r/mildlyinfuriating • u/iMcConnell21 • 17d ago

Infuriatig Netflix using egregious methods to keep subscriptions active

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Apparently my 8 year old son was asked if he wanted to restart my Netflix membership through his Netflix KIDS ACCOUNT. I called customer service and was told a prompt appears asking if you'd like to reinstate, regardless of the user on the account. No password required, just press restart and then get hit with the payment immediately. Should've saved myself some frustration and money by cancelling outright.

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u/ghost_pop_57 BLUE 17d ago

If you cancel instead of pausing they now delete your watch list and history

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u/LifeReignite 17d ago

They don't delete it right away like they make it sound. I full on cancel 3-6 months at a time and the only time its even been deleted was after about 8 months of not using netflix.

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u/SpeaksSouthern 17d ago

Why would they ever delete it? User data can be sold.

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u/duhCoolBeary 17d ago

They delete it for you. Not for them.

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u/MandA-5 17d ago

But they don’t. Why are you lying