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Meanwhile, Netflix doesn’t offer annual subscription gift cards the same way that Spotify does. Instead, it offers a gift card with a price range of $15 to $200.

Anyone who buys a ticket for Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway by Sept. 30 will get a month of Netflix for free.

A standard Netflix package is currently $15.49 a month, making that come out to $185.88 a year. That’s not too bad for a gift for two people when you think about it.