Netflix throwdown
Consider it a role reversal. While Comcast customers are setting up locks and parental controls so kids don’t “accidentally” watch something inappropriate, in Netflix households, it’s often the kids who hold the power.
As the 11-year-old movie subscription service grows in popularity, so do the instances of family quarrels, says a humorous Philadelphia Inquirer article about the almighty queue.
Households with multiple people and varying movie tastes now have a slightly more advanced way of changing the channel on a family member’s film.
Witht he Netflix queue, households can create a movie wishlist with the next movie sent out as soon as the previously watched movie is returned to the company. Cue the family bloodbath.
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