It was pretty surprising to see #Netflix providing #dubbing for #DontLookUp in traditionally #subtitling languages like #Greek and #Finnish. I didn't hit the headlines in Greece, only sporadic comments: "comic", "only good for kid shows"
#subtitlingheadlines #AVTheadlines https://t.co/hflYcFFVHw

"Μany people on Finnish social media have questioned Netflix's decision to dub a satirical film about climate change [...] Netflix's Nordic office told Yle by email that there are plans to dub more films into Finnish in the future.

"In addition to Don't Look Up, the Will Ferrell movie Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga also has a version dubbed in Finnish." "We do not dub everything, but we also do not have one solution for every situation," the Netflix representative wrote.

"It can be hard for me to keep up with the subtitles," Movie fan Purmonen said he finds it difficult to learn English due to a developmental disability, and the subtitles for movies and TV shows are often too fast for him to follow, so dubbing is a good option. #accessibility

"There is no precise estimate of how many adults in Finland would benefit from dubbed films, as the issue has not been researched [...] the Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities said the figure could potentially be hundreds of thousands of people.

@TiinaKTuominen noted that dubbing is unlikely to supersede subtitling in Finland. She added "People should also be able to relax and enjoy the programmes, so they should be able to choose the translation format that works best for them"

Note: #DontLookUp has been dubbed in 31 languages (inc two versions of Spanish and Portuguese) and audiodescribed in English and BR Portuguese

According to my ad-hoc, unscientific research in a Facebook group (Netflix fans in Greece), 9 out of 10 people who responded to my question said they had listened to the dubbed version "by mistake" and immediately changed it.