Ancient Blockbuster tweet goes viral following decline in Netflix users A tweet from the now-defunct video rental store Blockbuster has gone viral following Netflix\u2019s decline in users. Netflix has remained a titan in the on-demand streaming industry for several years now. With a mix of popular TV shows and movies, to a growing catalog of quality original content, it\u2019s hard to find a household without access to Netflix. However, Netflix has made some critical choices as of late that have netted negative responses. Once again raising the price of a monthly subscription, discontinuing account sharing, and teasing the idea of ads has platform users upset. In a statement from Netflix, the streaming service has lost 200,000 customers in the first quarter of 2022. This is the first time since 2011 the company has reported a net loss in subscribers. Tweet why you\u2019re leaving Netflix. The top three most creative tweets using #GoodbyeNetflix will win a 1-year subscription to Blockbuster! \u2014 Blockbuster (@blockbuster) September 21, 2011 Blockbuster tweet goes viral as Netflix sees decline The loss of subscribers in 2011 could have been caused by a tweet from their then-rival Blockbuster which stated, \u201cTweet why you\u2019re leaving Netflix. The top three most creative tweets using #GoodbyeNetflix will win a 1-year subscription to Blockbuster!\u201d Of course, brick-and-mortar Blockbuster stores haven\u2019t been in business since closing their doors in 2014. But that hasn\u2019t stopped users from returning to this tweet over the years to poke fun at Netflix. However, the tweet recently went viral with thousands of quote retweets after Netflix announced ads would be coming to the platform. Having been an ad-free platform since its inception, subscribers are very vocal about their adversity to this change. The replies and retweets are filled with users asking if it\u2019s too late to enter the competition. Others have responded with the hashtag #GoodbyeNetflix with their legitimate complaints about the platform. https:\/\/twitter.com\/_FireMonkey\/status\/1518094570428448768 https:\/\/twitter.com\/B0bkierz\/status\/1518047432348680195 Of course, with over 200k users leaving the platform and market shares dipping lower than they have since 2018, Netflix is trying to plug holes before the ship sinks. There\u2019s also more competition in the on-demand streaming industry than there ever has been. So, while it\u2019s sad to see the grandfather of digital streaming buckle at the knees, the options make it easier than ever for users to say #GoodbyeNetflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ancient Blockbuster tweet goes viral following decline in Netflix users A tweet from the now-defunct video rental store Blockbuster has gone viral following Netflix\u2019s decline in users. Netflix has remained a titan in the on-demand streaming industry for several years now. With a mix of popular TV shows and movies, to a growing catalog of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}