Bumble, the women-first dating and social networking app, and Netflix have teamed up to help members Find the Date You’ve Been Watching For. The campaign inspires the well-watched to celebrate the shows they love while building connections over their Netflix knowledge in a new way.
Beginning January 30, the Bumble community can put their insider knowledge to the test by playing a Netflix-themed Question Game, “Netflix Nights In”, with their matches around some of Netflix’s biggest shows including Emily in Paris, Stranger Things, Squid Game, Selling Sunset, Love is Blind, Outer Banks and more. The Bumble community can also expect to see some familiar faces in-app and on social, such as Emily in Paris’ Ashley Park, Alexa Lemieux of Love is Blind, and Selling Sunset’s Amanza Smith, as each week’s questions will be introduced by someone from the corresponding show.
Much like being well-traveled or well-read can lead to a conversation over shared interests, being well-watched can be a catalyst for making new connections. According to Netflix, members watch an average of six different genres a month, and a recent Bumble survey found that 53% of Canadian respondents agree that it’s easier to talk to matches or dates if they’ve watched the same movies or tv shows and 56% of Canadians surveyed are more likely to match with someone if they mention a tv show or movie they like on their profile. *
Bumble’s “Netflix Nights In” Question Game requires both people who have matched to answer the question before responses are revealed. Bumble also shared the percentage of good chats is higher when the Question Game is played.
“Netflix Nights In” will be available each Monday in the Bumble app in the US, Canada, and the UK through March 13.
Angry At Netflix Regarding Their Password Sharing Crackdown? Here’s How You Cancel Your Subscription
Posted in Commentary with tags Netflix on February 21, 2023 by itnerdEverywhere I turn, people are mad about Netflix’s attempt to crack down on password sharing. I even went out to dinner with my wife last week and got into a discussion about it with a couple who was mad about this due to the fact that their son at university would be affected by this. So clearly this has created a whole lot of noise that Netflix likely didn’t want, and it will likely spur people to cancel their subscriptions. But before I tell you how to cancel your subscription, some background for you.
Under Netflix’s password-sharing rules, it’s fine for multiple people to use and share one account provided they live together. But in certain countries (I’ll post the list of countries in a moment), that’s about to change. In those countries, if you don’t all live together then you’re no longer going to be allowed to do share your Netflix account. Well, not for free anyway. When this rolls out to your region, you’ll be asked to set a “primary location”. Netflix hasn’t given a whole lot of detail about how they will enforce this. That’s likely because they don’t want people to figure out how to circumvent it once it rolls out.
Once this primary location is set, people who don’t live at it will have three options.
The list of countries that are affected by this currently are:
And this rolls out to Canada today. While the U.S. isn’s subject to this as I type this, you can bet it’s going to be at some point.
So, if you’re mad about this and you want to cancel your Netflix account as a result, here’s how you do it. Let’s start with the Netflix app:
You will then be asked to confirm the cancellation, with your current subscription ending on the day of plan renewal. Tap on ‘Finish Cancellation’ to confirm.
And if you’re doing it via a web browser, here’s what you need to do:
I get why Netflix is doing this. But I really think that this has been handled badly by the company. We are in a day and age where companies are winning marketshare by being “frictionless” and easy to use. Thus it is beyond comprehension that Netflix would do such a stupid thing. I say that because I have an Apple TV+ subscription and I can watch what I want where I want and Apple doesn’t seem to care. I assume other streaming services are the same way, though I am free to be corrected on that front. In any case, Netflix has seriously shot itself in the foot by doing this by destroying a lot of good will with their customer base. And I seriously doubt that they will get that good will, along with those customers back as a result.
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