Comment on Netflix Gains Six Million Subscribers After Password Sharing Crackdown

• ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I was paying for it, for four screens and multiple users, as permitted on their site.

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  • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Many others were using other people’s accounts for free

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    • Platomus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No, the accounts were paid for.

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    • moobythegoldensock@geddit.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No, they were using paid accounts.

      If I buy a frisbee and throw it to a friend, my friend doesn’t owe the frisbee company anything. I paid for the frisbee, I can do what I want with it.

      If I pay for 4 simultaneous streams from a video company, why is it that company’s business how and when I use them, or who I share them with?

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      • bowreality@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Exactly this

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    • brimnac@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Netflix literally said “Sharing is caring” about passwords a few years back…

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    • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I allow people to use it for free as it’s not a huge expense, and it’s something nice to do.

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• Platomus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The users were playing for the service tho.

  They then created artificial barriers to charge more for the service.

  They’ve been doing it consistently.

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• FoxBJK@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They’re the ones who said it was OK to share your password. So yeah they deserve to get flak for this.

  Love is sharing a password… until it affects YOY growth.

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