Netflix Was Down For Almost 12 Hours In The UAE And People Collectively Lost ALL Chill
People in the UAE had to put the brakes on their ‘netflix and chill’ plans when the streaming service stopped working for about 12 hours on Friday.
The issue, which started at 1 am on Friday morning and was resolved by noon, was a result of a shortage on one of their “content delivery system hosted on Etisalat”, according to The National.
Several frustrated users took to Twitter to report the problem and find means to fix it
People were annoyed
Netflix is not working since yesterday night it’s so annoying
— Maryam (@yumi28_) February 2, 2018
They deemed this as major crisis
First Skype, now this Netflix crisis. Life is really tough.
— Nicola Ellegaard (@banafsaji) February 2, 2018
And they wanted answers
What’s up with Netflix?
— Moh (@MohLovin) February 2, 2018
@Netflixhelps when will Netflix be back?
— Adnan Javeed (@adnanjavid) February 2, 2018
Dear @NetflixMENA @Netflixhelps, netflix via WiFi is down. Are you expecting us to watch via cellular?!
— Ban (@BMAmeen) February 2, 2018
Netflix tried to placate people
Our UAE friends, we know there is a hiccup currently – but rest assured, we are working on it! pic.twitter.com/nQvj59Lc4r
— Netflix MENA (@NetflixMENA) February 2, 2018
But they had more questions
On a Friday of all days?!
— Andrea Anastasiou (@angie_a) February 2, 2018
Fortunately, the issue didn’t take much time to get resolved, and peace was FINALLY restored
And we’re back! pic.twitter.com/lc5zKTXyBc
— Netflix MENA (@NetflixMENA) February 2, 2018
