A lot of places don't have adequate cell service.
From: "Matt Erculiani" <merculiani@gmail.com>
To: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Sent: Friday, March 8, 2019 4:31:37 PM
Subject: Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts?
Sean
I think the cellular emergency alert systems already in place have satisfied this need or should be implemented before forcing streaming services to alter their platforms. Plus they allow the user the ability to disable them if they so choose. If they have the alerts disabled and miss something important, that's on them.
The world is evolving and I don't think interrupting streaming is necessary given all the other ways there are to alert a population.
-Matt
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/08/tech/emergency-alert-netflix-hulu-streaming/index.html
New York (CNN Business) The federal emergency alert program was designed
decades ago to interrupt your TV show or radio station and warn about
impending danger — from severe weather events to acts of war.
But people watch TV and listen to radio differently today. If a person is
watching Netflix, listening to Spotify or playing a video game, for
example, they might miss a critical emergency alert altogether.
"More and more people are opting out of the traditional television
services," said Gregory Touhill, a cybersecurity expert who served at the
Department of Homeland security and was the first-ever Federal Chief
Information Security Officer. "There's a huge population out there that
needs to help us rethink how we do this."
[...]