[shawndrost]

The Drost Axiom: Whenever you see a common practice that everyone hates, it's because IT'S A MONEY MACHINE BABY.

Corollary: Don't gum up my hacker news feed with blog posts championing the antidote that everyone loves, because they don't matter.

As to the actual content of the article: Netflix advertises their cancellation policy less than they advertise the fact that they accept all major credit cards. That sidebar is just a bunch of comforting words; a long-form sales blurb for people that want to read something while they teeter on the fence.