It is also because of the unfair pricing structure along with what Netflix is doing. If I am a single person why can I not just pay a little higher standard fee for say 4K, why do I have to go all in and get the top tier plan with 4 or whatever simulations streams just for something like 4K. Creating a better price structure would probably be a better solution for Netflix as people with kids and whatnot need the more screens and single people or even couples just may need the 1 stream but the quality.
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Netflix Begins Crackdown on Password Sharing in US and UK
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And when Netflix goes away at some point 30 years or so. We lose that show. While I still watch shows from the 80s. Streaming is not a good thing in some areas. There are a few shows I have seen that have Zero physical release. Those will be forever lost in a couple decades.
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Except the comparison starts to falter when you realize that Netflix allows you to create multiple profiles and pay more for multiple streams- 2 things that are literally meant for sharing the subscription.
We’ve been paying extra for 4 streams, and now we’re being told we can’t use them because we’re in different households. It’s Netflix’s right to enforce that, but it’s also my right to scoff at that decision and cease doing business with them.
Perhaps and at that time people will need to determine if they want the service for the advertised price and duration, simple as that.
No matter what some people feel, you are not entitled to content, if you feel it is of value to you at the advertised price and terms then subscribe. If you don't, then don't subscribe, but one shouldn't justify theft because they don't find value.
Why not. I defend Netflix right to run their business the way they want and for customers to decide if the service is worth it. How else should it work?
Lol. As opposed to a paid critic?
The customers that are pissed off will leave.
So let the customers go to those alternatives. Competition is good so MR posters keep telling us.
Well, according to the Netflix shills, even though you pay BMW to have Wi-Fi in your car, that Wi-Fi is for you only and you should charge everyone else who uses it that might borrow your car and then send that money back to BMW. Because even though you've paid for the Wi-Fi, letting others use it is "stealing". 🙄
Everyone in the comments under posts like this: "Boo! Netflix bad! I never liked them anyway so I canceled my subscription and so did ten other people I know! This is a stupid business decision!"
Netflix when it comes time to report subscriber numbers: "We increased our subscriber counts in the most recent quarter, account cancellations were no more a factor than they have been for years, and there hasn't really been a notable impact from the anti-password sharing efforts we've undertaken."
Netflix when it comes time to report subscriber numbers: "We increased our subscriber counts in the most recent quarter, account cancellations were no more a factor than they have been for years, and there hasn't really been a notable impact from the anti-password sharing efforts we've undertaken."
Perhaps once a year login from the location of the account holder? 🤷♂️
Hope it’s not that because that would be terribly obnoxious.
Maybe force location services…
Who knows. It’s all a big inconvenience. Services should be made EASIER to use not harder.
Oh well. Guess we’ll find out soon enough what the experience is like
It's strange to you that people defend a company wanting to make money. Really? Is Netflix the best, no, far from it and likely the one I watch the least (Disney+/Hulu being the most) but what there doing is reasonable.
Good response 😆 made me chuckle.
Yes, competition is good. Maybe it will convince Netflix to CHILL and back off on the password sharing crackdown nonsense.
My gym membership gives access for my wife and if I had kids would give them access to any location too, my wife's car insurance covers other drivers on the car and myself and her driving other cars, and Apple lets me share my music streaming
It should work as Spotify, one concurrent stream or two if you pay for Duo. Then even if you share your password you will be annoyed if your friends are "taking over".
But it is not theft. Theft is a crime so if it was illegal/theft then we would be getting emails/letters from the ISP just like Piracy.
I don't find those two different situations to be equivalent, but maybe I haven't thought it all the way through.
NO, I would not subscribe to a subscription to have my heated seats in a BMW turned on. I would hate "nickel and dime" charges . I can imagine things like "basic dashboard gages" are free, but $4.99 a month for tachometer and dials... That would be awful. I would not buy into such a system.
On the flip side: I actually don't have a warm spot for Netflix. I do enjoy some of the alternative/foreign/informational stuff they have done, but I really don't like their political affiliations. I would cancel our subscription, but my better half wants to keep Netflix and drop something else.
Nice try. Netflix encouraged password sharing in writing and in the intervening years, have done nothing to change those terms. Now they are making a financial decision to reverse their position and customers have the choice to pay more to share, dump the person with whom they’re sharing, or cancel their account. I don’t watch Netflix enough to justify paying more just so my sister can watch it (the ONE person with whom I was sharing), so I am going to cancel my account.
Plain and simple. No entitlement; customers can choose where they want to spend their money.
It.. makes them more money? That's what the OP is about. I don't understand your question.
So what? That is all part of their individual "terms of use or service", Netflix has chosen a different path. By using a service you agree to their terms... if you no longer like their terms, unsubscribe.
Play word games all you want but if you are consuming their product and not paying for it that is theft.
Perhaps you are correct by the letter of the law but most reasonable people would agree that if you consume content you haven't paid for you have stolen it. Why is this so hard? You are not entitled to content on your terms or your price point.
My elderly mom shares my account and lives another town. She watches several series on there. I’ll add her as a user or pay less than it would cost to buy her lunch each month to add her.
I mean I could teach Netflix a lesson, but I love my mom.
With all the streaming services going up in price (which is effectively what this is), the solution is easy: subscribe to one service at a time.
If you sign up for all of them, the price is stupid and you mostly don't use most of them. Instead, sign up for one, use it till you've watched everything you want to watch, cancel and move on to the next, rinse cycle repeat.
What the services are all really doing, by increasing prices, is just ending the era where people stay signed up for everything.
With the above strategy, you max out at $20/month. Very price reasonable and entirely legal.
If you sign up for all of them, the price is stupid and you mostly don't use most of them. Instead, sign up for one, use it till you've watched everything you want to watch, cancel and move on to the next, rinse cycle repeat.
What the services are all really doing, by increasing prices, is just ending the era where people stay signed up for everything.
With the above strategy, you max out at $20/month. Very price reasonable and entirely legal.
So if I buy or even say rent a carpet cleaner because I have a lot of carpet in my house and a friend asks to borrow it for a spill would it be illegal for me to let them use it? I throw in the rent because well that is closer to the subscription model. What about if I rent a Uhaul for moving my stuff and I let a friend use it to quickly move something either way I the renter takes responsibility. The problem with Netflix is there was nothing defined and they let it go on for years and years until they had a diminishing customer base and then suddenly there is a problem.
Not doing word play either just flat out not agreeing with labeling people as thieves when no theft actually happened whether by legal definition or not. Maybe by your standards you view it as theft, but do not label people as theives because of your opinion. If Netflix flat out stated over the years and years they have been around that the multiple screens were meant for single home use only then sure maybe ill be on your side with that, but nope they didn't they used the multiple screens and password sharing as free advertising so they can boast high stream numbers until it user numbers went down which is really because of poor content especially compared to years ago originals
They’ve lost countless subscribers for their terrible choices. Surely this new terrible choice will reel people back in …
This is the real answer. Don't force people who only need one stream pay for four because they want 4K and not let them use the other three. Just have a base plan lower tham $20 with one stream and 4k and then pay for each extra stream.
Apples and oranges (pun not intended). Family sharing subscriptions cost more, and subscription is tied to your Apple ID, not a separate Apple TV account. Maybe you are fine sharing your Apple ID with others; I'm absolutely not.
Yeah, as I understand it there was an initial cancel reaction where their numbers dropped, but ultimately people came back and signed up for their own accounts. They wouldn't have rolled this out in the US if it had hurt their bottom line in Canada. I just hate their plan tiers. I want 4K but don't need 4 streams.