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Is Netflix Down? Outage Blamed On Millions That Tune In for the Stranger Things Season 5 Premiere

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Why Netflix Crashed During the Stranger Things Season 5 Release and When It Happened Before (Credit: Stranger Things TV Instagram)

Netflix appeared to suffer a widespread outage on Wednesday evening as millions tuned in to watch the first instalment of Stranger Things season 5.

Thousands of users reported problems with video playback and server connections just as Volume 1 of the final season dropped, leading to angry and amused reactions across social media. And the timing could not have been worse for viewers who had been counting down to the moment,

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