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This is the correct answer.

The more you watch, the less likely you are to unsubscribe.

If you haven't watched a streamer in a couple of months, that's the first thing you'll cancel when you glance at your credit card statement.



Netflix could probably get enough goodwill by just automatically not charging people who didn't use their service at all as to be worth it. No hassle, we just keep rolling your subscription over until you watch something again (of course they make interest in the month you paid but didn't use services - that $0.05 should pay for the email and other infrastructure costs needed for a customer that doesn't even use the service). The real benefit of this is when someone does watch something there is no hassle - they are already subscribed and so they don't even think about should the re subscribe.

Of course with their ad supported tier they probably don't agree.


I think they already remind you after a year of inactivity, and automatically cancel your plan after 2 years of inactivity.

But they're a business, so obviously they want you to use it and pay for it.


>Netflix could probably get enough goodwill by just automatically not charging people who didn't use their service at all as to be worth it.

Is there a circumstance that could cause their stock price to drop to $0 more quickly?




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