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Netflix Password Sharing Crackdown Works, U.S. Subscriber Numbers Soar
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Sorry for your situation. But again, should Netflix and other companies allow your grandparents tp use their content for free because in your case it makes things difficult for your grandparents. Should they set up a special arm of the company to hear out specific sob stories and make selective exceptions?
I agree it’s surely a well-researched plan I just think in the longer term there will be more shrink from this model. Sharing likely locked people into paying for Netflix longer than they otherwise would have… now that it’s going to be individuals making decisions it I think customers will be more likely to sign up and then cancel once they’ve consumed whatever they like.
Are you receiving any kind of compensation or reward for defending a multi-billion dollar conglomeration? Or do you just enjoy arguing with others?
I’ve been sharing a password, and I think the last thing (really the only thing) I watched was Stranger Things, and I couldn’t even be bothered to finish it. No big loss here.
But I was told that Netflix was going under for this by people who didn’t take 10 seconds to look up that this was successful in other countries already.
Why Netflix instead of those you listed?
(1) No ads vs ads
(2) Newer content vs older content
(3) A majority of teens and young adults (the most valuable and sought after demographics by companies) prefer Netflix
(4) Garbage program? That's your opinion (though I agree with you that they do have a lot of stuff I'm not particularly interested in). However, you could say Netflix's subscriber numbers proves you're (we're) in the minority. People aren't going to sign up for and keep a service if they're not enjoying it.
WHAT??? Why would I want to cancel. Because you told me so? Who are you? I find enough to watch that makes Netflix very much worth it. I have the top tier 4K plan. They have plenty of good 4K and Dolby Atmos content. I've discovered movies that I like that I probably wouldn't have known about if not for Netflix. I don't need to save money.
And about that headache. Netflix doesn't give me a headache (and I can't even image what you mean by "saving a headache"). What gives me a headache are all the nonsensical whinny posts I end up seeing.
Sharing a Netflix password is no different than a library sharing (lending out) the books they purchased. But to your eyes, the library is probably aiding and abetting in theft. 🤣
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No one is using anything for free or stealing. Get that through your head. Someone is paying for an account. And might I remind you, it's an account that allows for multiple and simultaneous streams. Suddenly, where those streams take place matter to Netflix now... when over the past 10+ years it didn't .
You could have paid the $7.99.
I'm going to be doing that, but I still have to set everything up since it requires a separate account still. It's a whole thing. 😕
Some people are idiots, they buy $7 grande frappuccino’s twice a week they down in 10mins but one month of Netflix for $7 bux OMG 😭😭😭
If you’re not paying or too cheap then you’re not a customer, you’re entitled. Good riddance!
If you’re not paying or too cheap then you’re not a customer, you’re entitled. Good riddance!
You're like the frog in the pot slowly boiling to death.
It's always so weird to me to see people take these kinds of greedy cooperate moves and defend them for free. Why are you happy that you now have to pay more money for a worse service? Why does this satisfy you? How does this benefit you? Password sharing only became "stealing" when subscriber growth no longer became satisfactory. Before that? Apparently, it was love...
Every time I finish a series on Netflix, I find another gem that pulls me right in. Might not be the best catalog in the world, but the hidden gems make it well worth the $25/month that we pay in Canada.
100%
Just like people complaining about sideloading, removing lightning, wanting a mini iPhone, removing charger from box, charging magic mouse from the bottom, etc...
Really sick and tired of people thinking they're talking as if they're in the majority on these things.
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What is more concerning is that consumers are given more and more and more and then demand more and more and more. Is that enough mores, or do you need more?
Less than a dollar a day for hours of entertainment is a very good value. To share that for "free" is selfishness.
Netflix used to be fine with it and even encouraged it is the point. So how can something be selfish when the company themselves encouraged it and then took it away? It seems people have a right to be upset with Netflix's policy changes.
Companies or corporations that sell for consumer discretionary products or services will do what they do and you have the option to do business with them or not.
They encouraged sharing with the household, imo, not with 400 of your closest friends.
No, they didn't encourage sharing with the household. One account is for a household.
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