And I would agree that it is true that this is a money-grab in this particular case. However, as one who is happy pay municipal taxes most of the time, I don't think OP was stating that this is the case in general. But when one revenue source dries up, and an entity tries to make up the shortfall by dipping into the (arguably, which is what the case is about) unrelated pockets of Netflix customers, then yeah, a negative word or two might be in order.