snek_boiTried to pay Netflix to watch a specific movie… and it was hell. I had to quit.
Sarah Valentine (she/her)That’s the new game in town. They spent decades hammering it into us that we need to pay for things, but now they’ve decided to wring every last bit of value they can obtain out of us in the process. They’re using the indoctrination to pay for things in order to obtain power over us that money alone can’t buy.
Paying them was part of a social contract which they keep adding more clauses to, whether or not we’re okay with it. Just go back to piracy. If creators want to get paid, they can stop getting in bed with the fucking devil himself.
bearboiblake [he/him]Call your bank or card issuer and get them to do a chargeback, tell them you paid for a service which was not rendered and the company refused a refund.
Also, depending on where you live, it is likely that you have a legal right to withdraw. Many jurisdictions enforce a 14-day cooling off period where any party may unilaterally withdraw from an agreement.
Not a lawyer, just a guy who refuses to let corpos get the better of me, and will use every trick in the book to fuck with them until they break.
You wanted to support artists, so you paid Netflix?
I’m not surprised that everything seemed hard
These are the people who pay Google to “support YouTubers” instead of just donating directly, or pay Spotify to “support musicians” instead of buying albums and merch.
WeirdGoesProDepending on the person, go to their websites and see if they sell merch, do live shows, or have any side projects. If we’re talking about Leo DiCaprio, he doesn’t need the money, but if we’re talking about a smaller artist, they are more likely to have a side hustle.
If it’s a Netflix only movie, watching it on Netflix doesn’t get the artist more money. It might get them sign off on future project but Netflix almost exclusively pays flat fee amounts because they do not want to share their viewership data with anyone.
TropicalDingdongDamn thats wild. Anyways, I tried to pay seeder and they were like lolwut.
prepaid card, ftw. all they have ever asked for is an email to set up the account if you don’t already have one, and a postal code (for sales tax determination (doesn’t have to be yours, just same country. *wink* *wink*). no name, no phone number, no billing address…
piracy ftw, I don’t give anyone anything and I feel great about it. I spend as little as possible. Just doing my part to hasten the collapse of capitalism
I wanted to support artists.
Then do so more directly. The artists will only see a tiny fraction of what you gave to Netflix.