Netflix responsibilities

[mellowtigger]

I just cancelled my Netflix subscription. They wisely ask for reason for cancellation, and I entered this text in the "Other" section:

"you paid no taxes on record profits and you're raising rates? no. be a responsible corporation."

That's the succinct version, but there's more to the story.

1. I was already disappointed that they were cancelling their Marvel comics shows. I especially liked Daredevil and Jessica Jones, but I watched every show that they produced: Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders, and The Punisher.  All of these cancellations arrived after they previously cancelled my favorite Netflix show of all time: Sense8.
2. I had already seen the news every year that they keep making record profits. Not just gross income, but net profits.
3. I saw the news that they paid no federal taxes. Even on record profits, they paid no federal taxes at all.
4. Finally, I saw the notice that they were raising my subscription cost too, in spite of the above. That, finally, was the last straw.

They produce other shows that I like.  Umbrella Academy is a new favorite, for instance. I could just subscribe one month a year and binge, if I really felt the need. Their whole production model seems based on binging, anyway. I'm likely, though, to remain firm in my veto. I dislike supporting businesses whose practices make life more difficult.

So... no more money for you, Netflix, until you clean up your business and start acting like a proper citizen. I won't give you a dime until you start paying taxes that help pay for infrastructure, research, military, and so many other social projects that you require to run your business. Seriously, the internet was developed through tax money. The hypocrisy is stunning.  The very existence of Netflix today depends upon taxes paid by other people and businesses before Netflix arrived.

Contribute, already.