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Win a year’s free Netflix. Rewatch ‘The OA’, ‘Lucifer, ‘Shadowhunters’, etc.

Okay, we know y’all pissed off at Netflix. Who wouldn’t be? Whenever a good show comes along, it seems like they just can’t resist canceling it – and then act really surprised when their subscribers drop off in droves.

Just this year, we’ve seen Netflix swing their well oiled axe at the heads of Lucifer, The OA, Santa Clarita Diet, GLOW, Bojack Horseman, Jessica Jones, Friends from College, The Punisher, American Vandal, One Day at a Time, The Good Cop, Travelers, Chambers, Tuca & Bertie, and Designated Survivor.

Rather than do what any sensible 21st-century company would – hire a team of digitally native community managers to promote their content – it seems Netflix instead implemented a strategy of:

  1. creating a lot of content at huge expense, 
  2. randomly throwing it on their platform with no discernable marketing (other than sending out some half-baked press releases to industry folks), 
  3. then praying to New Media from American Gods that the series pulls a Stranger Things and actually returns on investment.

Whatever. We’re not bitter, and we’re hoping the shows we love can soon find new homes. We’ve already spoken about how we reckon cutting the Netflix cord would teach our streaming villians a valuable lesson, but on the other hand, we’ve also spoken about how rewatching our shows can help us raise awareness of their amazingness and help us get them renewed. We’re looking at a regular Catch-22 situation here.

If you’re in a quandary about whether to cut or rewatch, we’re totally here for you. We’re offering five lucky readers the chance to win a year’s free Netflix on us. That means you can both #CancelNetflix and #Rewatch your favorite shows.

All you have to do is enter here. You’ve got until the 31st of October – the winners will be announced on the 1st of November.