reference==
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Netflix Games removing some of their games}}

==Summary==
some Games provided by the "Netflix Games" service were pulled, and of those games that were already downloaded became unplayable too.

==Background==
on 2021-11-01, Netflix launched its "Netflix Games" service, the games in the service were simple arcade games at first, and it was available to everyone that had an active subscription. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Frosty Pop CEO Faisal Sethi Talks About Netflix’s First Wave Mobile Games |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/interview-with-frosty-pop-ceo-faisal-sethi-studio-behind-netflixs-first-mobile-games/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2021-11-12}}</ref>

over time more games were added with a bigger scope and from larger publishers, and some ports of PC games to mobile became more frequent; like ''Into the Breach, Moonlighter, Braid: Anniversary Edition, Katana Zero, Hades,'' and many more''.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Best Netflix Mobile Games to Play in 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/best-netflix-mobile-games-to-play-in-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2022-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=New Games Coming to Netflix in May 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/coming-soon/new-games-coming-to-netflix-in-may-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2022-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Every New Mobile Game Showcased at Netflix’s Geeked Week |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-new-game-announced-at-netflixs-geeked-week/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2023-11-11}}</ref>

==Netflix Games removing some of their games==
since 2021-11-01 until 2024-12, Netflix Games has only been adding games into its catalogue, but during the month of december Netflix Games began removing some games from their library; like ''Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,'' and many more.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Full List of 114 Mobile Games on Netflix & Every Removed Game |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/whats-new/full-list-of-mobile-games-on-netflix/#list-of-removed-mobile-games-from-netflix-3 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |publication-date=2025-05-07}}</ref>

a representative for Netflix Games said:<blockquote>Just like with series and film, games will be removed from Netflix as licenses expire. Players will notice a “Leaving Soon” badge and be notified by the app itself well in advance of removal. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City Leaving Netflix Games in December 2024 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/grand-theft-auto-iii-and-vice-city-leaving-netflix-games-in-december-2024/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix |publication-date=2024-11-14}}</ref></blockquote>and going into 2025, the games scheduled to be removed by 2025-07-15 increased in number to include:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Netflix To Remove Over 20 Mobile Games Including Monument Valley Trilogy and Hades |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-games/netflix-to-remove-over-20-mobile-games-including-monument-valley-trilogy-and-hades/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix |publication-date=2025-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parrish |first=Ash |date=2025-08-16 |title=Netflix is letting go of some of its best indie games |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/692227/netflix-games-delisting-hades-braid-gaming-strategy |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=theverge.com |publication-date=2025-06-24}}</ref>

*Braid, Anniversary Edition
*Battleship
*Carmen Sandiego
*CoComelon: Play with JJ
*Death’s Door
*Diner Out: Merge Cafe
*Dumb Ways to Die
*Fashionverse
*Ghost Detective
*Hades (Note: Only available on iOS devices – Leaving July 1st)
*Katana ZERO
*LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed
*Ludo King
*Monument Valley
*Monument Valley 2
*Monument Valley 3
*Rainbow Six: SMOL
*Raji: An Ancient Epic
*SpongeBob: Bubble Pop F.U.N.
*TED Tumblewords
*The Case of the Golden Idol
*The Rise of the Golden Idol
*Vineyard Valley

==Consumer response==

losing access to games you previously could play caused many frustrations for people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Why does it feel like Netflix Games is going downhill? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m6jwc4/why_does_it_feel_like_netflix_games_is_going/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit |publication-date=2025-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Will more games be removed in August? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m5rb09/will_more_games_be_removed_in_august/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit}}</ref>

as most had questions about whether they'll be able to play the games somewhere else.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Discontinued games |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m1fuu6/discontinued_games/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit}}</ref>

or if they could move their saves to another device to not lose their progress as most games don't have cloud saving.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Can I transfer btd6 Netflix save data to normal btd6 |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/17jzpp7/can_i_transfer_btd6_netflix_save_data_to_normal/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Have I lost my save? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1lv22yo/have_i_lost_my_save/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit}}</ref>

==References==
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==Summary==
some Games provided by the "Netflix Games" service were pulled, and of those games that were already downloaded became unplayable too.

==Background==
on 2021-11-01, Netflix launched its "Netflix Games" service, the games in the service were simple arcade games at first, and it was available to everyone that had an active subscription. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Frosty Pop CEO Faisal Sethi Talks About Netflix’s First Wave Mobile Games |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/interview-with-frosty-pop-ceo-faisal-sethi-studio-behind-netflixs-first-mobile-games/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2021-11-12}}</ref>

over time more games were added with a bigger scope and from larger publishers, and some ports of PC games to mobile became more frequent; like ''Into the Breach, Moonlighter, Braid: Anniversary Edition, Katana Zero, Hades,'' and many more''.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Best Netflix Mobile Games to Play in 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/best-netflix-mobile-games-to-play-in-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2022-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=New Games Coming to Netflix in May 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/coming-soon/new-games-coming-to-netflix-in-may-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2022-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Every New Mobile Game Showcased at Netflix’s Geeked Week |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-new-game-announced-at-netflixs-geeked-week/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2023-11-11}}</ref>

==Netflix Games removing some of their games==
since 2021-11-01 until 2024-12, Netflix Games has only been adding games into its catalogue, but during the month of december Netflix Games began removing some games from their library; like ''Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,'' and many more.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Full List of 114 Mobile Games on Netflix & Every Removed Game |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/whats-new/full-list-of-mobile-games-on-netflix/#list-of-removed-mobile-games-from-netflix-3 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |publication-date=2025-05-07}}</ref>

a representative for Netflix Games said:<blockquote>Just like with series and film, games will be removed from Netflix as licenses expire. Players will notice a “Leaving Soon” badge and be notified by the app itself well in advance of removal. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City Leaving Netflix Games in December 2024 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/grand-theft-auto-iii-and-vice-city-leaving-netflix-games-in-december-2024/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix |publication-date=2024-11-14}}</ref></blockquote>and going into 2025, the games scheduled to be removed by 2025-07-15 increased in number to include:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Netflix To Remove Over 20 Mobile Games Including Monument Valley Trilogy and Hades |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-games/netflix-to-remove-over-20-mobile-games-including-monument-valley-trilogy-and-hades/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix |publication-date=2025-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parrish |first=Ash |date=2025-08-16 |title=Netflix is letting go of some of its best indie games |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/692227/netflix-games-delisting-hades-braid-gaming-strategy |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=theverge.com |publication-date=2025-06-24}}</ref>

*Braid, Anniversary Edition
*Battleship
*Carmen Sandiego
*CoComelon: Play with JJ
*Death’s Door
*Diner Out: Merge Cafe
*Dumb Ways to Die
*Fashionverse
*Ghost Detective
*Hades (Note: Only available on iOS devices – Leaving July 1st)
*Katana ZERO
*LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed
*Ludo King
*Monument Valley
*Monument Valley 2
*Monument Valley 3
*Rainbow Six: SMOL
*Raji: An Ancient Epic
*SpongeBob: Bubble Pop F.U.N.
*TED Tumblewords
*The Case of the Golden Idol
*The Rise of the Golden Idol
*Vineyard Valley

==Consumer response==

losing access to games you previously could play caused many frustrations for people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Why does it feel like Netflix Games is going downhill? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m6jwc4/why_does_it_feel_like_netflix_games_is_going/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit |publication-date=2025-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Will more games be removed in August? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m5rb09/will_more_games_be_removed_in_august/ |website=Reddit}}</ref>

as most had questions about whether they'll be able to play the games somewhere else.[https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m1fuu6/discontinued_games/]

or if they could move their saves to another device to not lose their progress as most games don't have cloud saving.[https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/17jzpp7/can_i_transfer_btd6_netflix_save_data_to_normal/][https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1lv22yo/have_i_lost_my_save/]

==References==
{{reflist}}
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Netflix Games deactivated

2025-08-16T19:16:23Z

BartholemewDingleberry: added more citations. not sure if it was done properly

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Netflix Games removing some of their games}}

==Summary==
some Games provided by the "Netflix Games" service were pulled, and of those games that were already downloaded became unplayable too.

==Background==
on 2021-11-01, Netflix launched its "Netflix Games" service, the games in the service were simple arcade games at first, and it was available to everyone that had an active subscription. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Frosty Pop CEO Faisal Sethi Talks About Netflix’s First Wave Mobile Games |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/interview-with-frosty-pop-ceo-faisal-sethi-studio-behind-netflixs-first-mobile-games/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2021-11-12}}</ref>

over time more games were added with a bigger scope and from larger publishers, and some ports of PC games to mobile became more frequent; like ''Into the Breach, Moonlighter, Braid: Anniversary Edition, Katana Zero, Hades,'' and many more''.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Best Netflix Mobile Games to Play in 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/best-netflix-mobile-games-to-play-in-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2022-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=New Games Coming to Netflix in May 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/coming-soon/new-games-coming-to-netflix-in-may-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2022-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Every New Mobile Game Showcased at Netflix’s Geeked Week |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-new-game-announced-at-netflixs-geeked-week/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2023-11-11}}</ref>

==Netflix Games removing some of their games==
since 2021-11-01 until 2024-12, Netflix Games has only been adding games into its catalogue, but during the month of december Netflix Games began removing some games from their library; like ''Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,'' and many more.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Full List of 114 Mobile Games on Netflix & Every Removed Game |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/whats-new/full-list-of-mobile-games-on-netflix/#list-of-removed-mobile-games-from-netflix-3 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |publication-date=2025-05-07}}</ref>

a representative for Netflix Games said:<blockquote>Just like with series and film, games will be removed from Netflix as licenses expire. Players will notice a “Leaving Soon” badge and be notified by the app itself well in advance of removal. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City Leaving Netflix Games in December 2024 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/grand-theft-auto-iii-and-vice-city-leaving-netflix-games-in-december-2024/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix |publication-date=2024-11-14}}</ref></blockquote>and going into 2025, the games scheduled to be removed by 2025-07-15 increased in number to include:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Netflix To Remove Over 20 Mobile Games Including Monument Valley Trilogy and Hades |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-games/netflix-to-remove-over-20-mobile-games-including-monument-valley-trilogy-and-hades/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix |publication-date=2025-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parrish |first=Ash |date=2025-08-16 |title=Netflix is letting go of some of its best indie games |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/692227/netflix-games-delisting-hades-braid-gaming-strategy |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=theverge.com |publication-date=2025-06-24}}</ref>

*Braid, Anniversary Edition
*Battleship
*Carmen Sandiego
*CoComelon: Play with JJ
*Death’s Door
*Diner Out: Merge Cafe
*Dumb Ways to Die
*Fashionverse
*Ghost Detective
*Hades (Note: Only available on iOS devices – Leaving July 1st)
*Katana ZERO
*LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed
*Ludo King
*Monument Valley
*Monument Valley 2
*Monument Valley 3
*Rainbow Six: SMOL
*Raji: An Ancient Epic
*SpongeBob: Bubble Pop F.U.N.
*TED Tumblewords
*The Case of the Golden Idol
*The Rise of the Golden Idol
*Vineyard Valley

==Consumer response==

losing access to games you previously could play caused many frustrations for people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Why does it feel like Netflix Games is going downhill? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m6jwc4/why_does_it_feel_like_netflix_games_is_going/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit |publication-date=2025-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Will more games be removed in August? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m5rb09/will_more_games_be_removed_in_august/ |website=Reddit}}</ref>

as most had questions about whether they'll be able to play the games somewhere else.[https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m1fuu6/discontinued_games/]

or if they could move their saves to another device to not lose their progress as most games don't have cloud saving.[https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/17jzpp7/can_i_transfer_btd6_netflix_save_data_to_normal/][https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1lv22yo/have_i_lost_my_save/]

==References==
{{reflist}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Discontinued games |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m1fuu6/discontinued_games/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit,com}}</ref>
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Netflix Games deactivated

2025-08-16T19:10:43Z

BartholemewDingleberry: fixed a lot more citations

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Netflix Games removing some of their games}}

==Summary==
some Games provided by the "Netflix Games" service were pulled, and of those games that were already downloaded became unplayable too.

==Background==
on 2021-11-01, Netflix launched its "Netflix Games" service, the games in the service were simple arcade games at first, and it was available to everyone that had an active subscription. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Frosty Pop CEO Faisal Sethi Talks About Netflix’s First Wave Mobile Games |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/interview-with-frosty-pop-ceo-faisal-sethi-studio-behind-netflixs-first-mobile-games/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2021-11-12}}</ref>

over time more games were added with a bigger scope and from larger publishers, and some ports of PC games to mobile became more frequent; like ''Into the Breach, Moonlighter, Braid: Anniversary Edition, Katana Zero, Hades,'' and many more''.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Best Netflix Mobile Games to Play in 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/best-netflix-mobile-games-to-play-in-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2022-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=New Games Coming to Netflix in May 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/coming-soon/new-games-coming-to-netflix-in-may-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2022-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Every New Mobile Game Showcased at Netflix’s Geeked Week |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-new-game-announced-at-netflixs-geeked-week/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2023-11-11}}</ref>

==Netflix Games removing some of their games==
since 2021-11-01 until 2024-12, Netflix Games has only been adding games into its catalogue, but during the month of december Netflix Games began removing some games from their library; like ''Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,'' and many more.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Full List of 114 Mobile Games on Netflix & Every Removed Game |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/whats-new/full-list-of-mobile-games-on-netflix/#list-of-removed-mobile-games-from-netflix-3 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |publication-date=2025-05-07}}</ref>

a representative for Netflix Games said:<blockquote>Just like with series and film, games will be removed from Netflix as licenses expire. Players will notice a “Leaving Soon” badge and be notified by the app itself well in advance of removal. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City Leaving Netflix Games in December 2024 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/grand-theft-auto-iii-and-vice-city-leaving-netflix-games-in-december-2024/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix |publication-date=2024-11-14}}</ref></blockquote>and going into 2025, the games scheduled to be removed by 2025-07-15 increased in number to include:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Netflix To Remove Over 20 Mobile Games Including Monument Valley Trilogy and Hades |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-games/netflix-to-remove-over-20-mobile-games-including-monument-valley-trilogy-and-hades/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix |publication-date=2025-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parrish |first=Ash |date=2025-08-16 |title=Netflix is letting go of some of its best indie games |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/692227/netflix-games-delisting-hades-braid-gaming-strategy |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=theverge.com |publication-date=2025-06-24}}</ref>

*Braid, Anniversary Edition
*Battleship
*Carmen Sandiego
*CoComelon: Play with JJ
*Death’s Door
*Diner Out: Merge Cafe
*Dumb Ways to Die
*Fashionverse
*Ghost Detective
*Hades (Note: Only available on iOS devices – Leaving July 1st)
*Katana ZERO
*LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed
*Ludo King
*Monument Valley
*Monument Valley 2
*Monument Valley 3
*Rainbow Six: SMOL
*Raji: An Ancient Epic
*SpongeBob: Bubble Pop F.U.N.
*TED Tumblewords
*The Case of the Golden Idol
*The Rise of the Golden Idol
*Vineyard Valley

==Consumer response==

losing access to games you previously could play caused many frustrations for people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Why does it feel like Netflix Games is going downhill? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m6jwc4/why_does_it_feel_like_netflix_games_is_going/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit |publication-date=2025-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Will more games be removed in August? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m5rb09/will_more_games_be_removed_in_august/ |website=Reddit}}</ref>

as most had questions about whether they'll be able to play the games somewhere else.[https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m1fuu6/discontinued_games/]

or if they could move their saves to another device to not lose their progress as most games don't have cloud saving.[https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/17jzpp7/can_i_transfer_btd6_netflix_save_data_to_normal/][https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1lv22yo/have_i_lost_my_save/]

==References==
{{reflist}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Full List of 114 Mobile Games on Netflix & Every Removed Game |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/whats-new/full-list-of-mobile-games-on-netflix/#list-of-removed-mobile-games-from-netflix-3 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix |publication-date=2025-05-07}}</ref>{{Ph-I-C}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Netflix Games removing some of their games}}

Netflix Games deactivated

2025-08-16T18:53:03Z

BartholemewDingleberry: added proper citation syntax for the first citation

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Netflix Games removing some of their games}}

==Summary==
some Games provided by the "Netflix Games" service were pulled, and of those games that were already downloaded became unplayable too.

==Background==
on 2021-11-01, Netflix launched its "Netflix Games" service, the games in the service were simple arcade games at first, and it was available to everyone that had an active subscription. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Frosty Pop CEO Faisal Sethi Talks About Netflix’s First Wave Mobile Games |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/interview-with-frosty-pop-ceo-faisal-sethi-studio-behind-netflixs-first-mobile-games/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2021-11-12}}</ref>

over time more games were added with a bigger scope and from larger publishers, and some ports of PC games to mobile became more frequent; like ''Into the Breach, Moonlighter, Braid: Anniversary Edition, Katana Zero, Hades,'' and many more''.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Netflix Mobile Games to Play in 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/best-netflix-mobile-games-to-play-in-2022/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New Games Coming to Netflix in May 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/coming-soon/new-games-coming-to-netflix-in-may-2022/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Every New Mobile Game Showcased at Netflix’s Geeked Week |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-new-game-announced-at-netflixs-geeked-week/}}</ref>

==Netflix Games removing some of their games==
since 2021-11-01 until 2024-12, Netflix Games has only been adding games into its catalogue, but during the month of december Netflix Games began removing some games from their library; like ''Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,'' and many more.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Full List of 114 Mobile Games on Netflix & Every Removed Game |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/whats-new/full-list-of-mobile-games-on-netflix/#list-of-removed-mobile-games-from-netflix-3}}</ref>

a representative for Netflix Games said:<blockquote>Just like with series and film, games will be removed from Netflix as licenses expire. Players will notice a “Leaving Soon” badge and be notified by the app itself well in advance of removal. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City Leaving Netflix Games in December 2024 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/grand-theft-auto-iii-and-vice-city-leaving-netflix-games-in-december-2024/}}</ref></blockquote>and going into 2025, the games scheduled to be removed by 2025-07-15 increased in number to include:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Netflix To Remove Over 20 Mobile Games Including Monument Valley Trilogy and Hades |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-games/netflix-to-remove-over-20-mobile-games-including-monument-valley-trilogy-and-hades/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Netflix is letting go of some of its best indie games |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/692227/netflix-games-delisting-hades-braid-gaming-strategy}}</ref>

*Braid, Anniversary Edition
*Battleship
*Carmen Sandiego
*CoComelon: Play with JJ
*Death’s Door
*Diner Out: Merge Cafe
*Dumb Ways to Die
*Fashionverse
*Ghost Detective
*Hades (Note: Only available on iOS devices – Leaving July 1st)
*Katana ZERO
*LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed
*Ludo King
*Monument Valley
*Monument Valley 2
*Monument Valley 3
*Rainbow Six: SMOL
*Raji: An Ancient Epic
*SpongeBob: Bubble Pop F.U.N.
*TED Tumblewords
*The Case of the Golden Idol
*The Rise of the Golden Idol
*Vineyard Valley

==Consumer response==

losing access to games you previously could play caused many frustrations for people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why does it feel like Netflix Games is going downhill? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m6jwc4/why_does_it_feel_like_netflix_games_is_going/ |website=Reddit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Will more games be removed in August? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m5rb09/will_more_games_be_removed_in_august/ |website=Reddit}}</ref>

as most had questions about whether they'll be able to play the games somewhere else.[https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m1fuu6/discontinued_games/]

or if they could move their saves to another device to not lose their progress as most games don't have cloud saving.[https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/17jzpp7/can_i_transfer_btd6_netflix_save_data_to_normal/][https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1lv22yo/have_i_lost_my_save/]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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Netflix Games deactivated

2025-08-16T18:28:35Z

BartholemewDingleberry: not sure how i should change the article's title

Netflix Games deactivated

2025-08-16T18:27:21Z

BartholemewDingleberry:

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Netflix Games removing some of their games}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Netflix Games removing some of their games}}

==Summary==
some Games provided by the "Netflix Games" service were pulled, and of those games that were already downloaded became unplayable too.

==Background==
on 2021-11-01, Netflix launched its "Netflix Games" service, the games in the service were simple arcade games at first, and it was available to everyone that had an active subscription. [https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/interview-with-frosty-pop-ceo-faisal-sethi-studio-behind-netflixs-first-mobile-games/]

over time more games were added with a bigger scope and from larger publishers, and some ports of PC games to mobile became more frequent; like ''Into the Breach, Moonlighter, Braid: Anniversary Edition, Katana Zero, Hades,'' and many more''.[https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/best-netflix-mobile-games-to-play-in-2022/][https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/coming-soon/new-games-coming-to-netflix-in-may-2022/][https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-new-game-announced-at-netflixs-geeked-week/]''

==Netflix Games removing some of their games==
since 2021-11-01 until 2024-12, Netflix Games has only been adding games into its catalogue, but during the month of december Netflix Games began removing some games from their library; like ''Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,'' and many more. [https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/whats-new/full-list-of-mobile-games-on-netflix/#list-of-removed-mobile-games-from-netflix-3]

a representative for Netflix Games said:<blockquote>Just like with series and film, games will be removed from Netflix as licenses expire. Players will notice a “Leaving Soon” badge and be notified by the app itself well in advance of removal. [https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/grand-theft-auto-iii-and-vice-city-leaving-netflix-games-in-december-2024/]</blockquote>and going into 2025, the games scheduled to be removed by 2025-07-15 increased in number to include:

*Braid, Anniversary Edition
*Battleship
*Carmen Sandiego
*CoComelon: Play with JJ
*Death’s Door
*Diner Out: Merge Cafe
*Dumb Ways to Die
*Fashionverse
*Ghost Detective
*Hades (Note: Only available on iOS devices – Leaving July 1st)
*Katana ZERO
*LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed
*Ludo King
*Monument Valley
*Monument Valley 2
*Monument Valley 3
*Rainbow Six: SMOL
*Raji: An Ancient Epic
*SpongeBob: Bubble Pop F.U.N.
*TED Tumblewords
*The Case of the Golden Idol
*The Rise of the Golden Idol
*Vineyard Valley

[https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-games/netflix-to-remove-over-20-mobile-games-including-monument-valley-trilogy-and-hades/][https://www.theverge.com/news/692227/netflix-games-delisting-hades-braid-gaming-strategy]

==Consumer response==

losing access to games you previously could play caused many frustrations for people.[https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m6jwc4/why_does_it_feel_like_netflix_games_is_going/][https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m5rb09/will_more_games_be_removed_in_august/]

as most had questions about whether they'll be able to play the games somewhere else.[https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m1fuu6/discontinued_games/]

or if they could move their saves to another device to not lose their progress as most games don't have cloud saving.[https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/17jzpp7/can_i_transfer_btd6_netflix_save_data_to_normal/][https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1lv22yo/have_i_lost_my_save/]

==References==
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Netflix Games deactivated

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Netflix Games deactivated

2025-08-16T18:18:02Z

BartholemewDingleberry: i've wrote this article, but i'm not sure if i've written it properly and included everything

== Summary ==
some Games provided by the "Netflix Games" service were pulled, and of those games that were already downloaded became unplayable too.

==Background==
on 2021-11-01, Netflix launched its "Netflix Games" service, the games in the service were simple arcade games at first, and it was available to everyone that had an active subscription. [https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/interview-with-frosty-pop-ceo-faisal-sethi-studio-behind-netflixs-first-mobile-games/]

over time more games were added with a bigger scope and from larger publishers, and some ports of PC games to mobile became more frequent; like ''Into the Breach, Moonlighter, Braid: Anniversary Edition, Katana Zero, Hades,'' and many more''.[https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/best-netflix-mobile-games-to-play-in-2022/][https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/coming-soon/new-games-coming-to-netflix-in-may-2022/][https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-new-game-announced-at-netflixs-geeked-week/]''

==Netflix Games removing some of their games==
since 2021-11-01 until 2024-12, Netflix Games has only been adding games into its catalogue, but during the month of december Netflix Games began removing some games from their library; like ''Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,'' and many more. [https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/whats-new/full-list-of-mobile-games-on-netflix/#list-of-removed-mobile-games-from-netflix-3]

a representative for Netflix Games said:<blockquote>Just like with series and film, games will be removed from Netflix as licenses expire. Players will notice a “Leaving Soon” badge and be notified by the app itself well in advance of removal. [https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/grand-theft-auto-iii-and-vice-city-leaving-netflix-games-in-december-2024/]</blockquote>and going into 2025, the games scheduled to be removed by 2025-07-15 increased in number to include:

* Braid, Anniversary Edition
* Battleship
* Carmen Sandiego
* CoComelon: Play with JJ
* Death’s Door
* Diner Out: Merge Cafe
* Dumb Ways to Die
* Fashionverse
* Ghost Detective
* Hades (Note: Only available on iOS devices – Leaving July 1st)
* Katana ZERO
* LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed
* Ludo King
* Monument Valley
* Monument Valley 2
* Monument Valley 3
* Rainbow Six: SMOL
* Raji: An Ancient Epic
* SpongeBob: Bubble Pop F.U.N.
* TED Tumblewords
* The Case of the Golden Idol
* The Rise of the Golden Idol
* Vineyard Valley

[https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-games/netflix-to-remove-over-20-mobile-games-including-monument-valley-trilogy-and-hades/][https://www.theverge.com/news/692227/netflix-games-delisting-hades-braid-gaming-strategy]

==Consumer response==

losing access to games you previously could play caused many frustrations for people.[https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m6jwc4/why_does_it_feel_like_netflix_games_is_going/][https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m5rb09/will_more_games_be_removed_in_august/]

as most had questions about whether they'll be able to play the games somewhere else.[https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1m1fuu6/discontinued_games/]

or if they could move their saves to another device to not lose their progress as most games don't have cloud saving.[https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/17jzpp7/can_i_transfer_btd6_netflix_save_data_to_normal/][https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1lv22yo/have_i_lost_my_save/]

==References==
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