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> that feels fine Sure. It's also fine for everyone they're betraying to cancel their subscriptions. I don't understand what your point is. Are you saying it i

> that feels fine Sure. It's also fine for everyone they're betraying to cancel their subscriptions. I don't understand what your point is. Are you saying it isn't fine to be upset? Netflix specifically promoted account sharing. Paying for multiple streams, "love is sharing your password," etc. And they made millions of dollars off that marketing during the pandemic lockdowns. Now they want to pull the rug out from under people. They deserve every bit of criticism they're getting.

andsoitis 4y ago
While it isn’t unnatural to react so emotionally to this, I think the only thing to really ask yourself is: do you enjoy the shows and movies that Netflix has? Is it worth the price? If the answer is yes, then who cares how they evolve their terms?
- taeric 4y ago
  This is a funny aspect to me. I'm much more likely to cancel if they keep canceling shows after a season. :D
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- torstenvl 4y ago
  No. The only thing to ask yourself is: do you allow antisocial behavior to go unpunished? Your proposed heuristic is both objectively terrible from a game-theoretical perspective and completely unnatural for any primate. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma#The_iterated_prisoner's_dilemma https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma#The_ite... https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1220806110 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1220806110
  - andsoitis 4y ago
    > allow antisocial behavior to go unpunished? I don't know where people get the energy from to do this sort of thing. It must be exhausting.
    - Dylan16807 4y ago
      "Fuck that, I cancel" doesn't take much energy. And it puts money in your pocket.
      - andsoitis 4y ago
        Concur if it is about the value for money you get no longer making sense. But if one does it purely out of spite or to make a point, I think there are better ways to spend one's energy and time. But that's just me.
tptacek 4y ago
People keep saying that Netflix explicitly promoted account sharing. Netflix has been telegraphing that they were going to clamp down on password sharing for years. Nobody can pretend they didn't see this coming. I dispute that a random social media manager joke tweet from 6 years ago is dispositive of anything, but even if it was, you've had over 2 years to cancel your account if you find this outrageous. This is on you, not Netflix.
- torstenvl 4y ago
  Dude. I'm not a Netflix subscriber and I haven't been for some time. Stop trying to make things personal, it's against the site guidelines and it's ugly behavior besides. This isn't "on me" and has nothing to do with me. This has to do with Netflix getting greedy and jumping the shark.
  - tptacek 4y ago
    Sorry, I'm addressing the whole thread, not just you in particular. It's not personal, but I could have written more carefully.
- jimmydorry 4y ago
  Many companies softly announce an intention to do something to guage how their users will react, then adjust course based on the response. Netflix has been doing that, and people spoke up. Now that they finally committed and have rolled this out, of course the people who spoke up (and probably many more that didn't care until it was actually rolled out) will speak out against this. Nobody is "pretending" that this came out of the blue. That train of thought is just as disingeous as expecting people to stay silent and cancel their subscriptions over what may not end up becoming policy.

andsoitis 4y ago

While it isn’t unnatural to react so emotionally to this, I think the only thing to really ask yourself is: do you enjoy the shows and movies that Netflix has? Is it worth the price? If the answer is yes, then who cares how they evolve their terms?

taeric 4y ago
This is a funny aspect to me. I'm much more likely to cancel if they keep canceling shows after a season. :D
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torstenvl 4y ago
No. The only thing to ask yourself is: do you allow antisocial behavior to go unpunished? Your proposed heuristic is both objectively terrible from a game-theoretical perspective and completely unnatural for any primate. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma#The_iterated_prisoner's_dilemma https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma#The_ite... https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1220806110 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1220806110
- andsoitis 4y ago
  > allow antisocial behavior to go unpunished? I don't know where people get the energy from to do this sort of thing. It must be exhausting.
  - Dylan16807 4y ago
    "Fuck that, I cancel" doesn't take much energy. And it puts money in your pocket.
    - andsoitis 4y ago
      Concur if it is about the value for money you get no longer making sense. But if one does it purely out of spite or to make a point, I think there are better ways to spend one's energy and time. But that's just me.

tptacek 4y ago

People keep saying that Netflix explicitly promoted account sharing. Netflix has been telegraphing that they were going to clamp down on password sharing for years. Nobody can pretend they didn't see this coming. I dispute that a random social media manager joke tweet from 6 years ago is dispositive of anything, but even if it was, you've had over 2 years to cancel your account if you find this outrageous. This is on you, not Netflix.

torstenvl 4y ago
Dude. I'm not a Netflix subscriber and I haven't been for some time. Stop trying to make things personal, it's against the site guidelines and it's ugly behavior besides. This isn't "on me" and has nothing to do with me. This has to do with Netflix getting greedy and jumping the shark.
- tptacek 4y ago
  Sorry, I'm addressing the whole thread, not just you in particular. It's not personal, but I could have written more carefully.
jimmydorry 4y ago
Many companies softly announce an intention to do something to guage how their users will react, then adjust course based on the response. Netflix has been doing that, and people spoke up. Now that they finally committed and have rolled this out, of course the people who spoke up (and probably many more that didn't care until it was actually rolled out) will speak out against this. Nobody is "pretending" that this came out of the blue. That train of thought is just as disingeous as expecting people to stay silent and cancel their subscriptions over what may not end up becoming policy.