Big difference.
I pay for my Netflix account and it allows for multiple simultaneous streams.
With shoplifting, the shoplifter is taking something they didn't pay for.
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Netflix Begins Crackdown on Password Sharing in US and UK
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I pay for my Netflix account and it allows for multiple simultaneous streams.
With shoplifting, the shoplifter is taking something they didn't pay for.
Obedient? Hmm, I would use a different word to describe Canadians, You only need to look at who their leader is 😏
Stop giving Costco ideas about password sharing 🤣
If you want, though, I’ll sell access to it for you…. But not free cause you’re not family 🤣
"Boo Hoo"... Free fries days are over. You can pay a" la carte / per user or do something else.
So much vitriol defending Netflix.
You sound like paid advertising/marketing for Netflix 😂
Netflix needs to find some other way to stay in the black on their books, than constantly pissing off their customers. There’s too many other alternative entertainment options out there for entertainment. Netflix acts like they’re still the only option for streaming.
You sound like paid advertising/marketing for Netflix 😂
Netflix needs to find some other way to stay in the black on their books, than constantly pissing off their customers. There’s too many other alternative entertainment options out there for entertainment. Netflix acts like they’re still the only option for streaming.
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Netflix must be thinking that it’s the passport sharing that caused their stock to collapse and lose them money, not the mediocre to bad content that they have been releasing lately.
Maybe they will realize soon. If not, oh well. Happy journey off to irrelevance.
Maybe they will realize soon. If not, oh well. Happy journey off to irrelevance.
And I might agree with you except that they, unlike other streaming services, *explicitly encouraged sharing passwords* and based their pricing around that assumption (charging per simultaneous screen no matter where the screens are)
So this is basically bait and switch, charging people more for less.
Not true. Back when I originally signed up, my use case (I was away from my family and residence for most of the year) was explicitly permitted in their terms of use (yes, I actually read the terms). It wasn't until years later that they changed their policy to make my use case less clear, then years later before my use case became disallowed, all of which I only became aware of when I re-read their terms multiple times over the years. They never announced the specific changes. They never provided me with notice that my previously-legitimate use case was disallowed.
I did the ethical thing once I became aware of that policy change and kicked the members of my family out of my account (none of whom have subsequently set up their own accounts), but I'd wager that most long-term users were never aware the policy had changed.
Also, you're assuming that everyone is sharing with their dozen closest BFFs, when many of us actually have legitimate (or previously/likely/ambiguously legitimate) use cases like kids being away at college, travel for work, MDM profiles that enable in-region VPN, or else using privacy tools that will trigger automated enforcement (e.g. Safari's tools to limit IP tracking will almost certainly run afoul of this enforcement for anyone who uses private browser windows by default).
Gonna cancel this Friday before the bill is due.
How is this going to work with families that have children that are at college/university? because whilst they are part of the 'household', they are no longer living in the 'household'. If the child logs in from college/university, the IP number will be different from that of the 'household' so wont netflix flag this up? because at the end of the day, netflix will not know if the person logging in to the 'household' account at college/university is actually a member of the 'household' account.
You can actually cancel now. Netflix will keep your account open until the month is up. Any more with Netflix, I'll re-up for a month so I can watch some stuff and then put in the request to cancel at the same time, that way I don't forget to do it before the month is up.
So we can assume you think paying for 4 people as a person living by yourself is perfectly okay?
They are both wrong. That's why I quit Netflix after years of membership. No skin in the game anymore.
Yeah, that is exactly why I am leaving. I have the Premium plan with 4 streams because I want 4K but I am the only one who uses Netflix but am paying for 4 streams. That is why I split the cost with my family down the street. What difference does it make to them where exactly the 4 streams are coming from if that is what I am paying for.
Anyway, it's their Biz and they can do what they want so fine, but so can I.
Every Netflix sh*t and every other sh*t is on torrent anyway. My logic regarding Netflix or any other streaming service is this, give me $10-$15 worth of sh*t monthly and I am good (that's one "good" movie). Going to the movies is much much more expensive. At this time Netflix is the only streaming service I am subscribed to (I am not sharing my account), Max and Disney are on hold for now.
Only reason I still have Max right now is that I get it free through my AT&T plan, the fact that they're pulling things, especially high profile things I was in the middle of watching - to avoid paying writers no less - is truly bugging me. I was finally getting around to finishing West World for ex. Now I cant without putting on my pirate hat
As startup, it a made sense to try to get as many eyeballs as possible as fast as possible. Once they matured, it's time to make money off of all those eyeballs.
Depends on the card. Some charge for add on members.
This is common sense to me. I can't use someone else's gym membership, I can't use someone else's insurance, someone else's employee discount, someone else's music streaming service... why do people think if they know someone who pays for a service that for them it should be free? Netflix isn't the bad guy for having people pay for their service, people just got away with breaking the rules for so long that they feel entitled to it now. I know y'all hate it, and I can understand disappointment, but not outrage. Asking people to pay for a subscription makes 1000% sense, especially if you want a lot of content. I'd be ashamed of myself if I'd been fraudulently getting a service for free for years and now going online to complain about how I should still be able to get it for free.
So I guess it’s fair to say the slogan “what happens in an iPhone stays in an iPhone” people took at face value also. /s
I for one sure didn’t think it was okay to share the password out of the house. My family all had Netflix profiles while they were in the house and have since moved out.
If you took it to mean share the password freely, that’s on you. And cancelling ain’t going to do a darn thing - especially if you don’t like the content.
There are plenty of threads on here about the majority of even people here don't do yearly upgrades
Car insurance is also a horrible way to try to compare because of course someone will have to pay more for another driver because there is risk involved. A child for instance can get cheaper insurance by being on say the parents insurance rather than being on their own, but that is because of the backing of the parents driving history and whatnot so if said child gets in a car accident the parents are also liable for the deductible and so on. So yes you can "share" car insurance with the added fee of another vehicle to insure, but it isn't the same comparison as sharing a Netflix password lol.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."
I would say to a better comparison would be buying an varying use product like a carpet cleaner. If I have hardly any carpet in my house and say caused a spill and a family member or friend has a carpet cleaner that I can borrow to get the job done I will ask to borrow it, clean the spill, and if it happens again I am sure it wouldn't be a problem.
The same logic can be applied, and remember Netflix WAS password sharing friendly, multiple people in this thread have provided evidence of this, so another streaming service doing what Netflix is doing is one thing because a precedence was never set like Netflix openly supporting password sharing. Netflix peaked in subscribers and began loosing some so is trying to backpaddle to make investors happy, because if there was care about the customers they would listen to the numerous discussions of people upset about early show cancellations and poor writing in a lot of originals that used to be good. Every now and then a great show comes around, but lately it is just getting 1 or 2 big Hollywood actor and garbage story.
Edit: Adding at least in the U.S. car insurance covers the car, so yes I can share my car insurance so long as they use a vehicle I have under my insurance, now of course I am the one liable if anything happened, but regardless I am sharing my insurance.
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That tweet was from 2017. Netflix was hardly a start up after 20 years in the business (over 10 years of streaming alone) by the time that tweet was posted.
If you don't think the next step in all of this is 1 year contracts you're not paying attention.
Coming soon pay monthly 1 year contract with a $150 early termination fee.
This is the most obvious thing yet no one seems to see it. The more people that advertise and encourage the subscribe and drop model the faster the next phase will roll out.
I'm very surprised people are actually on here defending Netflix! What's next? Will folks be on here defending pay subscription fees for access to features built into cars? That is right around the corner thanks to BMW!