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> The streaming giant estimates more than 100 million households are breaking its rules by sharing passwords. Someone elsewhere rephrased this as "Netflix est

• hhmc 4y ago
  It's not clear your logic actually follows, presumably some fraction of those 100M would pay if sharing passwords wasn't an option.
  • foepys 4y ago
    But how many people will stop paying because they only keep it for their parents, partners, or friends? This could easily result in less subscribers. If Netflix were so sure about the benefits of blocking password sharing, they could've done this years ago. Arguably many people subscribe to the comparatively very expensive UHD plan because they can share passwords with up to 3 people.
    • Cthulhu_ 4y ago
      It could, but I think at this point they'd rather have 10 million more subscribers than 100 million account sharing customers.
    • Beltiras 4y ago
      It will result in less subscribers, at least this subscriber will cancel.
  • bluehatbrit 4y ago
    I imagine you're probably right but I don't think it'll be the case for me. I upgraded because my parents and in-laws were using it on occation so I needed more concurrent streams on my package. If they crack down, I'll downgrade immediately and I doubt my parents and in-laws would want to start paying for it, they only use it on rare occasations it just so happens that tended to cross over with me and my wife who are heavy users. I think they'd probably get a net loss from me and my family if they cracked down.