Netflix Effect 

When an online company takes so much business away from a storefront business that it is forced to shut down.

John: Hey, did you hear Borders is closing?

Jane: Yep, all of those digital book readers took all of their business away. It's called the Netflix effect.

Netflix Effect by prufessa July 22, 2011

Netflix Effect 

When a person watches a TV series on Netflix and subsequently at least one season behind. Can cause confusion among fans when people under the effect do not know of recent events of the series.

Friend 1: Hey dude, did you like *insert show title here*?
Friend 2: Yea it's one of my favorites. Did you catch last episode? It was crazy what happened.
1: Oh. I only saw up to last season, I got Netflix.
2: You're under the Netflix Effect dude, you have no idea what you're missing out on.

Netflix Effect by Tree656 October 11, 2012

Netflix Effect 

when you open a online marketplace and can decide what to buy, watch or play, as you are overwhelmed with choices.

person 1:Man I can't decide what to watch!
person 2:thats called the Netflix effect

Netflix Effect by IH8KILLIE December 13, 2024