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Netflix confirms it is increasing subscription prices, again, after adding 8.8 million customers::undefined

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know that the N stands for netflix, but like, why did people considered it important enough to be in the name? It sounds to me like microsoft deserved that spot

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's a good point. I'm not sure why Microsoft doesn't get a spot there. I think when the acronym was made these were the tech stocks that were growing like there's no tomorrow, whereas Microsoft just always has steady growth, and isn't as sexy.