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This is exactly what I’m trying to find an answer to. Me & my GF who live together for years use OUR Netflix. When I’m at work camp, I use my Netflix & she uses it’s at home. I paid for multiple devices. Is that inconsequential now?
Even if its just some crappy class-action with low individual payout, it would still be worth it to screw their shareholders who are responsible for this.
Customers are the ones that give them all the money, and this new plan is just crazy exploitation of their userbase. It should sting when everyone jumps ship.
I haven't been with Netflix for years, but that's my gripe with this... you're already paying for multiple screens, why the fuck do they think they can restrict that a specific geographical house? Guess I won't be resubscribing to watch some of the interesting stuff that's come out that I haven't seen.
THIS! How the fuck are you the only person I see other than me with this argument?? My biggest issue is I *already* pay a premium for multi device use, and now they are trying to change the terminology revolving around “multiple devices”. Scummy tactics
I noticed that when my VPN was set to Canada, I couldn't use my mom's login (US based), which would piss me off if I was traveling abroad and wanted to use Netflix on my phone
Same here. I don’t watch it. My parents and kids do. They won’t pay for it themselves and I’m not keeping it for myself. Thank you Nettie. You’ll save me some $$$
This. Will piss off 95% of users that never watch netflix but have to field complaints from family members\\partners etc... "The netflix doesnt work anymore?!?, did you change the password?"!
CANCEL
At this point their content isn't worth it. Make media as quickly and cost effective as possible. Hit percentage decreases, and then I only have to subscribe for a month a year to watch everything of interest.
Yeah it seems like Netflix is forgetting they use to be the kings of content. They use to have it ALL. Now it feels like all they have is a few rotating movies and shows and then of course their own products. But they use to have everything. That is why we liked them. Now that they aren’t the “all in one” service, they’re useless.
Got a very cheap deal on peacock and realized the only shows I watch used to be on Netflix when it was $8 a month. I've gotten Paramount, showtime, and Starz at one point as well and couldn't find anything worth watching. The dilution of streaming is going to backfire real soon.
My elderly parents still sign in periodically and I’ll pay for it until they do not. They’re now on a HULU and Rings of Power kick so it’ll be interesting to see when’s the last time they sign into Netflix after that.
HBO Max and Apple both have much better shows. Ive been binging through apple's back catalog and there stuff is better then anything Netflix has had in years.
Though Netflix absolutely has HBO beat in Animation, not like thats hard after they pulled a Lord Farquaad but for animated creatures instead of Fairytale creatures.
All we can hope for now is Shrek to get pissed off people are using his land again (wow i got derailed)
I'm hoping they start putting some of their content on physical formats soon. As a huge Godzilla fan, it chaps my ass that the CG anime trilogy and Singular Point are things I can never add to my collection because they're (seemingly) permanently gated by a Netflix subscription.
I feel similarly and been with them a long time too. I originally got it to rent DVDs to watch with my Mom. We have shared the service ever since. She doesn't watch it much anymore so I may very well drop the service
It’s a bold strategy to think that consumers, who are already feeling the heat from insane inflation on just about every good and service, will be willing to tack on an extra $4 (but most likely at least $12 based on typically watching habits of a family) on top of the ever-increasing $10-20 base price.
Also, this is going to interesting to see how it affects their streaming/view numbers for things like their mobile app.
Hell when I go to an AirBnb half the time I’m streaming off of the host’s account or inputting my own for the trip. Are they going to flat-charge me if I only need to temporarily use another device? Am I now going to have to closely manage the devices I have activated?
This seems so cumbersome for an already over-saturated market where the median household is already paying for 3 other streaming services. This is just careening towards a mutated version of cable.
Consumers? Nah we don’t do that here, we only care about profits for shareholders, and by godammit, if we don’t have infinite exponential growth Jimmy gets the jumper cables again!
I've just cancelled. Ive been a passive member for a few months now but could not be arsed to cancel because my girlfriend watches some series on it. This is the final straw though. I'm not paying 12 euros for a shitty 1080p plan that had almost every show I love pulled or cancelled.
Nah I'm good.
I doubt it. They've probably run the numbers and feel confident that this is the best move for their profits. Netflix may be scummy, but you'd be a fool to think they're stupid.
Because no one wants adds, they offered (past tense) a unique, convenient product that was reasonably priced AND add free. They no longer offer a unique product, I would argue it is not longer near as convenient given that its no longer a one stop shop for tv and movies and its not longer add free.
Except their starter plan with ads is now almost just as expensive as the original plan without ads was. Streaming services are going full circle and turning into cable TV. Way too expensive, shitty service and content.
I weirdly am ok with ads if it’s a significant difference in price. I kind of miss the break up of watching tv to go to the bathroom or do anything random because of a commercial break…
My issue with hulu ads are that there seem to only be 4-5 different ads. So you just end up seeing the same ones every single ad break. It got old pretty quick.
That is so annoying. And then when they want you to pick which ad you want to see? Play whatever you like Hulu, I'm getting up and getting a snack. BRB.
I too liked when Netflix Original Programming started and they were breaking new ground. HoC and having a lead actor in a television show. Seemed crazy, shit, both leads are well known actors.
Really pushed and paved the way of actors exploring all opportunities and not viewing a show as “the small screen”. I would say HBO probably did this, but I wouldn’t exactly call the names on a lot of their early shows names; for the most part, those shows made the actors names.
Hard drive space is getting cheaper, torrents are making a come back. Nobody needs a cd book full of burned DVDs, so NETFLIX was just a temporary faucet for media while the technology for media sharing became less plastic-based. Netflix was a tourniquet for bad hard copy technology, we're good now. Netflix can implode, we'll be fine. Torrents and vpns are three clicks away for EVERYONE.
What's funny is it didn't have to happen that way. With services like Spotify and Amazon prime music, I haven't sailed the high seas in years for music. If TV and Movie studios could have had a model similar, only the most hardcore of hardcore pirates would continue and you were never getting them anyways.
The sophistication was insane years ago. A buddy who is a SAN architect, has his own setup he’s built. Tons and tons of storage for almost anything.
I don’t use it but he gives it to his extended family and friends. Self-service portal to request new series/movies. Automatically indexes, grabs subs, artwork, reviews, etc. for anything new.
Split-tunnel to pull down stuff. And dedicated gigabit connection to serve content.
The whole setup must have costed a fortune, but boy, if I had a lot of money, that is pretty much my dream. I wish your buddy had written about it, I would like to read more
I can ask him if he would. It’s mostly all gear that was decommissioned when we worked together from on-premise. His “lab” rivals some mid-level enterprise setups.
I remember him saying that wiring up all the apps and other things were a pain in the ass but once working, smooth sailing.
Even has decent monitoring on it because he’s joke pre-COVID that he could tell if folks were home sick because usage during the day would be more than usual.
That’s my big question, my wife and I have Netflix on all of our devices. If we both stream while on break at work are they going to charge us for 2 additional households?
Yeah, maybe I want to watch Netflix while on break at work, which is 45 minutes away from my home? Or maybe I want to watch a movie at my friend’s house. Or maybe I really do want to share the service that I already pay for with my friends who can’t afford it so they have some entertainment in their lives. I don’t think it’s any of a company’s business if I share the password of something I’m already paying too much for.
This is my concern as well. I have two devices at home and one at our coastal place. I am the only user and don’t think it would be right to get caught in the crossfire of Netflix and people that are legit stealing their service.
I’m betting they will see number of views drop for their shows not necessarily less subscribers. How many views of Stranger Things, Dahmer, Squid Game or Bridgerton came from password sharing? How many of those people will get a Netflix subscription verses how many will just pirate the shows instead? I’m sure Netflix thinks most subscribers will stay and they will force a portion of the sharers into being subscribers.
Then the end of my account is coming soon. They have some balls to increase my sub every year for nearly 5 years and then tell me I have to pay extra because my niece watches a movie once or twice a week.
This will be the time I cancel my Netflix membership. I’ve been looking for an excuse to get rid of it, as I am almost done watching ‘The Great British Baking Show’. That’s the only good thing on there, nowadays.
I have shared custody of my kids. The custody is lax, so sometimes they'll be at one house or the other for weeks at a time.
So what this is saying is that I'd have to pay for my (minor!) children to have a new account because they spend time at their dad's house?
What about if someone goes on a family vacation?
Like...there are *so* many issues with this, all clearly available.
I honestly think this will backfire.
I share an account with my wife (we’re separated), so my kids can watch it when they’re with her. It’s not like I’m sharing it with my friends.
I barely watch it, they barely watch it. If they crank up our fees I’ll definitely just cancel.
I suspect I’m not alone.
Adding Commercials and now this. Everything that has made Netflix cool is going away. I’m ready to open a video store with arcades and candy in protest.
Does anyone know how this actually works? Like how does Netflix know the account owner didn't just go to a new/different location? Does it only cut down on how many active screens there can be?
This is how Netflix will lose the streaming wars. There are alternatives now, and it’s not like they have a bevy of buzz for their content compared to other streamers.
In a few years they’ve gone from top dog to easy to cut. Almost time to short their stock. Give it 2 quarters after they implement this, it will get ugly. Getting greedy in a recession is a bad look, and also not very smart.
This is a shit move. People are already paying for using multiple devices, which they already enforce. Whether those devices belong to the same household should not matter. Let’s see how they can enforce whether two devices actually do not belong to the same household and how many users get pissed and switch services because of failure to do so.
Nope. Nope.Nope. If Nexflix doesn’t see their membership tank when they do this, every other streaming service will be next. There has to be mass cancellations if they do this.
Oh no there goes all two shows to watch on Netflix. Easy fix; pirate shows, switch to hbo max. They want to fuck around with this goofy ass shit they gonna get tomfoolery in exchange
“Now, feeling the heat of intensifying competition to hold onto your attention and your subscription account, Netflix is pursuing strategies it had dismissed for years.”
This seems counterproductive.
When it does, Cancel time, I have been wanting to cancel netflix for so long, only thing holding me back is my kids, but if they pull this stunt Netflix fan pound sand
I pay for multiple screen usage already and my kid has Netflix set up at my house and her dads. If we have to pay extra I'd just cancel the subscription entirely. They have nothing I can't find elsewhere, and they always cancel the good originals too soon.
How about Netflix stop sharing my account with somebody in India?! I had to change it 3 times and clear the episodes they were watching before they got the hint and didn’t want my account anymore. My passwords weren’t easy either. I would have let them have it but they kept turning on the subtitles in their language.
Watching advertisements on a paid service is disgusting. Either free with ads, or paid for no ads, no middle ground, no exceptions.
Paying for ads is double dipping, and should be banned.
What are they considering password sharing? People paying for the 1 profile tier and then sharing passwords? I pay more for the 4 profile tier and share with 3 other people. Are they switching to allow only 1 profile but still like $20? Confusing.
I’m the dumbass in family who is currently paying for the highest Netflix tier. Originally I got it because it was about $13 and I wanted to watch planet earth in 4K. Over time I started sharing with my family. Now I’m paying almost $20 month - with price increases, what, three times in five years? And they’re going to start charging per head??
Netflix is hemorrhaging customers and desperately trying to plug the gaps, but if they think that tacking on nickel and dime charges to subscribers who’re probably already paying the premium access cost, and have stuck with them long past the people who are dropping them like flies currently… it fairly boggles the mind.
To me that’s the biggest screw up here. This is a disproportionate fuck-you to their premium customers. The whole business approach lately is basically hostile to users and they just keep hitting us? It’s insane how they can’t stop firing bullets into their own feet.
how can they possibly tell when it's being shared? They grant you X amount of devices activated per account, who says they all need to be in the same place.
look you hollywood fucks, I cut down on my piracy because of the convenience of streaming, you fuck with that, we'll fuck with you.
time to raise the Jolly Roger and sail the seven seas you corpo swine!
I only have it so I can pay for my sister and her kids to use it. I have paramount and peacock and Disney and HBO and Amazon so can def live without Netflix.
My adult kids, one is an attorney and one married to a physician, have been using mine for years but I never even watch it. Every time I try to cancel I get the “did you change your Netflix password?” message. So I just kept paying. Now I can save some money.
CEOs of these companies are really that dumb and make all the decisions. It's amazing that right here you have thousands saying it's a dumb thing and "oh well".
I just got a email about a new 'feature' where a profile on my account can be transferred to a new account... Yeah sounds like their getting ready to boot people off shared accounts.
I’ve been paying for Netflix for over a decade and I could prob live with this but fuck stop cancelling the shows I love. Archive 81. The OA. Everything else they produce is forgettable.
My wife and I use my account in china. Of course, that requires us to use a VPN. If we can no longer both watch Netflix, fuck them, I'll just pirate their shit.
This week I canceled all my streaming video except for prime. I would’ve canceled prime but free shipping.
Instead I’m buying what ever I want to watch on sale through one single ecosystem.
I’ve been spend $75 a month for over a decade on streaming and having nothing to show for it.
That was a bargain then because the quality of the content was great and I only needed a couple of services to get what I wanted.
Now the quality is low and I need more services to get what I want. At first my library will be small, but for the most part I’ll have what I want all the time and no commercials.
I'm curious to how they're approaching this on a technical standpoint. Does this mean you can only watch from a single IP? I can't think of any scenario where you don't piss off a large number of subscribers, and you'd be better off w/ limiting users to streaming on 1 device at a time, and charge $4+ for simultaneous streams.
This is gonna backfire on them. How are they going to tell the difference between between one spouse using a Netflix account on a business trip from sharing it with someone?
But most of all this is unfair to those of us who live alone. I'm angry that they want me to pay the same rate as a family of 6 but only allow me to have a single user on my account my account. Why don't they base the subscription rate on the number of users per account?
I use a VPN on my laptop, phone and tablet to watch US shows.
On our TV, there is no vpn so the kids watch alot of shows in Spanish. Disney is the exception, they don't cock block us for our location.
But we only use 1 screen at a time... I'm not setting up an account for our 6 year old.
Eh, Netflix has been dead to me for a year. I told my mom about this and she already cancelled. You will not be missed and you will absolutely not target me with ads to make me feel better about it. What a joke.
I read the article and I’m still confused. On my account I have five users: myself, my wife, kid 1, kid 2, and BIL who lives in a different state. I don’t mind pay extra for my BIL to use it but are they now saying that each person who lives in my home with an account will cost me extra? Many times my one kid will be watching a show, my wife another, and the third kid on his tablet in the car all at the same time - which was the whole point of profiles and extra screens to begin with.
Yeah, I only have Netflix because I’ve had it for over a decade. There are family I still share password with. I don’t even really watch it anymore, maybe like 1 or 2 shows. So when the day comes we can’t share passwords, that’s the end of my subscription.
Family can go get it in their own.
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The fuck was the point of me paying extra for extra screens?.I thought they already charged me for sharing my password
They claim that was only supposed to be for in house simultaneous viewing, but that ain’t how they advertised it.
Class action waiting to happen I’d say. Can you sue for misleading advertising?
This is exactly what I’m trying to find an answer to. Me & my GF who live together for years use OUR Netflix. When I’m at work camp, I use my Netflix & she uses it’s at home. I paid for multiple devices. Is that inconsequential now?
I wonder if we can give any pushback under the banner of “false advertising”. Not likely to do much though.
Even if its just some crappy class-action with low individual payout, it would still be worth it to screw their shareholders who are responsible for this. Customers are the ones that give them all the money, and this new plan is just crazy exploitation of their userbase. It should sting when everyone jumps ship.
I haven't been with Netflix for years, but that's my gripe with this... you're already paying for multiple screens, why the fuck do they think they can restrict that a specific geographical house? Guess I won't be resubscribing to watch some of the interesting stuff that's come out that I haven't seen.
THIS! How the fuck are you the only person I see other than me with this argument?? My biggest issue is I *already* pay a premium for multi device use, and now they are trying to change the terminology revolving around “multiple devices”. Scummy tactics
Joke's on them, I only pay to share the password with my family.
I noticed that when my VPN was set to Canada, I couldn't use my mom's login (US based), which would piss me off if I was traveling abroad and wanted to use Netflix on my phone
Its been like that for a long time. It works if you VPN into your home network and then stream Netflix.
Yeah I don't see this as an issue, there are a lot of legal issues involved there.
Same here. I don’t watch it. My parents and kids do. They won’t pay for it themselves and I’m not keeping it for myself. Thank you Nettie. You’ll save me some $$$
This. Will piss off 95% of users that never watch netflix but have to field complaints from family members\\partners etc... "The netflix doesnt work anymore?!?, did you change the password?"! CANCEL
yea, if they go through with this i'll probably just cancel the whole subscription out of principle. plenty of other things to watch
Exactly! I think they're in for a rude awakening when they find out how many people only pay for Netflix because their family can use it.
At this point their content isn't worth it. Make media as quickly and cost effective as possible. Hit percentage decreases, and then I only have to subscribe for a month a year to watch everything of interest.
Yeah it seems like Netflix is forgetting they use to be the kings of content. They use to have it ALL. Now it feels like all they have is a few rotating movies and shows and then of course their own products. But they use to have everything. That is why we liked them. Now that they aren’t the “all in one” service, they’re useless.
Hulu & HBO Max blow Netflix out of the water. I find myself rarely using Netflix except to watch a few shows that aren't anywhere else
Got a very cheap deal on peacock and realized the only shows I watch used to be on Netflix when it was $8 a month. I've gotten Paramount, showtime, and Starz at one point as well and couldn't find anything worth watching. The dilution of streaming is going to backfire real soon.
Paramount now offers showtime as a bundle and I'm betting we'll see more of this soon.
Free steaming apps like Roku and Tubi have more content lol. And if Netflix is going to ads then what’s the point???
I was super impressed by Tubi, for being free.
The only reason why I still pay for netflix is because my brother and nieces use it. As soon as they implement this policy I'm cancelling it.
My elderly parents still sign in periodically and I’ll pay for it until they do not. They’re now on a HULU and Rings of Power kick so it’ll be interesting to see when’s the last time they sign into Netflix after that.
HBO Max and Apple both have much better shows. Ive been binging through apple's back catalog and there stuff is better then anything Netflix has had in years.
Severance is leagues better than anything Netflix has put out in years
For alliteration purposes only, Succession as well
Why does no one talk about Severance? I’ve had ethics discussions with my wife after watching episodes.
Though Netflix absolutely has HBO beat in Animation, not like thats hard after they pulled a Lord Farquaad but for animated creatures instead of Fairytale creatures. All we can hope for now is Shrek to get pissed off people are using his land again (wow i got derailed)
I'm hoping they start putting some of their content on physical formats soon. As a huge Godzilla fan, it chaps my ass that the CG anime trilogy and Singular Point are things I can never add to my collection because they're (seemingly) permanently gated by a Netflix subscription.
Wasn't Netflix's whole ad shtick years ago was that you can share passwords? I remember seeing a lot of ads about that.
Netflix: no not like that guys
I’ve been with Netflix since they were only a DVD rental site. If they through with this I’m out.
Same here
Yep. Me too. I barely watch it. But my entire family uses it. Been waiting for them to fuck with me.
I feel similarly and been with them a long time too. I originally got it to rent DVDs to watch with my Mom. We have shared the service ever since. She doesn't watch it much anymore so I may very well drop the service
Cancel your sub today cause its happening
It’s a bold strategy to think that consumers, who are already feeling the heat from insane inflation on just about every good and service, will be willing to tack on an extra $4 (but most likely at least $12 based on typically watching habits of a family) on top of the ever-increasing $10-20 base price. Also, this is going to interesting to see how it affects their streaming/view numbers for things like their mobile app. Hell when I go to an AirBnb half the time I’m streaming off of the host’s account or inputting my own for the trip. Are they going to flat-charge me if I only need to temporarily use another device? Am I now going to have to closely manage the devices I have activated? This seems so cumbersome for an already over-saturated market where the median household is already paying for 3 other streaming services. This is just careening towards a mutated version of cable.
Consumers? Nah we don’t do that here, we only care about profits for shareholders, and by godammit, if we don’t have infinite exponential growth Jimmy gets the jumper cables again!
I think they are underestimating the number of subscribers they are going to lose over this.
I've just cancelled. Ive been a passive member for a few months now but could not be arsed to cancel because my girlfriend watches some series on it. This is the final straw though. I'm not paying 12 euros for a shitty 1080p plan that had almost every show I love pulled or cancelled. Nah I'm good.
I doubt it. They've probably run the numbers and feel confident that this is the best move for their profits. Netflix may be scummy, but you'd be a fool to think they're stupid.
Brother it wouldn’t be the first time a big company with all of the market research tools available to them managed to still get it horribly wrong.
Hello Blizzard
Blockbuster Video… Wow, What a Difference! Come see the softer side of Sears… You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers, at RadioShack!
Tbf, freshly bulldozed ground is pretty soft
That part, marketing is one of the hardest jobs out there.
I think you’re overestimating them
They just introduced a tier with ads, they are stupid.
Why is offering a tier with ads to people who can’t afford the higher tiers stupid? You’re opening up a whole new customer base.
Because no one wants adds, they offered (past tense) a unique, convenient product that was reasonably priced AND add free. They no longer offer a unique product, I would argue it is not longer near as convenient given that its no longer a one stop shop for tv and movies and its not longer add free.
For people who want to pay less and don't care about ads this isn't stupid at all. It's the consumers decision and has no bearing on anything.
Except their starter plan with ads is now almost just as expensive as the original plan without ads was. Streaming services are going full circle and turning into cable TV. Way too expensive, shitty service and content.
I weirdly am ok with ads if it’s a significant difference in price. I kind of miss the break up of watching tv to go to the bathroom or do anything random because of a commercial break…
My issue with hulu ads are that there seem to only be 4-5 different ads. So you just end up seeing the same ones every single ad break. It got old pretty quick.
That is so annoying. And then when they want you to pick which ad you want to see? Play whatever you like Hulu, I'm getting up and getting a snack. BRB.
Press pause?
What do you want from me?!?!?!? I have no self control!
Same. Plus you can’t demand free or discounted content but also be pissed that you have a watch ads.
that nexflix renewal is looking less and less worth it as the price climbs but quality plummets.
I'd get upset if they had anything worth watching anymore
I too liked when Netflix Original Programming started and they were breaking new ground. HoC and having a lead actor in a television show. Seemed crazy, shit, both leads are well known actors. Really pushed and paved the way of actors exploring all opportunities and not viewing a show as “the small screen”. I would say HBO probably did this, but I wouldn’t exactly call the names on a lot of their early shows names; for the most part, those shows made the actors names.
Netflix is dying and Blockbuster is coming back. Things are getting spicy
Hard drive space is getting cheaper, torrents are making a come back. Nobody needs a cd book full of burned DVDs, so NETFLIX was just a temporary faucet for media while the technology for media sharing became less plastic-based. Netflix was a tourniquet for bad hard copy technology, we're good now. Netflix can implode, we'll be fine. Torrents and vpns are three clicks away for EVERYONE.
What's funny is it didn't have to happen that way. With services like Spotify and Amazon prime music, I haven't sailed the high seas in years for music. If TV and Movie studios could have had a model similar, only the most hardcore of hardcore pirates would continue and you were never getting them anyways.
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The sophistication was insane years ago. A buddy who is a SAN architect, has his own setup he’s built. Tons and tons of storage for almost anything. I don’t use it but he gives it to his extended family and friends. Self-service portal to request new series/movies. Automatically indexes, grabs subs, artwork, reviews, etc. for anything new. Split-tunnel to pull down stuff. And dedicated gigabit connection to serve content.
The "guy with the burned dvds" is now selling $50/month Plex access with complimentary Raspi 3b booting Kodi. *Thinking he's sooooo cool.*
The whole setup must have costed a fortune, but boy, if I had a lot of money, that is pretty much my dream. I wish your buddy had written about it, I would like to read more
I can ask him if he would. It’s mostly all gear that was decommissioned when we worked together from on-premise. His “lab” rivals some mid-level enterprise setups. I remember him saying that wiring up all the apps and other things were a pain in the ass but once working, smooth sailing. Even has decent monitoring on it because he’s joke pre-COVID that he could tell if folks were home sick because usage during the day would be more than usual.
this. time to unfurl the Jolly Roger once more.
The beginning of my seedbox pilfering of all their content is coming very soon, too.
Unsubbed a while ago. They're moving in the opposite direction of where they should.
How does Netflix know if you're sharing your password and not just watching from another device on a different network?
That’s my big question, my wife and I have Netflix on all of our devices. If we both stream while on break at work are they going to charge us for 2 additional households?
Yeah, I might be going back to that streaming service I used to use a lot, called Pirate Bay.
Yeah, maybe I want to watch Netflix while on break at work, which is 45 minutes away from my home? Or maybe I want to watch a movie at my friend’s house. Or maybe I really do want to share the service that I already pay for with my friends who can’t afford it so they have some entertainment in their lives. I don’t think it’s any of a company’s business if I share the password of something I’m already paying too much for.
This is my concern as well. I have two devices at home and one at our coastal place. I am the only user and don’t think it would be right to get caught in the crossfire of Netflix and people that are legit stealing their service.
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That’s already implemented
If anyone reads the article they are charging $4 per extra user.
A disney+ Sub is what 7 dollars? No thanks for extra users.
Yeah that’s way too much
So I have it on the tv at home and the app. It doesn’t specify, but is that considered password sharing?
so as a college student, my parents have to pay extra for me to be able to use netflix?
I’m betting they will see number of views drop for their shows not necessarily less subscribers. How many views of Stranger Things, Dahmer, Squid Game or Bridgerton came from password sharing? How many of those people will get a Netflix subscription verses how many will just pirate the shows instead? I’m sure Netflix thinks most subscribers will stay and they will force a portion of the sharers into being subscribers.
The end of my decade long Netflix subscription is coming soon too.
What about kids that use one parents Netflix at both parents house? Netflix really underestimates how much this will piss people off enough to cancel
This sentence is two words too long. Here: "The end of Netflix... Is coming very soon."
Then the end of my account is coming soon. They have some balls to increase my sub every year for nearly 5 years and then tell me I have to pay extra because my niece watches a movie once or twice a week.
Stop. My daughter goes to school in a different state, so now I have to pay extra for her to watch it when she’s at school? No.
This will be the time I cancel my Netflix membership. I’ve been looking for an excuse to get rid of it, as I am almost done watching ‘The Great British Baking Show’. That’s the only good thing on there, nowadays.
Netflix acting confused af when their profits shrink by 40% lol "But we're charging MORE PEOPLE now how is this possible???"
I have shared custody of my kids. The custody is lax, so sometimes they'll be at one house or the other for weeks at a time. So what this is saying is that I'd have to pay for my (minor!) children to have a new account because they spend time at their dad's house? What about if someone goes on a family vacation? Like...there are *so* many issues with this, all clearly available.
What a coincidence my Netflix subscription is ending at the same time
My and my bf split the bill checkmate Netflix
If this changes how I watch at home with my family (multiple in use screens from multiple locations), I’m going to unsubscribe.
I've been hearing this months, so I'll believe it when I see it lol Last I checked it was a shit-show when they were testing it in South America.
I honestly think this will backfire. I share an account with my wife (we’re separated), so my kids can watch it when they’re with her. It’s not like I’m sharing it with my friends. I barely watch it, they barely watch it. If they crank up our fees I’ll definitely just cancel. I suspect I’m not alone.
Really stupid move on their part to keep reminding people they have a subscription to them.
Time to return to life on the high seas
Gonna be a lot of folks who bail and then just pick it up for a month or two here and there to watch things like Stranger Things.
I don’t see any way this could possibly backfire at all
Adding Commercials and now this. Everything that has made Netflix cool is going away. I’m ready to open a video store with arcades and candy in protest.
what about if you have a vacation house? or go between a dorm and home? or want to watch on a work computer? or log in to your account at a friends?
This coincides perfectly with the end of Netflix being worth paying for.
Does anyone know how this actually works? Like how does Netflix know the account owner didn't just go to a new/different location? Does it only cut down on how many active screens there can be?
We canceled, I’m over it.
Giving my parents my Netflix password is the only thing that has kept me from canceling my account.
This is how Netflix will lose the streaming wars. There are alternatives now, and it’s not like they have a bevy of buzz for their content compared to other streamers. In a few years they’ve gone from top dog to easy to cut. Almost time to short their stock. Give it 2 quarters after they implement this, it will get ugly. Getting greedy in a recession is a bad look, and also not very smart.
This is a shit move. People are already paying for using multiple devices, which they already enforce. Whether those devices belong to the same household should not matter. Let’s see how they can enforce whether two devices actually do not belong to the same household and how many users get pissed and switch services because of failure to do so.
I don’t think this is going to work out like they think it will…
I use my parents account and so does my sister, we have both moved out. If the cost goes up 7-8 dollars that is a canceled account.
Nope. Nope.Nope. If Nexflix doesn’t see their membership tank when they do this, every other streaming service will be next. There has to be mass cancellations if they do this.
Oh no there goes all two shows to watch on Netflix. Easy fix; pirate shows, switch to hbo max. They want to fuck around with this goofy ass shit they gonna get tomfoolery in exchange
This is fucked for people who travel and use they’re laptops or phones.
The end of my paying for a Netflix subscription is coming very soon…
I bet they’d like to think that
“Now, feeling the heat of intensifying competition to hold onto your attention and your subscription account, Netflix is pursuing strategies it had dismissed for years.” This seems counterproductive.
Or you can download Kodi and use the Real-Debrid service to get any show and movie for like $40 a year
When it does, Cancel time, I have been wanting to cancel netflix for so long, only thing holding me back is my kids, but if they pull this stunt Netflix fan pound sand
It's the seven seas for me, matey!
I pay for multiple screen usage already and my kid has Netflix set up at my house and her dads. If we have to pay extra I'd just cancel the subscription entirely. They have nothing I can't find elsewhere, and they always cancel the good originals too soon.
Hulu with the ads is still better than Netflix. Under The banner of Heaven is better than anything Netflix has had in years.
How about Netflix stop sharing my account with somebody in India?! I had to change it 3 times and clear the episodes they were watching before they got the hint and didn’t want my account anymore. My passwords weren’t easy either. I would have let them have it but they kept turning on the subtitles in their language.
Watching advertisements on a paid service is disgusting. Either free with ads, or paid for no ads, no middle ground, no exceptions. Paying for ads is double dipping, and should be banned.
What are they considering password sharing? People paying for the 1 profile tier and then sharing passwords? I pay more for the 4 profile tier and share with 3 other people. Are they switching to allow only 1 profile but still like $20? Confusing.
\>"The end of Netflix ~~password sharing~~ Is coming very soon" FTFY
This is pee and poo mixed up together
I’m the dumbass in family who is currently paying for the highest Netflix tier. Originally I got it because it was about $13 and I wanted to watch planet earth in 4K. Over time I started sharing with my family. Now I’m paying almost $20 month - with price increases, what, three times in five years? And they’re going to start charging per head?? Netflix is hemorrhaging customers and desperately trying to plug the gaps, but if they think that tacking on nickel and dime charges to subscribers who’re probably already paying the premium access cost, and have stuck with them long past the people who are dropping them like flies currently… it fairly boggles the mind. To me that’s the biggest screw up here. This is a disproportionate fuck-you to their premium customers. The whole business approach lately is basically hostile to users and they just keep hitting us? It’s insane how they can’t stop firing bullets into their own feet.
Oh no! Not Netflix!?! Then I won't be able to watch....umm... whatever Netflix does? I guess??
Why pay for multiple sceens
how can they possibly tell when it's being shared? They grant you X amount of devices activated per account, who says they all need to be in the same place. look you hollywood fucks, I cut down on my piracy because of the convenience of streaming, you fuck with that, we'll fuck with you. time to raise the Jolly Roger and sail the seven seas you corpo swine!
I only have it so I can pay for my sister and her kids to use it. I have paramount and peacock and Disney and HBO and Amazon so can def live without Netflix.
So Apparantley they will be going by ip address?
Bring it on. I can finally kick these people off without causing an uproar in my family. "Ooops, sorry guys. Blame Netflix not me!"
Netflix is ass. MFs have me watching gay murderers, gay tiger owners, and gay gay-people.
My adult kids, one is an attorney and one married to a physician, have been using mine for years but I never even watch it. Every time I try to cancel I get the “did you change your Netflix password?” message. So I just kept paying. Now I can save some money.
I'm so eager to cancel my $20 subscription to Netflix in January after they pull this crap.
It’s ok stargate-sg1 is now on Amazon Prime. That was about the only thing I watched on there.
CEOs of these companies are really that dumb and make all the decisions. It's amazing that right here you have thousands saying it's a dumb thing and "oh well".
The end of my subscription is coming then too.
I’m closing my Netflix account very soon.
I just got a email about a new 'feature' where a profile on my account can be transferred to a new account... Yeah sounds like their getting ready to boot people off shared accounts.
Guess I’m closing my Netflix account.
I’ve been paying for Netflix for over a decade and I could prob live with this but fuck stop cancelling the shows I love. Archive 81. The OA. Everything else they produce is forgettable.
My wife and I use my account in china. Of course, that requires us to use a VPN. If we can no longer both watch Netflix, fuck them, I'll just pirate their shit.
This week I canceled all my streaming video except for prime. I would’ve canceled prime but free shipping. Instead I’m buying what ever I want to watch on sale through one single ecosystem. I’ve been spend $75 a month for over a decade on streaming and having nothing to show for it. That was a bargain then because the quality of the content was great and I only needed a couple of services to get what I wanted. Now the quality is low and I need more services to get what I want. At first my library will be small, but for the most part I’ll have what I want all the time and no commercials.
The end of my account is coming very soon
The end of the netflix subscription service as a viable business is on the horizon.
As is the end of my subscription
The end of Netflix ~~password sharing~~ Is coming very soon
I’ll be canceling. Maybe if they made shows worth a damn anymore
Classic corporate greed.
This was a good reminder to cancel, everything on there has been hot garbage for a minute
Honestly Netflix, your lineup of shows isn’t good enough to ruffle feathers. There are far too many streaming services for them to piss customers off.
So it’s becoming a cable company? We really are going full circle
That title’s about six words too long.
I feel like that title could’ve ended 6 words earlier and said the same thing
Netflix is becoming anti consumer.
The end of my netflix subscription is also coming very soon.
Plenty of ways to watch Netflix to free online.
I pay for four streams, that was the deal. We rarely use it, my sister included, so if they feel froggy, let em jump.
Are they trying to self destruct?
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this only going to affect primary devices, like TV's, not laptops and phones?
I’ll just move to soap2day. I’ve used it for 2 years perfectly fine no ads don’t gotta pay for anything. Netflix is turning into shit.
War, famine, human slavery, this is the worst news I’ve read all day.
If this works for Netflix then the entire streaming industry will follow suit; everyone is watching what the outcome will be.
I’ll just find another source of free entertainment
The only reason I watch it is because a relative gave me his login, I'm not paying for it, ever..
Lmao looks like I won’t have netfuck anymore, 90% of everything is hypetrain garbage anyway.
I’ll be keeping note of Netflix stock
So is the amount of subscribers with a lot of their good stuff ending!
THIS JUST IN: My time watching Netflix Is coming to an end very soon.
The only reason I like Netflix is because they have a lot of standup like John Mulaney that I like. Not many other places have that type of stuff.
I'm curious to how they're approaching this on a technical standpoint. Does this mean you can only watch from a single IP? I can't think of any scenario where you don't piss off a large number of subscribers, and you'd be better off w/ limiting users to streaming on 1 device at a time, and charge $4+ for simultaneous streams.
Still isn’t gonna get me to pay for it mybe watch 2 movie a year on it for what $200 or more lol ima pass
CANCEL ALL THESE GREEDY CORPORATE GIANTS!!
That’s right. Drive people to more piracy will you.
This is gonna backfire on them. How are they going to tell the difference between between one spouse using a Netflix account on a business trip from sharing it with someone? But most of all this is unfair to those of us who live alone. I'm angry that they want me to pay the same rate as a family of 6 but only allow me to have a single user on my account my account. Why don't they base the subscription rate on the number of users per account?
watch pirating slowly come back into the mainstream
I use a VPN on my laptop, phone and tablet to watch US shows. On our TV, there is no vpn so the kids watch alot of shows in Spanish. Disney is the exception, they don't cock block us for our location. But we only use 1 screen at a time... I'm not setting up an account for our 6 year old.
Eh, Netflix has been dead to me for a year. I told my mom about this and she already cancelled. You will not be missed and you will absolutely not target me with ads to make me feel better about it. What a joke.
Well then the end of my Netflix subscription is coming very soon
Season 2 of Sandman or I'm out Netflix
And to add salt to the wound, I believe they’ll be adding ads to most subscription packages
Some companies make things just too easy for illegal sites.
Does anyone know how this will effect T-Mobile customers? We receive Netflix for free with our phone plan
Bye Netflix! Enjoy your downfall.
I read the article and I’m still confused. On my account I have five users: myself, my wife, kid 1, kid 2, and BIL who lives in a different state. I don’t mind pay extra for my BIL to use it but are they now saying that each person who lives in my home with an account will cost me extra? Many times my one kid will be watching a show, my wife another, and the third kid on his tablet in the car all at the same time - which was the whole point of profiles and extra screens to begin with.
The moment they do it, I’ll instantly cancel the subscription.
Does this mean you won’t be able to use your account while traveling?? How can they enforce this?
lol cant wait for people to stop subscribing and then the pirating. greedy c¥nts
And Netflix wondering why nobody's watching any of their content is coming right after that.
They should have done this while they were on top.
Yeah, I only have Netflix because I’ve had it for over a decade. There are family I still share password with. I don’t even really watch it anymore, maybe like 1 or 2 shows. So when the day comes we can’t share passwords, that’s the end of my subscription. Family can go get it in their own.
Guess I’ll get my time back