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I'm still waiting for Netflix to update their profile transfer tool to allow moving profiles to a new account. I was sharing an account and now also have my wif

I'm still waiting for Netflix to update their profile transfer tool to allow moving profiles to a new account. I was sharing an account and now also have my wife's account. I'd really like to be able to move my profile from the old account to my wife's account to avoid losing history, but the tool currently only allows moving to a completely new account. I really think such a feature is necessary if Netflix really wants people to only share with those in the same household. People in a household change over time and their current model doesn't really facilitate that.

andsoitis 4y ago
Does this not work for you: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/124844 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/124844
- michaelmior 4y ago
  That is for transferring a profile to a new account which is exactly my point. I have another existing account I want to transfer the profile to. I don't want to create a new account.
  - andsoitis 4y ago
    Ha. I see. I wonder whether they’ll add that capability. It would also be super useful when people become a couple and move in together… merging your Netflix accounts.
    - smugma 4y ago
      Unlikely given their goal is to promote splitting of accounts into more paying customers, not merging into fewer.
      - andsoitis 4y ago
        That's not their goal. Their goal is for accounts to map to households. When I marry someone or live with someone, we're the same household.
        athorax 4y ago
        I think that is overly charitable. Their goal is to maximize profits and provide their shareholders with value.
        andsoitis 4y ago
        And the way to do it is to commission great content that many people around the world with varying tastes want to pay for. If people are watching but not paying, then there's less money to invest in new, exciting content so subscribers get screwed.
    - michaelmior 4y ago
      Exactly my situation :)
hbn 4y ago
Would it really be that big of a deal to start over? I get the annoyance of starting over on something like YouTube or Spotify where you've built up libraries of people/artists you follow, videos/music, playlists, etc. But Netflix is just watch history basically. You can't even really trust stuff in "My list" to stick around because their library of content rotates so much. And it's not like their recommendation system does much more than recommend whatever is new and popular. I feel like you could watch 10 movies on a new account and it'll dump you into a bucket of recommendations identical to where you were before.
- michaelmior 4y ago
  It seems it would be a big deal for me. Perhaps that's not how I would feel in practice if I bit the bullet and did it. But I really would like to keep my list.
  - hbn 4y ago
    How many items are in your my list? When Google Play Music ate the dust I had to re-add all the albums in my library to Apple Music. It was a few hour project, and that's with Apple Music's slow, janky Mac interface. On Netflix I feel like you could search for + add like 10 movies/shows per minute.
    - michaelmior 4y ago
      ~200. I'd just rather wait for Netflix to solve my problem for me. What I'm doing now is working fine.
- dachryn 4y ago
  kinda yes. Recommendations that are irrelevant to you because you already watched it are annoying. Not knowing where you ended up, which episodes you have already seen are annoying. Especially if its between seasons that is a big part of the netflix value proposition. You sit back in your coach, and just binge watch the next recommended thing
HDThoreaun 4y ago
Netflix recommendations are ass anyway, what are you really losing by just starting fresh?

andsoitis 4y ago

Does this not work for you: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/124844 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/124844

michaelmior 4y ago
That is for transferring a profile to a new account which is exactly my point. I have another existing account I want to transfer the profile to. I don't want to create a new account.
- andsoitis 4y ago
  Ha. I see. I wonder whether they’ll add that capability. It would also be super useful when people become a couple and move in together… merging your Netflix accounts.
  - smugma 4y ago
    Unlikely given their goal is to promote splitting of accounts into more paying customers, not merging into fewer.
    - andsoitis 4y ago
      That's not their goal. Their goal is for accounts to map to households. When I marry someone or live with someone, we're the same household.
      - athorax 4y ago
        I think that is overly charitable. Their goal is to maximize profits and provide their shareholders with value.
        andsoitis 4y ago
        And the way to do it is to commission great content that many people around the world with varying tastes want to pay for. If people are watching but not paying, then there's less money to invest in new, exciting content so subscribers get screwed.
  - michaelmior 4y ago
    Exactly my situation :)

hbn 4y ago

Would it really be that big of a deal to start over? I get the annoyance of starting over on something like YouTube or Spotify where you've built up libraries of people/artists you follow, videos/music, playlists, etc. But Netflix is just watch history basically. You can't even really trust stuff in "My list" to stick around because their library of content rotates so much. And it's not like their recommendation system does much more than recommend whatever is new and popular. I feel like you could watch 10 movies on a new account and it'll dump you into a bucket of recommendations identical to where you were before.

michaelmior 4y ago
It seems it would be a big deal for me. Perhaps that's not how I would feel in practice if I bit the bullet and did it. But I really would like to keep my list.
- hbn 4y ago
  How many items are in your my list? When Google Play Music ate the dust I had to re-add all the albums in my library to Apple Music. It was a few hour project, and that's with Apple Music's slow, janky Mac interface. On Netflix I feel like you could search for + add like 10 movies/shows per minute.
  - michaelmior 4y ago
    ~200. I'd just rather wait for Netflix to solve my problem for me. What I'm doing now is working fine.
dachryn 4y ago
kinda yes. Recommendations that are irrelevant to you because you already watched it are annoying. Not knowing where you ended up, which episodes you have already seen are annoying. Especially if its between seasons that is a big part of the netflix value proposition. You sit back in your coach, and just binge watch the next recommended thing

HDThoreaun 4y ago

Netflix recommendations are ass anyway, what are you really losing by just starting fresh?