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Netflix offers a collection of original movies and shows for free
Over the last year, Netflix has faced increasing competition from streaming newcomers like Disney+, so the company is taking the somewhat surprising step of giving away some original content for free. Starting today, you can visit a “watch free” page without logging in to Netflix to watch shows and movies including Bird Box, Stranger Things, Grace and Frankie, The Two Popes and a handful of others. In the past, Netflix has occasionally offered a movie or show for free as a preview — the hit rom-com To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before was available to anyone for about a month, and more recently the company put a bunch of documentaries out for free on its YouTube channel for educators and students.
Netflix says 'Extraction' and 'Bird Box' are its two most popular original films
Netflix has revealed that the movies it commissions are really popular. Huh.
Netflix promises to remove real-life rail tragedy clips from 'Bird Box'
Earlier this year, Netflix apologized to the people of Lac-Mégantic after it came to light that Bird Box used actual footage of the Canadian town's fatal rail disaster. At the time, it said it couldn't make changes to finished content anymore, but now the streaming giant has changed its tune. A Netflix spokesperson told the BBC and The Canadian Press that the company and the Bird Box filmmakers have decided to replace the clip. "We're sorry for any pain caused to the Lac-Mégantic community," the streaming giant said.
