MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoNetflix says people just kind of rolled over and accepted the password sharing crackdownwww.avclub.comexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1229arrow-down1external-linkNetflix says people just kind of rolled over and accepted the password sharing crackdownwww.avclub.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square112fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
Netflix subscriptions are up almost 6 million this quarter, suggesting we’re all just too exhausted to fight this stuff
minus-squaredag06001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·1 year agoCancelled and three users who used my password didn’t sign up. Doubt Netflix would announce this was a failure so here we are.
minus-squarezarquon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoI had the opposite experience. I canceled and then my moochers signed up for their own.
minus-squareAFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoDid they decide to share their passwords with you?
minus-squarezarquon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI’m sure they would if I asked. I could probably even guess it as the sharing was already both ways with other services. We would still be in the same problem with Netflix blocking other locations though.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago I canceled and then my moochers signed up for their own. This was where Netflix planned to make their money back from folks that cancel. I’m sure they ran the numbers and arrived at the “more money” answer when they enforce sharing crackdown.
Cancelled and three users who used my password didn’t sign up. Doubt Netflix would announce this was a failure so here we are.
I had the opposite experience. I canceled and then my moochers signed up for their own.
Did they decide to share their passwords with you?
I’m sure they would if I asked. I could probably even guess it as the sharing was already both ways with other services.
We would still be in the same problem with Netflix blocking other locations though.
This was where Netflix planned to make their money back from folks that cancel. I’m sure they ran the numbers and arrived at the “more money” answer when they enforce sharing crackdown.