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by filleokus 2108 days ago
Interesting OT question: How much does Netflix care about user "engagement"? Surely there is data at Netflix HQ, but I guess there isn't a linear correlation between viewed minutes and canceled subscriptions. If you use Netflix "enough" for it to feel as a nice thing to have available and not cancel the subscription, I guess Netflix is happy?

Even if marginal cost is very low, each streamed video have some small cost associated with it. Is it really worth it to try and increase my viewing, as long as it's high enough?

(Conversely, will people really get Netflix subscriptions just because they are WFH, if they din't have them already?)