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Netflix pulls some Big Brother nonsense with your data

December 11, 2017

Netflix watches you, too.

The streaming service sent what it probably thought was an innocuous-enough tweet Sunday night, ribbing a few dozen of its users for partaking in a holiday-inspired B-movie binge.    

To the 53 people who’ve watched A Christmas Prince every day for the past 18 days: Who hurt you?

— Netflix US (@netflix) December 11, 2017

We reached out to a Netflix rep, who confirmed the tweet is accurate: 53 people have watched A Christmas Prince every day for 18 days. Imagine being one of them right now.

This is nakedly dystopic messaging from a secretive internet video company that collects reams of data from 109 million subscribers — and rarely gives us a peek behind its curtain. I mean, jeez, Netflix is offering tinsel-dusted gruel on its platform and mocking people who consume said gruel every single day (for 18 days). As if there’s a “correct” way to watch a mildly uplifting Christmas movie in an era when death by nuclear hellfire seems more assured with each passing second. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Netflix pulls some Big Brother nonsense with your data

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