Netflix stopping password sharing

From what I've read it's lead to them losing subscribers Initially but they're now back where they were and they've increased monetisation so it's done what they wanted it to do

They don't have to pay for their own account, the main account holder just has to pay a 4.99 premium
 
From what I've read it's lead to them losing subscribers Initially but they're now back where they were and they've increased monetisation so it's done what they wanted it to do

They don't have to pay for their own account, the main account holder just has to pay a 4.99 premium

My email doesn’t give that option, not sure that will work for those who get their Netflix membership as part of their Sky Q subscription.

Crap move regardless, isn’t their $125bn worth enough for them?!
 
It's not available if you have it through a package.

"The streaming service has been looking for new revenue streams amid fears of market saturation, with efforts including limits on password borrowing and a new advert-supported option.

Paying customers can add a member outside their homes for an additional fee.

In the UK, the fee is £4.99 per month.

Members can also transfer a person's profile, so the user can keep their viewing history and recommendations."

How will Netflix police it? People are on the move all the time.
3.

How does Netflix know that you’re sharing someone else’s password?​

Netflix says it uses a combination of IP addresses, device IDs, and “account activity from devices signed into the Netflix account” to determine if an account is being used in the primary account holder’s household.
Netflix may also ask you to verify a device by entering a four-digit verification code sent to the account holder.
Suffice to say that if you’re sharing someone else’s Netflix account, Netflix can likely detect it.
 
My email doesn’t give that option, not sure that will work for those who get their Netflix membership as part of their Sky Q subscription.

Crap move regardless, isn’t their $125bn worth enough for them?!
I never got the e-mail, my son did and was given the option to pay £4.99 for me to watch. ;)
 
It's not available if you have it through a package.

"The streaming service has been looking for new revenue streams amid fears of market saturation, with efforts including limits on password borrowing and a new advert-supported option.

Paying customers can add a member outside their homes for an additional fee.

In the UK, the fee is £4.99 per month.

Members can also transfer a person's profile, so the user can keep their viewing history and recommendations."


3.

How does Netflix know that you’re sharing someone else’s password?​

Netflix says it uses a combination of IP addresses, device IDs, and “account activity from devices signed into the Netflix account” to determine if an account is being used in the primary account holder’s household.
Netflix may also ask you to verify a device by entering a four-digit verification code sent to the account holder.
Suffice to say that if you’re sharing someone else’s Netflix account, Netflix can likely detect it.
I was wondering how you would use it whilst away from the main household.
 
I was wondering how you would use it whilst away from the main household.
You'll use it as you do now, but you might get an alert asking you to do 2FA just as you might when logging into amazon or paypal or many other online services. If youve got multiple devices regularly doing that, its going to get naggy very quickly.
 
I pay for the package that allows streaming to 4 devices at once. Shouldn’t make any difference where those devices are located.
Well it doesn't, as long as you can authenticate it. You pay for 4 devices in your household. its quite different from 4 people sharing an account. I imagine the majority of users arent going to experience any disruption as long as theyre using it genuinly.

Its a bit like how you used to be able to just change your location and access better content. You could do it, but you weren't supposed to be able to, and they cracked down on it.

I imagine they will have people using accounts in turkey or Russia but accessing from the UK in their sights next because they're about £3 a month
 
It's not available if you have it through a package.

"The streaming service has been looking for new revenue streams amid fears of market saturation, with efforts including limits on password borrowing and a new advert-supported option.

Paying customers can add a member outside their homes for an additional fee.

In the UK, the fee is £4.99 per month.

Members can also transfer a person's profile, so the user can keep their viewing history and recommendations."


3.

How does Netflix know that you’re sharing someone else’s password?​

Netflix says it uses a combination of IP addresses, device IDs, and “account activity from devices signed into the Netflix account” to determine if an account is being used in the primary account holder’s household.
Netflix may also ask you to verify a device by entering a four-digit verification code sent to the account holder.
Suffice to say that if you’re sharing someone else’s Netflix account, Netflix can likely detect it.
So if you use Netflix in a hotel, pub or any other public wifi setting will Netflix think you are sharing your password?
 
So if you use Netflix in a hotel, pub or any other public wifi setting will Netflix think you are sharing your password?
Not necessarily. Just like Amazon doesnt think you've been hacked because you log in on your laptop. But you may get a prompt if you are doing so in multiple locations especially if watching different content at the same time, and that may require authentication from the main account holder. Again majority of people using the product as intended will not experience any issues, its been tested and rolled out in other countries already.

For example if you pop to the pub or use a hotel its not going to lock you out and stop you using it.

But if you haven't been on the same wifi network as the account holder for 3 months and watch different shows at the same time, thats going to flag up as obvious abuse.

People in the same household will have the same geolocation, which is tracked, and will access via similar devices and similar networks. Fairly easy to tell who is taking the **** and who is genuine.
 
But if you haven't been on the same wifi network as the account holder for 3 months and watch different shows at the same time, thats going to flag up as obvious abuse.

It’s not abuse.

Netflix openly encouraged password sharing, just because they decide they no longer want it doesn’t mean those users are abusing things.

Prime and Disney Plus encourage password sharing, this is pure greed from Netflix.
 
It’s not abuse.

Netflix openly encouraged password sharing, just because they decide they no longer want it doesn’t mean those users are abusing things.

Prime and Disney Plus encourage password sharing, this is pure greed from Netflix.
If they say you can't do it, you can't do it - it's their service and their terms and if you don't like it you're free to cancel. Anyone who knows the rules and flaunts them are abusing it, fairly black and white.

Don't think they've openly encouraged password sharing, they've acknowledged it and eve joked about it but don't think they've told people to do it. They've decided you can't do it and given those that insist on it an option to continue doing so.

Hard to see why anyone is shocked that a company wants people to pay to use it. It's not pure greed at all; they're a business. They exist to make money. They started to shed numbers and spend eye watering figures on content creation so made this decision and it's apparently worked.

They're not selling air or water or anything else people need to survive. It's a steaming service. Pay or don't use it.
 
If they say you can't do it, you can't do it - it's their service and their terms and if you don't like it you're free to cancel. Anyone who knows the rules and flaunts them are abusing it, fairly black and white.

Don't think they've openly encouraged password sharing, they've acknowledged it and eve joked about it but don't think they've told people to do it. They've decided you can't do it and given those that insist on it an option to continue doing so.

Hard to see why anyone is shocked that a company wants people to pay to use it. It's not pure greed at all; they're a business. They exist to make money. They started to shed numbers and spend eye watering figures on content creation so made this decision and it's apparently worked.

They're not selling air or water or anything else people need to survive. It's a steaming service. Pay or don't use it.

Couldn’t disagree more.

I pay for 4 devices. Ludicrous to say those 4 devices have to be under the same roof.
 
Couldn’t disagree more.

I pay for 4 devices. Ludicrous to say those 4 devices have to be under the same roof.
You can disagree all you like but if it's in their terms and you aren't following the terms you're misusing the service.

The devices don't have to be all be under the same roof, they have to at least at some point be. They surely always would if it's a household account? You might go travelling or on holiday but that's a one off and if it happens often you might get a 2fa code to enter, hardly a hardship. But if it shows up one user in Bournemouth, another in London and 2 different geolocations in boro using an account that never access the same network or devices, that's pretty obviously 4 people account sharing and not someone on a work trip or a weekend away

There is a world of difference being able to access it on your tv, phone, iPad and the kids PlayStation vs your kids at uni are using it and your mate down south and your ex still has your password, all of which should have their own account quite clearly but until now they've turned a blind eye against it.
 
You can disagree all you like but if it's in their terms and you aren't following the terms you're misusing the service.

The devices don't have to be all be under the same roof, they have to at least at some point be. They surely always would if it's a household account? You might go travelling or on holiday but that's a one off and if it happens often you might get a 2fa code to enter, hardly a hardship. But if it shows up one user in Bournemouth, another in London and 2 different geolocations in boro using an account that never access the same network or devices, that's pretty obviously 4 people account sharing and not someone on a work trip or a weekend away

There is a world of difference being able to access it on your tv, phone, iPad and the kids PlayStation vs your kids at uni are using it and your mate down south and your ex still has your password, all of which should have their own account quite clearly but until now they've turned a blind eye against it.

It will backfire if the Twitter reaction is anything to go by.
 
The thing is they is that many
Apple, amazon prime, Disney, Paramount plus, Netflix etc. It's too expensive to subscribe to all. So friends will purchase one subscription then share their password to other friends in exchange for password to a channel they not subscribe too. This makes it affordable by removing ability for people to do this people may deicide to stop subscription to Netflix as one of the perks of sharing password in exchange for other networks is removed .
 
It will backfire if the Twitter reaction is anything to go by.
It's been rolled out in Latin America, Canada, portugal and Spain already so they've already got an idea of how people will react.

The thing is they is that many
Apple, amazon prime, Disney, Paramount plus, Netflix etc. It's too expensive to subscribe to all. So friends will purchase one subscription then share their password to other friends in exchange for password to a channel they not subscribe too. This makes it affordable by removing ability for people to do this people may deicide to stop subscription to Netflix as one of the perks of sharing password in exchange for other networks is removed .
Yeah there are a lot but Netflix is the biggest with 235m subs. Amazon prime has 200m but that's a bit of a fake figure as everyone with prime gets it as a benefit

Disney has about 157m. Having a lead of 78 million monthly fee paying users gives you a lot of leeway and the content doesn't crossover between services - people will subscribe to the service that has the content they want to watch as Netflix is already more expensive than Disney, paramount etc and people still subscribe.
 
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