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A reasonable strategy would be to stop charging customers who haven't watched in a while, but leave them enrolled as subscribers. If they start watching again, start charging again.



Netflix keeps all your preferences and history, so the account can be reactivated without losing anything.


I wonder if it is different if you were never a paying user? I did the free trial in February 2019 and then cancelled. If I try to login now, it starts going through the whole set up a free trial for a new user process, with no indication that it recognizes my account.

In fact, if I try to login with the email address I used for the trial and any random thing for the password, it goes to the new user trial setup.

If I hit thee "need help" link on the sign in screen and try to initiate a password reset, it tells me there is no account for my email address.


Only for a few months. After that it’s gone forever.


Sure, but my proposal makes it frictionless for the customer.




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