Yes, what seems so odd about this to you? Me and my wife are in the same household, her son is in another, her mother is, yet in another. And I have relatives who sometimes use my login overseas. Not a single issue.
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Netflix to Begin Cracking Down on Password Sharing in Early 2023
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Not really. If I pay them every month and share my one of my two consecutive screens with my family, they make money. Once I can’t share, there’s no reason to pay for two screens. Unfortunately, one screen is low res. So instead, I won’t pay them anything. They use less bandwidth but make less money. How that shakes out on a larger scale is still up in the air.
If it is $3 a month extra, that isn’t bad. I gave up Netflix a long time ago. I got tired of shows and movies leaving, not to mention price increases. I decided to create my own home Netflix like server where everything stays available.
Share with my brother who is in another country. If they cut us off we will not pay as it won't be worth it for us. None of us use it that often to justify the cost but as we have shared it made sense.
So good luck Netflix, lets see if you gain or lose in the end.
So good luck Netflix, lets see if you gain or lose in the end.
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I'm not sure how I feel about Netflix spying through IP addresses, and device IDs. What happens if you use a VPN? How are they going to crack that down?
I already pay for the highest plan in Australia which gives me 4 screens. Plus I have to pay extra for 4K when there is not a lot of that content. So I already pay.
The "way around it" is called stealing, simple as that.
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I literally haven’t watched anything enjoyable on Netflix in months. At this point the only reason I’m not unsubscribing is the reason I share my account with a friend and family member.
I will have zero problems dropping them and just downloading the 1-2 shows worth watching from, uh, my sources.
I will have zero problems dropping them and just downloading the 1-2 shows worth watching from, uh, my sources.
Good.
If it is of value to you then you should pay for it, once it is not a good value.... cancel.
Please define "household" . I have kids in college in another state. They are still a part of my "household", according to the IRS.
I wonder how many people who pay full price for their subscription now will find someone else with a plan to pay $3/month to in order to get a "legal" account for much, much less. If anything this might encourage legal sharing among people who weren't sharing before.
Weird. I still have my Netflix account from Mexico, which I am sharing with my family back in Mexico while I am living in Germany and I have never been asked to share some codes
You will apparently be able to give a verification code to them so they can log in to the account. I’m guessing that will work for most
My guess is it would boil down to their legal address, which in this case I would assume is your home. You should be good.
I pay the maximum plan because I have family back in my home country who can't pay, I think this will backfire unless they include 4k streaming in their lower tier plans.
The problem I have with paying for Netflix is that they pay a lot of money to people that I do not really want to support directly or indirectly. Netflix does not seem to see any moral problems with paying convicted criminals huge amounts of money for helping them produce a documentary about their case. It is possible that even Amber Heard might get a lucrative Netflix deal. In Germany it would be illegal to create profits from a crime in that way, but in the US that does not seem to be a problem. Netflix might even give Ted Bundy a deal, if he was still alive.
So they'll be making money part of the time, by just having you as a member when you want it, but not losing money by supplying shows to you and your son sharing.
That's still a net win for them.
It says they'll likely use IP addresses and device IDs. So if a device doesn't log in from your "home" IP address within a certain period of time, it will probably considered not part of your household. That way you can use Netflix on your devices when you travel because those devices regularly connect from your home IP when you're back home.
From Netflix:
“A Netflix account is for people who live together in a single household. This single household is the Netflix household and is associated with the primary account owner’s devices and the devices used by other people who live in the Netflix household.”
They've already captured this for years.
"Spying"? You realize that this website is capturing your IP address and other information about you right now, right? They're also sending your information to Google, who is using that information for advertising and other purposes.
What I would be okay to see from Netflix plans:
$7 Ad supported Single account
$15 Ad supported Family plan up to 4 accounts
$10 Ad-free Single account
$20 Ad-free Family plan up to 4 accounts
All plans support 4K and no screen # limit.
$7 Ad supported Single account
$15 Ad supported Family plan up to 4 accounts
$10 Ad-free Single account
$20 Ad-free Family plan up to 4 accounts
All plans support 4K and no screen # limit.
Call the police.
By forcing people to pay for 4 screens to get 4K quality, people are offsetting the extra cost by sharing. Netflix policy is driving people to sharing.
I don't share an account, I just don't subscribe to Netflix as there isn't an option I like. I suspect many not allowed to share will follow my path. Sharers not subscribing at all brings in less money than a shared account.
The sensible route is for Netflix to offer a 1 screen 4K package at a sensible price, but I doubt they will be sensible.
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That’s what I was thinking. I thought that was Law Enforcement or a local police job. 🫤