Password sharing is over, it will be limited to the household. Unless you know to simulate the same IP address.
Netflix, the streaming giant headquartered in the Bay Area, has been threatening a substantial password-sharing crackdown for months. This week, the company finally started to roll out some of its changes. As expected, they are gobsmackingly awful and indeed reviled by everyday users, privacy advocates and even famed musicians. Rightfully so: The new policies represent an invasive, unsustainable solution to a “problem” other streaming services don’t seem too worried about solving.
Netflix’s latest changes, which are currently on trial in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru (where it has tried to enforce other troubling password measures), would require you to log into your account from your “household” — basically, the place you primarily use the service — at least once every 31 days. Attempting to sign in from a location other than your household could result in your account being blocked unless you pay more to add extra users.
These updates were posted on the company’s U.S. help page this week, causing an instant uproar. A spokesperson for Netflix later told the Streamable that the guidelines had been posted by accident, but it is more than likely that this change will come for users stateside too.
The naivety on display here from Netflix executives is truly remarkable. Users who already refuse to pay a mere $10 per month for the service’s ad-free experience won’t be inclined to start paying now just to appease the bottomless maws of shareholders and C-suite execs. People online have already started deliberating the merits of returning to torrenting and shady streamers to avoid having to pay for multiple Netflix subscriptions.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/netflix-password-sharing-crackdown-17759532.php
Netflix, the streaming giant headquartered in the Bay Area, has been threatening a substantial password-sharing crackdown for months. This week, the company finally started to roll out some of its changes. As expected, they are gobsmackingly awful and indeed reviled by everyday users, privacy advocates and even famed musicians. Rightfully so: The new policies represent an invasive, unsustainable solution to a “problem” other streaming services don’t seem too worried about solving.
Netflix’s latest changes, which are currently on trial in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru (where it has tried to enforce other troubling password measures), would require you to log into your account from your “household” — basically, the place you primarily use the service — at least once every 31 days. Attempting to sign in from a location other than your household could result in your account being blocked unless you pay more to add extra users.
These updates were posted on the company’s U.S. help page this week, causing an instant uproar. A spokesperson for Netflix later told the Streamable that the guidelines had been posted by accident, but it is more than likely that this change will come for users stateside too.
The naivety on display here from Netflix executives is truly remarkable. Users who already refuse to pay a mere $10 per month for the service’s ad-free experience won’t be inclined to start paying now just to appease the bottomless maws of shareholders and C-suite execs. People online have already started deliberating the merits of returning to torrenting and shady streamers to avoid having to pay for multiple Netflix subscriptions.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/netflix-password-sharing-crackdown-17759532.php
