Password crackdown is working: Netflix signups are going like a rocket with a record in the U.S. that you wouldn't expect - gHacks Tech News
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Netflix signups in the United States have, for the first time, crossed the 100k daily mark after the introduction of a new password sharing policy.
  • AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    My mind boggles at this.

    1. Netflix was already charging per screen, so there really were never any free loaders.
    2. This represents a massive price jump for most users.
    3. Now if you want to use the service on the go, you basically can’t.
    4. There is a bunch of competition now

    I just get so tired of everyone rolling over and taking whatever mega corporations dish out. I would have thought on a non-essential service would be easy to push back against. Clearly I was wrong. Now every other service will see this as an opportunity.

    Sometimes I hate people.

  • anonynorbi@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    I don’t get it why people still pay for such a service. This decision was the last drop for me to stop using them. Sad to see what modern internet has become…

  • possibly_engineered@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I wonder if they count all the free accounts that are happening as perks from things such as tmobile. My current T-Mobile plan offers a free 1 year Netflix but we canceled and won’t ever pay for it again.

  • NotaCat@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I used to go between the US/Mexico regularly and some of the apps I used decided I was now Mexican, so I’m still signed up under Netflix Mexico. It’s cheaper that way and I can still share with my parents who live in a different city. So I’ll keep it for now until they get blocked.

    • lickityspliff@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m in the same situation, was surprised they rolled it out in the US before Mexico. I’ll leave as soon as they do though.

    • CaptJack@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      This was always going to happen. Even if this costs them more subs than they gain in the end, you would not see that at this point. The people are subscribing now while cancelled subs will only run out over the next few months.

  • sickpusy@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    never subscribed. always used someone else’s account. didn’t feel any need to since i got kicked out a few months ago. there are a lot of cheaper alternatives in the budget in India. for stuff on Netflix i can always well… but i still haven’t interestingly because their output is generally bad. interestingly it is their third party catalog of European tv shows that always interested me.