Netflix Gains Six Million Subscribers After Password Sharing Crackdown
Netflix Gains Six Million Subscribers After Password Sharing Crackdown
Netflix earlier this year began cracking down on password sharing in the United States and other countries, and the effort has been successful, the...
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I didn't see that coming, I'll admit.
Guess those greedy bastards know what they're doing.
People don’t give big business enough credit in this space. Things like this are market tested and simulated long before they are rolled out.
Well, things work until they don't. Predictions can only get you so far. See: new coke, qwikster, onlyfans trying to ban porn. But yeah I'm sure they did a cost benefit and decided it was worth
Net subscribers may have increased, but I suspect many of them have chosen a cheaper option. Since my family can no longer use my account there's no need to have 3 simultaneous streams. I chose for a cheaper subscription and expect many to do the same.
Wasn't there a news article floating around yesterday claiming that Netflix was about to ditch their cheapest ad-free option?
They are, in the US and UK. Greedy bastards.
I suspect you are right, because Netflix is axing its lowest ad-free tier and those on it will either need to pay the higher ad-free or switch to ads.
Damn those greedy bastards wanting users to pay for their service
The users were playing for the service tho.
They then created artificial barriers to charge more for the service.
They've been doing it consistently.
I was paying for it, for four screens and multiple users, as permitted on their site.
Many others were using other people's accounts for free
No, the accounts were paid for.
Netflix literally said “Sharing is caring” about passwords a few years back…
I guess they changed their minds then. Hypocrites or not I still feel like wanting to get paid for people using your service is reasonable. I've never used Netflix but if I did I'd imagine this wouldn't affect me much as a paying customer. It seems to mainly be an issue for those who either travel alot or are using somebody else's account
That was their business model, hence why people got upset.
No, they were using paid accounts.
If I buy a frisbee and throw it to a friend, my friend doesn’t owe the frisbee company anything. I paid for the frisbee, I can do what I want with it.
If I pay for 4 simultaneous streams from a video company, why is it that company’s business how and when I use them, or who I share them with?
Exactly this
I allow people to use it for free as it's not a huge expense, and it's something nice to do.
They’re the ones who said it was OK to share your password. So yeah they deserve to get flak for this.
Love is sharing a password… until it affects YOY growth.