So you’re paying for a service whose product is trash. Show Netflix who is boss and cancel now. They will catch up with you.
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Netflix Begins Crackdown on Password Sharing in US and UK
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This is the wrong approach. I'm much happier terminating my Netflix account subscription.
Netflix has gotten so greedy. It's pretty sad.
Netflix has gotten so greedy. It's pretty sad.
I hope there will be a way to prove it's you using the account at different locations. I have 3 houses and log in at all of them.... It would suck to have to pay separately for each.
What’s to understand? Read the terms. You can pay for your spouse to have access. Do or do not, there is no understand.
I’m surprised streaming services ever release blu rays of anything. I’ve come to realize it’s often times cheaper to buy a show or movie on blu ray than sign up for a streaming service that I wind up keeping for 6 months because I don’t want to take the time to binge.
Can someone give me their Costco login?
Can I also have your Xbox Live info? I don’t want to pay for that either.
Can I share your car insurance?
Can I also have your Xbox Live info? I don’t want to pay for that either.
Can I share your car insurance?
I'm not paying anything, my brother is. We share all sorts of streaming accounts. But I'm not paying for an additional Netflix stream because Netflix is trash. Simple really.
From all indications Netflix doesnt seem to be doing that bad. I think as much as there is a vocal minority on MR that’s all it is. Hyperbole. People who think Netflix content is garbage should cancel. Why waste money on garbage?
It appears Netflix would rather have a solid user base than have all this password sharing. We’ll see where it goes but the faux outrage has to go.
I wonder if Netflix lists all the IP addresses an account is accessed from? I wonder how many people have a friend or family member pirating off of their Netflix account and don't know it.
That is unfortunate news. The thing that may change it though is if other streaming companies see this work in the U.S. they may try the same thing, so one company doing this may work. I don't know what will happen if all of the streaming services did the same thing since a $7 change (or similar) change across those mean a much higher monthly streaming bill.
You mean thieves.
That's what people should be doing.
People complaining are just lazy. Steaming services are not interested in being cheap enough that you can keep all of them active 24/7 and still be less $$ than cable.
People should stop being lazy and manage their streaming subs, here is a basic formula:
10 Subscribe to service with content you like
20 Consume all of the content
30 Cancel subscription
40 Goto 10
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I believe Netflix expected backlash and churn. They aren’t changing their position.
Nope. They are a business.
Do people actually watch TV when they are traveling? I am sorry, but when I am in a distant country, I have far better things to do than watch, "Who Wants to Fart Like a Millionaire?" You can catch up on your shows when you get home. (Honestly, I am avoiding all TV at the moment in support of the writers strike.)
Netflix has done the analysis. Unfortunately they believe they will gain more revenue than they will lose with this change. So people complaining, including myself who lives alone but shared my account with my elderly parents (and now just my mom since my Dad passed) who live 5 miles away and barely watched before I cancelled, are wasting their breath.
+100%. Remember that the internet is 99.9% negative on everything. Notice how MR crowd is labeling Netflix as trash to justify their outrage.
You pay by screen, and you can only stream that many.
Using pirate sites to get the shows using Torrents is one thing, but 1) ISP's have been cracking down hard on accessing such sites and 2) using a torrent program is not a job for neophyte computer users.
If Netflix keeps up with all their anti piracy stuff, I will just stop stealing their service. That will show them!
Good. I was waiting for the new rule to come out so I can cancel.
I rec’d email from Apple yesterday advising me that my Apple TV+ subscription renewal in July would be approx 40% higher than it costs now! I cancelled immediately. Sent TC a Twitter post saying IMHO programming did not improve by 40%. Real $ amount immaterial ($20/yr incr) but the point of Apple’s greed annoyed me enough to cancel.Same in France, extra €5.99 a month for outsiders.
Luckily I have Apple TV+ to fullfill all my desires