The Korean series Squid Game is a hit on Netflix. In this series, debt-ridden people can win a huge amount of money if they survive deadly games. The huge success of Squid Game on Netflix also causes some inconvenience for the streaming platform, or the phone number appeared in the series.
In fact, one person was receiving a lot of calls every day because his phone number appeared in the series. The owner of the number told Money Today that he was receiving endless calls and texts since the series aired. “It’s gotten to the point where people are contacting me day and night to satisfy their curiosity. It drains the battery of my phone and it goes out,” said the man from Gyeonggi province. “At first, I didn’t understand why, but then a friend told me that my number was out in Squid Game.”
To solve the problem, Netflix decided to change the passages of the series where the number in question appeared.
But the crazy success of this production, in whose colors a subway station has even been redecorated, has also led to some setbacks for the streaming platform, which must also face a complaint from South Korea! Indeed, the South Korean internet provider SK Broadband has filed a complaint against Netflix because of the extra traffic it had to face due to the huge popularity of Squid Game. SK Broadband asks the American giant to pay the bill for the additional maintenance costs induced by this traffic increase. In general, the latter claims that the use of Netflix on its network has been simply multiplied by 24 since 2018, becoming the second largest consumer of the network after youtube. So, Netflix, soon a victim of its success?
