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Netflix to Begin Cracking Down on Password Sharing in Early 2023
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I’ve tried that with Apple Music, just for a laugh, ahaha. Even if you are playing locally the device needs to connect to the internet every so often to verify your subscription, or you get ‘content not authorised’. I have an old 128GB SE that is used mostly offline either at home on my Hi-Fi or in the car, but only for so long, then it must connect, even if just for a few seconds.
But how I have really gamed the system to play 2 of my own devices at once is to take either of my phones completely offline before I start playing. My wife can then listen online with my other phone or laptop at the same time.
Oh, one other major gripe I have with Netflix, no macOS app. Even Prime has one, for Apple Silicon, and I only pay €25/year for Prime, with 3 profiles, 3 simultaneous streams, and no complaints or threats about password sharing. The only catch is my FIL now has full access to my Amazon Account, but he is 82 years old and to date has never shopped online.
I don't think I need to explain how handy it is to have apps like this for offline viewing. Even in western Europe there are places with weak or zero internet. Road side motels?....I've given up on most of them, especially for streaming. Leaving for Austria next week and still haven't finished the latest Jack Ryan. At least Prime will allow we to take it with, on my M1 Air, which as many know is super light and thin and goes the whole day on one charge, and then some. A perfect travellers laptop.
So when Netflix comes out with a macOS app there is a slightly better chance I might stick around. We already pay enough, at least offer a semi-decent usable product that's worth it.
But I think I've said enough now, we are starting to talk in circles. Have a nice day/rest of the year ya'll!
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Are you serious? you just open the Netflix web site in a normal browser window. That’s same way you access any sVoD site. You can use Apple logon on several I know. Apps are for iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS.
Of all of the interfaces the browser window, shows more information such as ranking movies, tv shows, and suggestions on what to watch.
Thanks, I know how to stream Netflix. I wasn’t born yesterday. My first internet connection was on dial-up, with a rotary phone.
I meant so you can download and view offline, like you can with the iOS app for Netflix, and the Prime app for iOS AND macOS. I just don’t like watching anything for extended periods on a phone or tablet and am often not connected to good enough internet for streaming while travelling. These new M1 Air screens are really that good.
The way macOS is going is you can run a lot of iOS apps on it, but the devs of said apps still need to come to the party. As usual, Netflix is being extremely stubborn about this too.
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We certainly nothing forcing anybody to participate to be sure. The Netflix TOS spells out all of the rules for use of their services, but addressing the TOS (and fee) changes coming in 2023 is not clear. Threads like this exist because they are of public interest to iphone owners and everybody's participation is voluntary.
Don’t worry, I know being in here is 100% voluntary. But trust me, I’d prefer to not be in here for days on end haggling over new, but more obscure TOS and instead watching Netflix, which for the record I don’t mind paying for, just tell me how much extra for sharing, or I will leave things as they are until forced to do otherwise.
Opps, valid criticism. Didn’t consider that aspect. While the iOS/iPadOS apps allow video downloads, Netflix never bothered to supply a way to do that for Mac users. Then there is the rarity of iOS apps that run on MacOS compared to Apple boasting about being able to do that. Even the Amazon prime application you mentioned is an exception to the norm.
Well you could do what you suggested and let the chips fall where they may.
At some point, it will be what it will be. If one has to pay extra, I'd be peeved at being nickeled and dimed to death rather than the actual financial hit. We will see what we will see.
Note Nextflix app has a new interface today for IOS users.
According to Trivedi, these are all the changes coming with the latest Netflix app update:
According to Trivedi, these are all the changes coming with the latest Netflix app update:
- New billboard layout responds as you move your device, with a subtle lighting effect
- Beautiful wallpaper gradients that are created on-the-fly from the art
- A new card transition that’s fully interruptible/interactive
- New launch/profile animations, haptics, and more!
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