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Netflix Begins Crackdown on Password Sharing in US and UK
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Netflix condoned it and even semi-encouraged for so long (even as other services stopped allowing it) that it’s become an expectation that this is part of using Netflix for a lot of people. Not saying Netflix is wrong to do this but loosing some goodwill is unavoidable when they actually start enforcing this rule.
It’s not that I think “ermagerd I deserve to share my account with the world if I want!” but moreso that I already found the value offered from Netflix lacking, and this makes it even less appealing.
I share an account with my family members, all of whom live in different households. None of us particularly love Netflix- we each use it once in a blue moon when we can’t find anything else to watch. Collectively, it makes sense to split a single membership as each of us will get some occasional use out of it.
But if each of us has to essentially pay a separate membership fee? What little value it had to us is now gone. There’s not a chance in hell we’re paying for 5 memberships for something we all use a couple of times a month.
We didn’t subscribe to Netflix because we LOVED their content. We did so because it was convenient and cheap once we shared the cost.
It’s just odd that Netflix is choosing to do this *now* when the streaming wars appear to be at their most competitive… and most expensive.
I share an account with my family members, all of whom live in different households. None of us particularly love Netflix- we each use it once in a blue moon when we can’t find anything else to watch. Collectively, it makes sense to split a single membership as each of us will get some occasional use out of it.
But if each of us has to essentially pay a separate membership fee? What little value it had to us is now gone. There’s not a chance in hell we’re paying for 5 memberships for something we all use a couple of times a month.
We didn’t subscribe to Netflix because we LOVED their content. We did so because it was convenient and cheap once we shared the cost.
It’s just odd that Netflix is choosing to do this *now* when the streaming wars appear to be at their most competitive… and most expensive.
Can't comment on Xbox Live as I don't use that service, but....
(1) Costco allows up to 2 people to be card members, a primary member and someone else who lives at the same address as the primary member... such as your child who may be momentarily away at college. Netflix won't allow this and wants to charge you extra for it.
(2) Car insurance has always only covered one person, so I don't even know how this is comparable to a Netflix account that allows for multiple simultaneous streams. Now, if you meant homeowners insurance, yes, homeowners insurance will cover your child who is away at college.
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Again, Netflix won't allow my away-at-college child to use our Netflix account because Netflix's definition of a household does not refer to the people but rather the "collection of devices."
"A Netflix Household is a collection of the devices connected to the internet at the main place you watch Netflix."
Sub accounts on Netflix would be way less impactful than family sharing. Apple ties up all sorts of things in Apple ID's that discourage adding randoms to your family. It would be like Spotify which gets shared heavily vs Apple Music.
It's interesting how Apple quietly shut down account sharing at launch without any backlash just by making it a tougher choice.
Netflix has gotten greedy? 🤣
If you think Netflix is bad, let me tell you about this company that charges $999 for a monitor stand, $699 for wheels, $19 for a piece of cloth, $200 to upgrade computer memory from their lousy 8GB to 16GB,....
Youtube Premium is a great product and Youtube is not forcing sh*t like this.
So what? Are they the same company? What does this have to do with anything?
People are just upset their freeloading days are over.
Netflix's 4k plan is way too expensive, that's why they only get approx. 4 months subscription out of me annually, if it was £10, it would probably be on the whole year round.
Netflix is officially cracking down on password sharing in the United States and the United Kingdom, more than a year after it first announced the move.
Netflix explained on its U.S. and U.K. websites how viewers who shared their account password to people outside their household would be affected, and what the additional costs would be if they still wanted to let out-of-household users access their account.
Going forward, account holders on the Netflix Standard plan will have the option to add one person outside of their household, but they will have to pay an extra $7.99 a month (or £4.99 in the U.K.) for the privilege. Account holders on the Netflix Premium with 4K package can add up to two extra members, but they will still cost $7.99 each.
As for account holders on the Basic or Standard with adverts plans, they don't have any option to add out-of-household members at all.
Extra members will be given their own account and password, but their membership is paid for by the person who invited them to share their Netflix account. Alternatively, they can use a new "transfer profile" feature to prompt extra users to make their own accounts that they pay for.
Netflix said subscribers living in the same household would still be able to access their account when traveling or on the go, but the streaming company said it had begun sending emails about the "paid sharing" plan to out-of-household users on Tuesday, explaining what their options are.
Netflix has been testing the new sharing restrictions in Canada, New Zealand, Spain, and Portugal since the beginning of the year, and said in April that it was "pleased with the results." In Canada, for example, paid sharing resulted in a larger Netflix membership base and an acceleration in revenue growth, which has given Netflix the confidence to expand it to the United States and elsewhere.
Netflix claimed last year that more than 100 million households are sharing accounts, which is impacting its ability to "invest in and improve Netflix" for paying members.
Article Link: Netflix Begins Crackdown on Password Sharing in US and UK
With this, they're taking the pee, a streaming service you pay for should be available everywhere !
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Sure but why would it matter if it’s actually family vs strangers as long as they are all living apart? It’s not like NF will save on bandwidth in either case.
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Look at what I just received fromNetflix. Are they being for real 😂?
That's definitely spam and not really Netflix. Spammers are going to be out in full force because they think everyone is shaking in their boots over the "crackdown". It's like all the IRS texts that come around April.
Maybe you were not around "Day 1" when they actually said, "Love is sharing your passoword"
Yes. Hense my saying, "they SHOULD have", I forgot about that.
But AGAIN they changed their mind. Deal with it or leave. Just stop complaining that people freeloading, mooching days are over and a business actually wants to make money.
This is all so very sad.
Canadians are obedient citizens. They will NEVER protest, question or revolt. Need proof? Look how insanely expensive housing is in Canada and how much people are making per year. Yet nobody seems to care that the government isn't doing anything.
Considering you can only have 4 simultaneous streams on the premium account, that's hardly unlikely 😏
How am I upset? Why is that the go-to for people having zero ground in an argument? Strange.
Anyway, sure yes, freeloaders, etc will always try to find a way and it's 100% within Netflix's rights to do everything to stop them.
Actually, there is. American Express allows you to add additional card members (such as my away-at-college child) so you can share your account with them for free.
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Netflix doesn't allow this.
That is not from Netflix. Do not do anything with that besides delete it!
haven't seen so much whining about getting caught stealing since Napster.