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| 2019 || October 22 || Competition || In detriment to Netflix, {{w|Verizon}} offers free year of {{w|Disney Plus}} service.<ref>{{cite web |title=Verizon offers free year of Disney Plus in swipe at Netflix |url=https://apnews.com/4953f10b4e2349d381fc61103d230524 |website=apnews.com |accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TECH Verizon will offer customers a year of Disney+ for free |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/22/verizon-will-offer-customers-a-year-of-disney-for-free.html |website=cnbc.com |accessdate=31 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Verizon Will Give One Year of Disney Plus for Free to All Unlimited Wireless Customers |url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/verizon-disney-plus-one-year-free-wireless-1203377660/ |website=variety.com |accessdate=31 August 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || October || Criticism || Netflix begins to experiment with allowing users to change the speed at which content is being played, ranging from half the original speed, to up to one-and-a-half times faster the original speed. Deployed to selected users of the service's [[Android (operating system)|Android]] app, the feature would be criticized by various members of the film industry, who argue that it harms the artistic integrity of their work. Netflix vice president Keela Robison later states that the feature "generated a fair amount of feedback – both for and against", and notes use cases for slowing down playback, such as helping viewers locate details in scenes, or making it easier to understand dialogue in foreign languages if they are still learning the language. Robison also notes that they have deliberately limited the rollout of the feature due to "creator concerns", and that such functions have already been available on DVD players.<ref>{{cite web |title=Netflix wants to let people watch things at twice the speed, but Hollywood is pushing back |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/29/20937546/netflix-playback-speed-testing-android-mobile-tv-movies-hollywood-filmmakers |website=theverge.com |accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Netflix Responds to Backlash Over Variable Playback Speed Test |url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/netflix-playback-speed-test-response-1203386868/ |website=variety.com |accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || October 31 || [[w:List of Netflix original programming|Original content]] || ''[[w:Nowhere Man (Taiwanese TV series)|Nowhere Man]]'' is released. It is Netflix's first {{w|Mandarin language}} show.<ref>{{cite web |title=Netflix Unveils Launch Dates for First Trio of Chinese-Language Originals |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-sets-launch-dates-first-chinese-language-originals-1234398#:~:text=Nowhere%20Man%2C%20Netflix's%20first%20Mandarin,gangster%20awaiting%20execution%20behind%20bars. |website=hollywoodreporter.com |accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref>
