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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Useful Lives For Property And Equipment | Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and content amortization. Depreciation and content amortization are computed using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives of the assets:
Classification |  | Useful Life
Content |  | Shorter of the licensed content term or the estimated useful life of 5 years
Leasehold improvements |  | Shorter of the remaining lease term or the estimated useful life of 5 years
Internal-use software and website development |  | 3 years
Furniture and fixtures |  | 5 years
Computers and equipment |  | 3 years
Computation of Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share | The following table sets forth the computation of historical basic and diluted net loss per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):
|  |  | Years Ended December 31,
|  |  |  |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net loss |  |  |  |  | $ | (6,221) |  |  | $ | (9,605) |  |  | $ | (14,888) |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares used to compute net loss per share, basic and diluted |  |  |  |  | 125,367 |  |  | 119,204 |  |  | 113,251 |
Net loss per share, basic and diluted |  |  |  |  | $ | (0.05) |  |  | $ | (0.08) |  |  | $ | (0.13) |
Common Shares Outstanding Excluded from Computation of Diluted Net Loss Per Share | The following potential weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share because including them would have been anti-dilutive (in thousands):
|  |  | Years Ended December 31,
|  |  |  |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Options to purchase common stock |  |  |  |  | 935 |  |  | 2,395 |  |  | 4,045 |
RSUs and PSUs |  |  |  |  | 3,529 |  |  | 4,699 |  |  | 7,946 |
Shares related to convertible senior notes |  |  |  |  | 4,942 |  |  | 3,526 |  |  | — |
Employee stock purchase plan |  |  |  |  | 6 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total common stock equivalents |  |  |  |  | 9,412 |  |  | 10,620 |  |  | 11,991 |

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