The one year contracts that are coming are gonna be fun. Do you really think once everyone does this the services will just accept it?
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Netflix Password Sharing Crackdown Works, U.S. Subscriber Numbers Soar
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Nope it was my account. A single person with a 4K TV doesn’t exist in Netflix’s eyes so I proudly cancelled. My parents who occasionally used one of those three extra streams I paid for years to have aren’t subscribing. I don’t really care what others do. If Netflix wakes up one morning and realizes that single people want 4K I’ll consider coming back.
Yeah, that is annoying that to get 4K, you also pay for more streams and "extra members". Obviously they want to add more perks the higher up you go, but at this point, I've been using a 4K TV for years now and if I ever want Netflix again I'd want it to be 4K. Oh well, I think my parents are still paying for Premium, so they can add me as an "extra member" (but they'll have to choose between their three kids).
Well I did buy two more sub-subscriptions for my daughters. I plan to check in with them and see if they are really using it, or not. However, if Netflix starts demanding one year subscriptions I will cancel.
Frankly speaking there are days that I can't find anything I really want to watch despite numerous streaming services. Often I start a series, and find they "jump the shark" far too often. And believe me my "standards" aren't that high (sounds like my spouse sizing me up).
Frankly speaking there are days that I can't find anything I really want to watch despite numerous streaming services. Often I start a series, and find they "jump the shark" far too often. And believe me my "standards" aren't that high (sounds like my spouse sizing me up).
So what do you have keft for 4k content that doesnt charge a large premium over their basic hd service?
And if they pull that kind of stunt I for one will certainly be looking "elsewhere" for entertainment.
We subscribe a month or so then switch to something else. Keeps things fresh and costs down.
I mean, lets face it, 90% of stuff on AppleTV, Amazon Prime, Netflix et al is pure dross.
Right now on Netflix the only thing I personally find worth watching is a series about the 2022 Tour de France.
Yep. 720p was the original "HD". 1080p is "Full HD" and 4K is "Ultra HD".
Maybe 8K will be "Extreme HD Pro". Lol
A lot of HD content is described as HD or Full HD. Yes 720P is HD, and Full HD is 1080P. If you buy a TV and it doesn’t say Full HD, it might be only 720P. Also TV and Movie streams when they say HD could be either.
Technically, it violates the user agreement with Netflix. So yes, it is a real crime.
It’s not a crime. It’s a terms of service violation. People won’t go to jail for sharing passwords. At most, an account would be banned.
Oh boy, here we go with the “criminal” language.
PASSWORD SHARING: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
NARRATOR: Recent statistics show that up to a million Americans might be sharing passwords at this very instant. How did we get here? When did our society of laws go so very wrong?
—cut to 1st interview—
INTERVIEWEE: I just…I’d always heard of password sharing, but I never thought it could be happening in my neighborhood. *sobs*
—cut to 2nd interview—
INTERVIEWER: And when did you first share your Netflix password?
INTERVIEWEE: Oh gosh, I mean, we were young then, you know? We never meant to hurt anybody. It was...probably in 2017 after Netflix Tweeted about it. We...we didn’t know how dangerous it could be. We thought it was love.
PASSWORD SHARING: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
NARRATOR: Recent statistics show that up to a million Americans might be sharing passwords at this very instant. How did we get here? When did our society of laws go so very wrong?
—cut to 1st interview—
INTERVIEWEE: I just…I’d always heard of password sharing, but I never thought it could be happening in my neighborhood. *sobs*
—cut to 2nd interview—
INTERVIEWER: And when did you first share your Netflix password?
INTERVIEWEE: Oh gosh, I mean, we were young then, you know? We never meant to hurt anybody. It was...probably in 2017 after Netflix Tweeted about it. We...we didn’t know how dangerous it could be. We thought it was love.
If they do this, I’ll never sign up again. All they will do is push people into using torrents.
I don't think it's necessarily a "different generation" issue as there have been people who felt "entitled" existing in every generation. You may not have heard about it as much decades ago because social media and forums like this didn't exist. This is true for a lot of things that get much more exposure these days thanks to technology.
A variety of things that some may view as surprising or different today have been going on for ages. There just weren't the avenues to expose them as we now have including the internet and social media, cameras practically everywhere (phones, Ring doorbells, in cars, etc.), and so on.
I’ll deal with it when/if it happens.
Personally I feel the more likely scenario is an artificially increased monthly rate or more significant yearly discount versus the elimination of by the month.
So you really can't see the difference between walking into a store and swiping something off the shelf and always logging into Netflix on your laptop with the account you share with your family and then logging into it again on the same laptop in a different location? To you they're identical acts?
No, I'm not encouraging violating TOS or saying Netflix doesn't have a right to crack down on it, but it seems disingenuous to not see how this is perceived differently.
I'm in the UK, I don't have a view about the quality of Netflix and the way it operates except for the fact that they offer a service and millions of people want to defraud them by navigating around the password or acting all hurt and cancelling their subscription. I would say to them - welcome to the 21st century, you bought into this and now you will pay the price!
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Just wait; the outcome I’ve predicted will still come to pass. This is only the beginning! I will never be wrong!!
I think some see it more like two people going to a restaurant with one person buying the unlimited buffet and sharing food with the other who didn’t pay for it (and therefore stealing).
