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There's An Online Petition To Make Netflix Free During Lockdown

Lucy Devine

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There's An Online Petition To Make Netflix Free During Lockdown

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From Tiger King to Too Hot To Handle, we've lost count of how many hours we've spent binge-watching telly during lockdown.

The streaming platform has certainly delivered in keeping the world entertained. But what if you don't have a Netflix account (or - even worse - you can't log into a friend or family member's?!)

Well, you could be in luck because someone has started an online petition to make Netflix free during lockdown, in a bid to encourage others to stay home.

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The Change.org petition is calling for the likes of Netflix and other streaming services to provide 60 days of free content.

So far, it's received nearly 70,000 signatures.

Set up by a man named Philip Kolas, the petition explains how many people are turning to streaming platforms to help quell their isolation boredom.

However, not everyone has this luxury, especially considering the lack of financial security many people are experiencing at the moment.

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"During a worldwide viral pandemic, social distancing and personal quarantine is vitally important to stem the risk of spreading disease. As a result, right now millions of people worldwide are keeping themselves at home in order to prevent community spread of the COVID-19 virus," the petition reads.

The petition has nearly 70,000 signatures (Credit: Change.org)
The petition has nearly 70,000 signatures (Credit: Change.org)

"While this is a heroic and necessary challenge, it also runs the risk of boredom and isolation, which can lead to depression, among other factors. Many people are turning to their streaming services to alleviate their monotony.

"The problem with this is that many people cannot afford these membership fees, especially in a time like now when many people's economic livelihood is already strained."

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The petition goes on to call for a temporary 60-day freezing of membership charges as well as eradicating fees for renting films.

"This petition asks that all worldwide streaming services inact a temporary 60 day stoppage of membership charges, as well as per-movie rental fees.

"If people can watch as much as they want, whenever they want, this will help alleviate the stress of home isolation, as well as encourage people to stay home. This is a responsible community health strategy.

Binge watching TV shows has been keeping us busy in lockdown (Credit: Unsplash)
Binge watching TV shows has been keeping us busy in lockdown (Credit: Unsplash)
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"Many other media markets have done similar ideas. This is an easily manageable path of assistance for these corporations, one specifically which only they can provide.

"I call upon every one of these companies that can help make an involuntary homestay more comfortable and therefore more successful to do their part to lift our sorrows and stresses of the quarantine."

Although normally you'd need an account to access Netflix shows, earlier this week we told you how the streaming platform has opened its virtual doors to non-subscribers during lockdown, making a selection of documentaries available to watch.

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These include all eight episodes of David Attenborough's 2019 nature series Our Planet, as well as Babies (2020), season one of Explained (2018) and season one of Abstract: The Art of Design (2017). You can read the full list of what's available to stream, here.

Tyla has contacted Netflix for comment.

Topics: Entertainment News, lockdown, TV News, Coronavirus, TV Entertainment, Netflix

Lucy Devine
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