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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+]], | *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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=== 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> | ||