You really think that? They are more likely to take that profit and give it to their shareholders than lowering prices.
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Netflix May Soon Crack Down on Password Sharing
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Yes, Adobe increased the price of Photoshop because of pirates... it had absolutely nothing to do with increasing profit margin. /s
It shouldn't, since you paid for it.
Some people making it like you're "stealing" from netflix, while in fact people are already paying for the service, and simply utilize it to the limit.
between the price heikes, the decline in content quality, the increased competition, and now this?
I think they’re just trying to lose customers.
I guarantee you that for the people that share the passwords, the people that they share them with are not going to sign up for Netflix. They’ll pirate the files before they actually pay for them.
also, Netflix is so expensive that a lot of people like to split it. Instead of paying $20 a month, I pay $10, and someone else pays $10. This is pretty normal behavior.
Netflix just needs to get its head out of its own behind, and realize that they either have to lower prices, or sit down and shut up
I think they’re just trying to lose customers.
I guarantee you that for the people that share the passwords, the people that they share them with are not going to sign up for Netflix. They’ll pirate the files before they actually pay for them.
also, Netflix is so expensive that a lot of people like to split it. Instead of paying $20 a month, I pay $10, and someone else pays $10. This is pretty normal behavior.
Netflix just needs to get its head out of its own behind, and realize that they either have to lower prices, or sit down and shut up
Well that seems like a pretty easy way to triple their revenue overnight.
Many people are always capable of justifying theft of services under the guise of high prices. It’s still theft.
I think the price will always go up, but the trajectory likely would have been smaller if they had more revenue from users.
People acting like they're entitled to Netflix and it's outrageous that Netflix wants payment for their service. 
Sure, if you convince yourself that something is too expensive then you can easily justify stealing it. If you think Netflix is too expensive then don’t subscribe but don’t turn around and steal it anyway.
I’m sure it was all strategic. They were ok with password sharers becoming dependent on Netflix, until one day they would all be forced to get their own sub. Well, the day of reckoning is nigh.
That's what I was going to say! If you are paying for 4 streaming lines why would it matter where the 4 are coming from?
Netflix currently has the most subscribers it's ever had and it's priced the highest it's ever been. Companies don't think "how do we make this cheaper for our customers?" they think only about "how do we extract as much value as possible from our customers?" as that is literally the sole objective of a public company as per US law. The only time you'll ever see a price reduction from a company is if their profit margin is under attack.
Netflix likes to keep giving us reasons to cancel. Price Hikes, not supporting Apple Features, stupid BS like this.
The way they are acting you'd think they had zero competition.
The way they are acting you'd think they had zero competition.
One way for Netflix to discourage this sharing is to simply make all tiers HD/4K capable. For example, I don't need 4 screens at the same time, but I don't want to be stuck in SD resolution either. Currently I have no choice but to pay at least for the 4 screen tier to get 4k.
If Netflix would simply allow the lowest tier to get 4K content (but limited to 1 screen), I'm sure there will be less people sharing.
If Netflix would simply allow the lowest tier to get 4K content (but limited to 1 screen), I'm sure there will be less people sharing.
The tier with simultaneous streaming says that everyone who uses the account has to live in the same household, and always has.
I check Netflix maybe once a month and never find any good content to watch. The only reason my family still has it is because of maybe 1 or 2 TV shows that we can only find on there. It's probably cheaper for us to buy those TV shows each year a new season comes out on iTunes rather than pay Netflix every month.
Maybe the film "Cuties" which generated a lot of controversy on release
Netflix needs to put prices up (fairly significantly) to stay in business, not lower them. They need an average monthly revenue per user of more like $30 - 40 dollars, and will get there eventually.
Netflix's pricing historically was a huge loss leader (funded by enormous debt). The service always cost much more to provide than the cash it generated.
We just had the first quarter in Netflix's history that it didn't have to borrow hundreds of millions.
What happen if you're on a work trip or traveling, while the rest of your family stay at home? Would you then be required to subscribe as a new user since you're "outside" your own household?
Unfortunately. Netflix just want the money to increase the stock price. I highly doubt they won’t raise the prices again.
so your saying once this is implemented prices will go down?....NOPE!
Now that is dumb. I’ll probably cancel Netflix altogether since their service is overpriced anyways.