Netflix free trials might be making a comeback — but not for users in the two of the best streaming service's biggest markets
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Netflix experimenting with free trials outside its biggest markets shows how finely tuned its growth levers have become—acquisition tactics are now hyper-geographic. If you run a subscription business, copy the principle: segment growth experiments by market economics, not global policy.
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