Category: netflix
Netflix fishes for new subscribers in U.S. with free stream of ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’
Netflix is looking to get young adults hooked on its service by making its popular teenage rom-com, “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” available to stream for free to everyone in the U.S., including non-subscribers. This isn’t the first time Netflix has offered free streaming — it teased Brits…
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Jam lets you safely share streaming app passwords
Can’t afford Netflix and HBO and Spotify and Disney+…? Now there’s an app specially built for giving pals your passwords while claiming to keep your credentials safe. It’s called Jam, and the questionably legal service launched in private beta this morning. Founder John Backus tells TechCrunch in his first interview…
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Netflix’s movies only won two Oscars this year
Although Netflix received 24 nominations (the most of any studio) at this year’s Oscars, its films only ended up winning two awards. Laura Dern was named Best Actress in a Supporting Role for playing Nora, a flashy divorce attorney in “Marriage Story” — the only award that “Marriage Story” won from…
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Original Content podcast: Netflix’s Taylor Swift documentary feels like a guarded self-portrait
“Miss Americana,” a new Netflix documentary about Taylor Swift, is worth watching — if you go in with the right expectations. At least, that’s according to two out of three hosts of the Original Content podcast. Darrell was the holdout; he didn’t hate the movie or think it was poorly…
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Netflix makes autoplay previews optional
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Netflix’s horrible autoplay previews can be turned off Netflix’s autoplay trailers are now optional. That’s it.…
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Netflix’s horrible autoplay previews can be turned off
Listen, this week sucks. Last week pretty much sucked, too. Honestly, it’s probably time to just scrap this stupid jerk of a year and give 2021 a go. (Spoiler: that one will suck, too). But you take your victories where you can get them, and Netflix just handed us a…
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