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*User Privacy: Extensive history of collecting and selling user data.
*User Privacy: Extensive history of collecting and selling user data.
*Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]
*Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]
*Market Competition: Extensive, including free platforms like [[Roku]] TV and Pluto TV, and premium platforms such as [[Disney+]], [[Hulu]], and [[HBO Max]].
*Market Competition: Extensive, including free platforms like [[Roku]] TV and Pluto TV, and premium platforms such as [[Disney+]], Hulu, and [[HBO Max]].


==Controversies<!-- Potential sources: (reminder, do NOT use these as refs, only for idea finding)  https://lawyerinc.com/biggest-netflix-lawsuits/ Highlights: 10, 5, 1?  https://www.watchmojo.com/articles/top-20-netflix-scandals/crackdown-on-password-sharing Highlights: 20  https://alchetron.com/Legal-issues-and-controversies-surrounding-Netflix -->==
==Controversies<!-- Potential sources: (reminder, do NOT use these as refs, only for idea finding)  https://lawyerinc.com/biggest-netflix-lawsuits/ Highlights: 10, 5, 1?  https://www.watchmojo.com/articles/top-20-netflix-scandals/crackdown-on-password-sharing Highlights: 20  https://alchetron.com/Legal-issues-and-controversies-surrounding-Netflix -->==
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{{Main|Netflix delisting 23 game titles}}
{{Main|Netflix delisting 23 game titles}}


=== Dark Patterns ===
===Dark Patterns===


==== Autoplay ====
====Autoplay====
Netflix, like other streaming services, automatically plays another unsolicited video (trailer or episode) by default in order. In a scientific study, this has shown to significantly increase viewing hours since it deprives people of the time to actively decide if they want to continue watching or not.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redenbaugh |first=Miranda |date=2025-03-04 |title=Scientists study the hidden cost of Netflix's autoplay |url=https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-scientists-hidden-netflix-autoplay.html |access-date=2025-11-21 |website=TechXplore}}</ref>
Netflix, like other streaming services, automatically plays another unsolicited video (trailer or episode) by default in order. In a scientific study, this has shown to significantly increase viewing hours since it deprives people of the time to actively decide if they want to continue watching or not.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redenbaugh |first=Miranda |date=2025-03-04 |title=Scientists study the hidden cost of Netflix's autoplay |url=https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-scientists-hidden-netflix-autoplay.html |access-date=2025-11-21 |website=TechXplore}}</ref>