[nsoxo]

Netflix is pushing data AND you are pulling it.

[jiggawatts]

No, they are not "pushing" data.

Pushing implies that data is sent by the server without clients explicitly requesting it.

Pulling is when the client requests data explicitly.

I get notifications pushed to my phone by Apple.

I pull YouTube videos.

YouTube doesn't suddenly decide to "push" random videos to my phone in the middle of the night.

Similarly, Netflix doesn't "push" videos to their customers.

[fouric]

"Push" and "pull" in this context refer to the initiation of a session. The user is pulling, because they start streaming. Netflix does absolutely nothing by itself - it doesn't randomly start delivering data to you.

[yunohn]

Nobody says that a bullock cart involves the bullock pulling the cart and the cart pushing the bullock. That’s only a physics framing.

[nsoxo]

This is commerce. It's a transaction. Both parties benefit.