Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: Net Neutrality Is a 'Consumer Expectation'

July 19, 2018

Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings believes that — despite the rollback in the U.S. — “net neutrality advocates have won the day.” The reason? Now consumers around the world have come to expect it, he says.  

Hastings, along with other Netflix execs answered questions — spanning coming up short on subscriber growth expectations, original content, licensing, and international markets — on Monday in a Q2 earnings call.  

“Around the world, net neutrality has won as a consumer expectation,” Hastings said. “Some countries have net neutrality laws and other countries don’t, but broadly around the world consumers have the expectation and ISPs are delivering it.”

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