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I also have this use case and think it's really important. When I was a kid you could take a favorite VHS or DVD with you. Now you take your subscription. Sure,

I also have this use case and think it's really important. When I was a kid you could take a favorite VHS or DVD with you. Now you take your subscription. Sure, I guess you could take a phyusical authorized device (e.g. an iPad) with you, then screen cast it. But that requires grandma to figure out screen casting. And I'm trusting my kid with a $300 device instead of a $15 media artifact. Lame.

macksd 6y ago
I'm actually curious if the physical device looks any more innocent in Netflix's future policies than straight-up credential sharing. It's still coming from a new IP.
- tomjen3 6y ago
  If I have a Netflix account and I (post-pandemic) go to an ANB rental I would be pissed if my account didn't work there. I subscribed the first month Netflix came to Denmark (my country) and I kept the subscription up for a decade until they started to degrade the stream too much. They fixed that and I eventually came back but stuff like that would turn me of for good.
  - vondur 6y ago
    Wow, I’ve never heard of Netflix having reduced the quality of their streaming. When did this start happening?
- betwixthewires 6y ago
  It will, because of cookies or a unique randomly generated app ID on installation.