Netflix Sends Emails to Subscribers They No Longer Want

[jcf817]

Looks like Netflix is starting their password-sharing crack-down. I said goodbye over a year ago to my own account but have been using my partner's.
Their rules appear to be completely ridiculous. Will be interesting to see their subscription numbers in the future.

 

[Farnsworth]

booooo. I use my parents who live in Carroll, I'm in DSM. Dont **** with me please

 

[Clonehomer]

Looks like Netflix is starting their password-sharing crack-down. I said goodbye over a year ago to my own account but have been using my partner's.
Their rules appear to be completely ridiculous. Will be interesting to see their subscription numbers in the future.

Why are the rules ridiculous? It's been pretty clear from the beginning that a subscription is for a household. Just because they haven't enforced the rule in the past doesn't mean it's not a rule.

 

[pourcyne]

They won't let you download epi's to more than one device (even if it's just one at a time being used). Cheeze.

 

[Clonehomer]

They won't let you download epi's to more than one device (even if it's just one at a time being used). Cheeze.

The point of downloading episodes is to watch them offline. How do they ensure you're watching one at a time if you're offline? Or, would you prefer that they require internet access to be able to watch the downloaded episodes?

 

[3TrueFans]

The point of downloading episodes is to watch them offline. How do they ensure you're watching one at a time if you're offline? Or, would you prefer that they require internet access to be able to watch the downloaded episodes?

This dude the CEO of Netflix?

 

[pourcyne]

The point of downloading episodes is to watch them offline. How do they ensure you're watching one at a time if you're offline? Or, would you prefer that they require internet access to be able to watch the downloaded episodes?

I can watch a streaming service on two different TV's at once. Why can't I watch ONE episode at a time of a series, even if one's on one phone and the next one is on the other?

Explain it to me as if corporate America wasn't the greedy-ass entity that it is.

I get why you shouldn't be able to share your log-in with your cheapskate cousin in Poughkeepsie if you live in Huxley, USA, but this is my subscription for myself, not anyone else.

 

[Clonehomer]

I can watch a streaming service on two different TV's at once. Why can't I watch ONE episode at a time of a series, even if one's on one phone and the next one is on the other?

Explain it to me as if corporate America wasn't the greedy-ass entity that it is.

I get why you shouldn't be able to share your log-in with your cheapskate cousin in Poughkeepsie if you live in Huxley, USA, but this is my subscription for myself, not anyone else.

How do they know those devices are both yours?

Ultimately, they provide a service. If you don't like the terms of that service, unsubscribe. This isn't Soviet Russia, no one is forcing you to use Netflix. If enough people unsubscribe, they'll change their business strategy. That's just how the free market works.

 

[Rabbuk]

Well it's been a good run girl who I dated like 14 years agos netflix.

 

[alarson]

Why are the rules ridiculous? It's been pretty clear from the beginning that a subscription is for a household. Just because they haven't enforced the rule in the past doesn't mean it's not a rule.

This is not true.

Netflix themselves advertised their service for years around password sharing being accepted.


That's why they also added the screen limit to their plans, because thats how they established their pricing. When you are paying for X number of screens, the physical location of those screens should not matter.

Banning password sharing is just double dipping on that.

 

[Clonefan94]

I haven't received the email yet or read the details, but will be interested to see what they do with my daughter at ISU when we live in Illinois.

 

[I@ST1]

Shouldn’t share your login.. everyone should pay their fair share!

 

[Jer]

Maybe it’s because I don’t have friends and therefore nobody to share with, but I don’t see the issue. Yes, they may have endorsed sharing in their growth years but are at a mature business survival stage now where it makes sense to limit such behavior. I have no sympathy for those that have shared for years now having to pay or leave.

I do understand there are scenarios where this seems unfair (ie certain family living arrangements), but that’s like the 5% exception.

Now, I watch hundreds of hours of Netflix and love their service and am willing to support services I get a benefit from. It’s up to Netflix to keep earning current and prospective customers.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Depends how they handle it, I suppose. I have YouTubeTV and throw the golf tournaments on my 2nd monitor on Thursday and Friday afternoons. I wonder how that would work if it was Netflix?

 

[3TrueFans]

Depends how they handle it, I suppose. I have YouTubeTV and throw the golf tournaments on my 2nd monitor on Thursday and Friday afternoons. I wonder how that would work if it was Netflix?

If it's a work PC it'll probably get flagged since it's in a different location from your home. If it were a laptop that you could login to on your home network occasionally it sounds like it might be ok.

 

[mywayorcyway]

Shouldn’t share your login.. everyone should pay their fair share!

I used to feel this way but have since changed my mind. I pay for X number of concurrent streams and should be able to use them however I want. I don't know why a household factors in.

I should be able to give my account to as many people as I want. If I can't get in because the streams are full, that's my own fault.

 

[mynameisjonas]

I have Hulu, and it drives me crazy that I can’t log on to Hulu on my parents Apple TV if I want to watch a show with them. I have to pull up Hulu on my phone and then mirror the screen On to their tv. I know they are trying to prevent people from sharing username and passwords, but they’re also big time inconveniencing people that just want to watch the service they pay for at a different location.

 

[pourcyne]

How do they know those devices are both yours?

Ultimately, they provide a service.

It's my fricking account.

I have watched Netflix across Europe and Japan, no problems. I have watched it in various hotels around the United States that let me log in to my account, no questions asked.

With two phones in the same location from the same VPN, it's not rocket science, Sparky.

 

[pourcyne]

. If you don't like the terms of that service, unsubscribe. This isn't Soviet Russia, no one is forcing you to use Netflix. If enough people unsubscribe, they'll change their business strategy. That's just how the free market works.

Yes, this isn't Soviet Russia. I'm entitled to my opinion, even if it's not yours.

As for the free market ********, yeah, right.

 

[CoachHines3]

brazzers isn’t doing this

brazzers > Netflix