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I'm paying for a Netflix account that's shared between 4 of my friends. If they crack down on account sharing, I certainly won't continue subscribing and I doub

by xmodem 4y ago

I'm paying for a Netflix account that's shared between 4 of my friends. If they crack down on account sharing, I certainly won't continue subscribing and I doubt my friends would either.

fullstop 4y ago
I mean, it is against the terms of use. With that being said, you also pay for a certain number of "screens" so it seems like the terms would enforce themselves. Netflix is old enough now that a lot of subscribers now have children that are in college or have graduated. My daughter is in college, and she definitely uses my netflix credentials. At what point does Netflix feel it is required for her to have her own subscription?
francisofascii 4y ago
What if Netflix had a "family" plan for say $15 - $20 a month?
- fullstop 4y ago
  I hate to tell you this, but anything besides their basic plan is already in that range and includes 2 to 4 "screens" (concurrent streams), depending on the plan. It really feels like this is already a "family plan", given the number of concurrent streams permitted. I don't think that there's much fruit to be gathered by shaking this tree.
  - leephillips 4y ago
    But they say all the users must be in the same “household”. I assume this means people living together, and excludes offspring off at university. But I hope I’m wrong!
    - fullstop 4y ago
      Yep, the definition of "household" can mean a lot of things. I wonder how Netflix would define it?
      - post_break 4y ago
        The same IP address or region.
        fullstop 4y ago
        She's about 20 miles away and, for now, lives here in the summer and on breaks. Sometimes the IP address will match, sometimes it will not. Househould is not an easy thing to quantify.
        leephillips 4y ago
        Where does this come from? I didn’t see it in the Netflix TOS, but I could have missed it. Link?
        fullstop 4y ago
        Not OP, but I found this: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/124925 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/124925
        leephillips 4y ago
        That certainly looks like it’s about to tell us what a household is, but then doesn’t, except circularly. But it does say that people can use their Netflix account while travelling, as long as they can verify that the device is “authorized”. So the bottom line seems to be that you’re a member of my household if I say you are, no matter where you are.

by xmodem 4y ago

I'm paying for a Netflix account that's shared between 4 of my friends. If they crack down on account sharing, I certainly won't continue subscribing and I doubt my friends would either.

fullstop 4y ago

I mean, it is against the terms of use. With that being said, you also pay for a certain number of "screens" so it seems like the terms would enforce themselves. Netflix is old enough now that a lot of subscribers now have children that are in college or have graduated. My daughter is in college, and she definitely uses my netflix credentials. At what point does Netflix feel it is required for her to have her own subscription?

francisofascii 4y ago

What if Netflix had a "family" plan for say $15 - $20 a month?

fullstop 4y ago
I hate to tell you this, but anything besides their basic plan is already in that range and includes 2 to 4 "screens" (concurrent streams), depending on the plan. It really feels like this is already a "family plan", given the number of concurrent streams permitted. I don't think that there's much fruit to be gathered by shaking this tree.
- leephillips 4y ago
  But they say all the users must be in the same “household”. I assume this means people living together, and excludes offspring off at university. But I hope I’m wrong!
  - fullstop 4y ago
    Yep, the definition of "household" can mean a lot of things. I wonder how Netflix would define it?
    - post_break 4y ago
      The same IP address or region.
      - fullstop 4y ago
        She's about 20 miles away and, for now, lives here in the summer and on breaks. Sometimes the IP address will match, sometimes it will not. Househould is not an easy thing to quantify.
      - leephillips 4y ago
        Where does this come from? I didn’t see it in the Netflix TOS, but I could have missed it. Link?
        fullstop 4y ago
        Not OP, but I found this: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/124925 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/124925
        leephillips 4y ago
        That certainly looks like it’s about to tell us what a household is, but then doesn’t, except circularly. But it does say that people can use their Netflix account while travelling, as long as they can verify that the device is “authorized”. So the bottom line seems to be that you’re a member of my household if I say you are, no matter where you are.