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Don’t Let Netflix Erase Bandersnatch—Preserve This Interactive Landmark
In case you haven't heard, Netflix is removing the interactive content feature from their platform on May 12 as part of their UI overhaul. With this update, their tent-pole original interactive films, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018) and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend (2020), will be scrubbed from their libraries permanently. There is currently no other legal, viable way to view and experience these works in their full interactive format outside of the Netflix platform. Removing these interactive films along with the UI feature they are dependent on for screenings will bring a net loss to film history, as well as our collective media and cultural landscape.
A petition has been launched to stop Netflix from removing Black Mirror: Bandersnatch permanently. Please, if you can, sign the petition and share it with other people who care about media preservation. It takes 5 seconds to sign it and share the link. 🙏🏻
Update as of 12 May, 1pm (GMT):
Bandersnatch has been removed from Netflix. The interactive feature has been rolled back as reported. Though this is a sad, sad day for us all, it serves as another reminder that piracy is always the morally correct choice as long as companies refuse to distribute and preserve physical copies of media. r/Bandersnatch has more information for those of you looking to watch the film on an independent site, and yes, it'll still be an interactive experience.