10 Incredible Facts You Didn't Know About Netflix

5. Netflix Is Older Than Google

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Given how ubiquitous Google is in our lives, it€™'s hard to remember a time before the communications behemoth the world. Given how many people looking to start a new Netflix account will actually go to Google with their questions, it€™'s pretty mind-blowing to realise that once upon a time you would have probably been directed to Netflix via AltaVista (kids ask your parents).

Netflix started in 1997 after founders Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph launched the site to give movie buffs an alternative to the extortionate fees inherent in the old rental system. It would take another year for Google to brace the world with its presence and subsequently reshape the world in its image.

What is also incredible about this revelation though, is that it means Netflix will be turning 20 years old in 2017. Which makes this columnist personally feel incredibly old.

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