"When Netflix crashed within minutes of releasing Stranger Things series five, it felt like a plot twist worthy of the sci-fi show itself. Viewers were left unable to stream the opening episodes of the long-awaited final series, with many voicing their frustration on social media platforms. The outage tracker Downdetector recorded more than 14,000 reports in the US, while fans in India reported the streaming service freezing and displaying connection errors, with 200 reports made in the country during its peak."
"Stranger Things is set in the 1980s and follows the residents of a fictional Indiana small town called Hawkins after a young girl with psychokinetic abilities opens a gateway between the Earth and another dimension known as the Upside Down. Season five, which dropped its first four episodes onWednesday, has been three years in the making and is hotly anticipated with co-creators, brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, sharing that it will feature the most violent death of any season."
A brief outage struck minutes after the first four episodes of Stranger Things season five were released, preventing many viewers from streaming the opening episodes. Downdetector logged more than 14,000 reports in the United States and around 200 peak reports in India, with some users experiencing freezing and connection errors. A subset of viewers briefly encountered issues on TV devices, and service recovered for all accounts within five minutes. Netflix has experienced previous outages during major live events and past Stranger Things releases. Season five follows three years of production, includes a time jump, and reportedly contains the series' most violent death.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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