Netflix: Difference between revisions

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*'''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://old.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/18k554z/how_much_licensed_content_does_netflix_display_in/ |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250711211159/https://old.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/18k554z/how_much_licensed_content_does_netflix_display_in/ |archive-date=11 Jul 2025}}</ref> increasing costs of service, combatting password sharing, and more.

*'''User privacy:''' ~~Extensive history of collecting~~ and ~~selling~~ user data.

*'''User privacy:''' Netflix openly discloses how it extensively collects (both directly and via third‐parties) and uses personal biometric information, location data, IP‐address and voice input data for marketing and advertising purposes. The service shares the collected data with third‐parties and targeted advertising networks and could store and process it anywhere in the world. Netflix also tracks its users via tracking pixels, web beacons, browser fingerprinting and uses third‐party cookie for statistics ignoring all Do Not Track browser signals. It retains the ability to disclose personal information without notifying the user. Users can request access and deletion of personal information however Netflix can keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations. Users also have the ability to opt‐out of targeted advertising and limit how personal information is used by third parties and the service. Users also reserve the right to leave the service when they want to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 Apr 2026 |title=Netflix Privacy Statement |url=https://help.netflix.com/en/legal/privacy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260619191926/https://help.netflix.com/en/legal/privacy |archive-date=19 Jun 2026 |access-date=19 Jun 2026}}</ref>

*'''Business model:''' Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]

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The pattern happens like this:

# Have a Netflix account that was previously used on the Roku box.

#Have a Netflix account that was previously used on the Roku box.

# Press the "Netflix" button on the remote. (The user is immediately taken to Netflix with no confirmation.)

#Press the "Netflix" button on the remote. (The user is immediately taken to Netflix with no confirmation.)

# Press the "OK" button on the remote. This charges the user's credit card immediately.

#Press the "OK" button on the remote. This charges the user's credit card immediately.

The subscription will be reactivated without any confirmation.

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 *'''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://old.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/18k554z/how_much_licensed_content_does_netflix_display_in/ |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250711211159/https://old.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/18k554z/how_much_licensed_content_does_netflix_display_in/ |archive-date=11 Jul 2025}}</ref> increasing costs of service, combatting password sharing, and more.
-*'''User privacy:''' Extensive history of collecting and selling user data.
+*'''User privacy:''' Netflix openly discloses how it extensively collects (both directly and via third‐parties) and uses personal biometric information, location data, IP‐address and voice input data for marketing and advertising purposes. The service shares the collected data with third‐parties and targeted advertising networks and could store and process it anywhere in the world. Netflix also tracks its users via tracking pixels, web beacons, browser fingerprinting and uses third‐party cookie for statistics ignoring all Do Not Track browser signals. It retains the ability to disclose personal information without notifying the user. Users can request access and deletion of personal information however Netflix can keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations. Users also have the ability to opt‐out of targeted advertising and limit how personal information is used by third parties and the service. Users also reserve the right to leave the service when they want to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 Apr 2026 |title=Netflix Privacy Statement |url=https://help.netflix.com/en/legal/privacy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260619191926/https://help.netflix.com/en/legal/privacy |archive-date=19 Jun 2026 |access-date=19 Jun 2026}}</ref>
 *'''Business model:''' Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]
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 The pattern happens like this:
-# Have a Netflix account that was previously used on the Roku box.
+#Have a Netflix account that was previously used on the Roku box.
-# Press the "Netflix" button on the remote. (The user is immediately taken to Netflix with no confirmation.)
+#Press the "Netflix" button on the remote. (The user is immediately taken to Netflix with no confirmation.)
-# Press the "OK" button on the remote. This charges the user's credit card immediately.
+#Press the "OK" button on the remote. This charges the user's credit card immediately.
 The subscription will be reactivated without any confirmation.