Netflix prepares to cut free trial count as it cracks 130m subs

A new notion of vital importance was hidden within Netflix’s more than impressive third quarter results, stating that of as of January 2019, the company will only guide to paid memberships, then in 2020 it will cease including free trialists in its end of quarter subscriber counts entirely. Essentially, the move will quash any debate investors or analysts might have over the credibility of Netflix’s subscriber growth figures as a revenue growth predictor metric. Because of the upcoming change, we thought it would be fitting to cover the company’s latest quarterly results in this style – as a taste of things to come. It means Netflix added 998,000 domestic subscribers and 5.07 million international subscribers in Q3, compared to 1.09…