While I agree that it sucks my answer still is: Then don't use their service. Simple as that. You are not entitled to their content at the price you want it at.
Theft is theft.
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Netflix to Begin Cracking Down on Password Sharing in Early 2023
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While I agree that it sucks my answer still is: Then don't use their service. Simple as that. You are not entitled to their content at the price you want it at.
Theft is theft.
Exactly. If they want to pull this then separate the pricing of quality and number of concurrent streams. So if you just want one stream with 4K, you pay less, and if you didn't have modern devices, you could do 4 streams with lower quality for less.
So staring begets stealing is the message here.
Then lower your sub. Netflix also saves money because they don’t have to transmit streams in 4K.
We don’t have Disney Or paramount or Hulu. But we have Netflix, so there is that.
I took courses in data modeling from Data Robot and modeling can be fairly accurate.
It’s my opinion they hired an outside group the same rational why companies have outside legal counsel.
But then you'd need some schedule people fill out to reserve their slot. Unless they make plans with infinite streams as long as people pay the $3 perGood idea. One apartment pays full and all the other apartments "share" the account for three bucks each.
It never ceases to amaze me the people capitalists have brainwashed to thank them for letting you work for them to create a product they can sell back to you for more than they paid you to make it. You think I should care if someone steals from the company I work for like that money was ever going to end up in my pocket? 😂
Sorry to inform you, the rich don’t care about you and aren’t going to pick you to be in their club.
No it isn't, stealing is stealing.
What you have is a complex ecosystem of thieves operating across multiple locations stealing from multiple services. Netflix is not disrupting your little ring of thieves, they just want to be paid for their service and content as per the TOS you agreed to.
theft would mean someone did not pay for it which in this instance is incorrect, the subscription is proof
One big question. Is it worse to use the correct number of streams shared in different location, or have as many people as would fit come over and watch?
Ok, prove that I shared it? Maybe it was ‘stolen’ and I’m not aware…or, maybe I never shared it, I personally entered it myself, in to some elses device.
I’m sorry, but this is a losing battle, guess who is going to win?
The UK yet again showing the world how not to do things.
Thank You. What is wrong with these inconsiderate ***** listening through soeakers in public or at work???
Just to be clear, what they’ve been testing in other countries is a per-user fee for out of home that is roughly 25% of the monthly fee. So in the US on the 4 screen plan, the fee would be $5 per user. Out of home add ons have also been limited to 2 in some of the test markets so one of those homes would have to come off the plan as well.
I’ve said it a hundred times, Netflix should price by stream and leave it at that. If 4 streams needs to be $30, so be it and let the market decide. All this is crackdown if pricing based on the location of the person watching is going to do is frustrate and alienate users, many of whom will unfortunately resort back to piracy.
I think Netflix is vastly overestimating how many free riders will sign up for a paid plan of their own vs just watching other streaming services they have, and underestimating how many people like parents and grandparents will cancel their plans if their kids and family out if the house can’t use it any longer (I know many parents that just maintain Netflix for their college / adult kids to use).
Heck some with ads are $5. Could have 4 services for the NF Price
The government appears to have updated the offending paragraph to remove any mention of password sharing, this retraction was posted yesterday around 3pm
I was gone already when the greed first emerged by splitting subs for disc and streaming
I wonder if Netflix actually understands how many of their subscribers are teetering on the edge of cancelling.
First time I go to use my account on one of my family's devices and I'm blocked, they're done.
First time I go to use my account on one of my family's devices and I'm blocked, they're done.
What seems odd is y’all are all over the place, no issues. My Apple TVs, iPads and iPhones all on the same ip addresses get kicked off all the time.
For a company that has lost an astronomical amount of money this year, you’d think so.
Netflix makes the least amount of sense with this, in regards to password sharing. If a friend has the family plan for three devices simultaneously playing, and another friend tries to sign in, it just won't let them, no? The person paying for it isn't cheating Netflix; they're paying for three streams, and cannot go above that.
Sorry to inform you, how off-base your post is. As a for profit company Netflix provides a service. You decide if the service is worth the price. Not worth the price don’t buy the service.
Work for Netflix or not, it’s that simple.
Don’t think they care. They are going to address the issue and in the short run they may lose revenue but in the long run it will be better for the industry.
You’re threatening to cancel Netflix doesn’t affect me in the least. I already told my kids who share my account they will have to pony up. They are fine with it.
So you’ll give up content you want to see instead of straighting out the billing? I like the cut off your nose to spite your face attitudes here. It’s MR worthy.