Netflix Down: With minutes left in the much-anticipated Mike Tyson Vs Jake Paul fight, thousands of Indian and US users have complained of a major outage on Netflix, igniting a social media storm on Saturday morning. Downdetector.com, a website which tracks the outages of major social media, OTT and other web platforms, have shared that about 14,000 reports of outages have been confirmed.
The screens of Netflix users showed a "pardon for interruption" message while fans and supporters anxiously waited to watch the historic Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul boxing bout.
The streaming service is yet to issue a statement on the outage. Meanwhile, #NetflixCrash started trending across social media platforms across India and US. The nature of the outage has yet to be determined whether it was widespread or local.
At the peak of the outage, 95,324 crash reports were detected in the US at 9.15 am by Downdetector.com. In India this number stood at 1,310 at 9.17 am, the website stated.
Meanwhile, users expressed their displeasure after experiencing service disruptions during such a crucial event. The social media was flooded with such reactions and memes.
"Netflix telling me to check my internet speed knowing full well it’s an issue on their end," a user posted.
Netflix telling me to check my internet speed knowing full well it’s an issue on their end #netflixcrash #PaulTyson pic.twitter.com/iWI6k8KpR5
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"you trash netflix, go here everyone," another wrote.