Netflix password crackdown fuels subscriber surge
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The boss of the streaming giant also calls for an end to the strikes disrupting Hollywood.

I feel like other streaming platforms will follow the same process as they’ve proven it’s worked.

  • WhirlybirdEnglish
    719·
    1 year ago

    You’re not paying for that though. The terms of service have never allowed giving other people your details and letting people outside your household use your account.

    Also you can still use 4 devices no matter where you are - mobile devices and tablets and laptops are not IP restricted.

    • Maestro@kbin.social
      16·
      1 year ago

      Netflix started out encouraging password sharing, even promoted it on Twitter back in the days.

      • WhirlybirdEnglish
        25·
        1 year ago

        Yeh, when they allowed it. They changed their terms of service.

        • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
          81·
          1 year ago

          So clearly some people did pay for that and it was changed at a later date…

          • WhirlybirdEnglish
            23·
            1 year ago

            Companies are allowed to change their terms of service.

              • WhirlybirdEnglish
                12·
                1 year ago

                Absolutely they are. Didn’t say they can’t be.

                What they can’t do however is think that they’re entitled to use the service in ways that are against the terms of service.

                • rikonium@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                  11·
                  1 year ago

                  Company decides to change the deal and terms of service to require nudes and accompanying driver’s licenses photos every 21 days in this wild hypothetical

                  Whirlybird: Why do people think they’re entitled to use a private company’s service nude-free while still paying? It’s in the ToS!

                  • WhirlybirdEnglish
                    11·
                    1 year ago

                    Whirlybird: unsubscribe if the terms of service are not to your liking

                    rikonium: no I demand the other terms of service! Netflix is a human right!

      • WhirlybirdEnglish
        22·
        1 year ago

        And that’s fine because it’s not stopping you from using your 4 devices.

        • snooggums@kbin.social
          6·
          1 year ago

          About a month ago we could not use the account on a smart TV in the rental home because it was away from the home network. Updating the home network wasn’t an option because the family members not on the trip were still watching things at home.

          Being able to watch on a phone, but not on a TV, is stupid.