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Catherina Gioino

Italian court rules every Netflix price hike from 2017 to 2024 unlawful and orders the company to refund subscribers up to 500 euros

Netflix on Euros (Credit: Nikolas Kokovlis—NurPhoto/Getty Images)

Subscribers of streaming services certainly are sick and tired of price hikes, yet users often have little recourse other than simply canceling their accounts. But for users in Italy, they may soon receive some monetary compensation for nearly a decade’s worth of price jumps.

A court in Rome has ruled that Netflix’s subscription price increases in Italy over the past seven years were illegal, declaring them void under the country’s consumer protection code and ordering the company to reimburse affected subscribers.

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