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Hack enables near-unlimited Netflix video downloads

Netflix watch nowSome cheap Netflix users figured out a way around one of the main limitations of the service's new "watch now" feature.

An $18 per month subscription should allow you to watch 18 hours of online video and a $6 per month subscription should grant you just 6 hours. But there's a way to trick Netflix into thinking you watched just a few minutes of video, when you actually watched a 2 hour movie.

Here's how it works:
  1. Wait for the movie to finish downloading, and then disconnect your network adapter.
  2. Clear your browser cache and cookies.
  3. Reconnect your network adapter after you've finished watching the movie.
  4. Netflix will subtract a few minutes from your clock, allowing you to watch dozens of additional movies this month.
It's probably just a matter of time before Netflix figures out some way to "fix" this glitch.

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