Netflix will delete the accounts of its inactive customers, i.e. those who have forgotten that they have subscribed to the platform, or at least who never use it. Don't panic, therefore, if you regularly watch Netflix programs: you won't get kicked out like a mess! However, if you haven't watched anything in a year, your account will be automatically suspended. Netflix will put the forms there: an email will be sent to the user to warn him.
According to Netflix, these inactive accounts represent less than 0.5% of the total number of its subscribers, or a few hundred thousand. Netflix has 182 million subscribers worldwide.
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Bring lost users back to the platform
The company explains that this is a way to save money for its users. An act of pure generosity, therefore. But not only ; the little email warning of the termination of the subscription can also be a good opportunity to remember the fond memories of the person who turned the page. And bring it back into the fold of the platform.
And besides, the break will first look like a break: Netflix announces that once the account deleted, the profile and favorites of the user concerned will be kept in the platform's archives for ten months. Something to allow a reunion one day, as if nothing had happened ...