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Noun - strong negative reaction to a change/decision

Netflix backlash leads to another


password-sharing rule change
The Government’s decision resulted in (a lot of) backlash.

to take back (reverse) a decision/statement

Netflix has retracted password-sharing


restrictions that were apparently posted in error
adverb - you’re not 100% certain if
on its platform. something is true.
Apparently we have to work late this weekend.
We have to work late this weekend apparently .
We apparently have to work late this weekend apparently .
Earlier this week, the streamer had updated its
rules for sharing passwords on its Help Centre
Page.
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Please note that I’m out of the office until 3:00 pm.
Note that the sales have doubled in the last 2 quarters.
to notice something
It noted that one’s “Netflix account is for people
who live together in a single household”. Netflix
further specified that “people who do not live in
your household will need to use their own
account to watch Netflix”.

The update was met with serious backlash, with


a number of subscribers threatening to cancel
their subscriptions.

On Thursday, Netflix responded to the situation


and said the information was shared
accidentally. We intended to share the information.
We didn’t intend to share the information = The information was shared
accidentally. Those rules are only applicable to new employees.
short period of Those rules only apply to new employees.
“For a brief time yesterday, a help centre article
containing information that is only applicable to
Chile, Costa Rica and Peru went live in other
countries,” a Netflix spokesperson told The
Guardian. “We have since updated it.”
The Independent has contacted Netflix for
comment.

present perfect continuous

Since last year, Netflix has been testing out


“paid sharing” in the three countries where an
account holder is required to pay for an extra
person (identified as someone who lives
outside of the account holder’s home) to access
service. In Costa Rica, the added fee costs
$2.99 a month.

For people to have “uninterrupted access to


Netflix”, the help document explained that
people would have to keep watching something
from their home every 31 days. If they don’t,
they will be asked to enter a temporary code in
order to log in.

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