Netflix says people just kind of rolled over and accepted the password sharing crackdown

Canceled my 4 screen plan right after this was announced... So not in my experience

And their revenue is still down and they had the worst day for their stock price ever when they announced this news. People are too tired and stressed out to fight a dying behemoth that used to be good like we're living in a Dark Souls game or something.

Cancelled and three users who used my password didn’t sign up. Doubt Netflix would announce this was a failure so here we are.

too tired? from what im seeing the vast majority of people just don't care. they are fine with thier internet becoming more expensive and handing everything to these companies. most simply think this is the only option.

Well I mean The Witcher season 3 came out. yeah it went up.

They're kidding themselves if I'm keeping it after. Again.

An uptick after these changes make sense. People want to continue their comfortable routines. However now that it's draining their wallet, they will probably be on the lookout for cheap/free alternatives.

It's the same with increasing prices. Short term your revenue will spike, but it will bleed as you slowly lose customers because you offer less value.

But the people who were previously paying is where Netflix is playing with fire. They released the customers who were paying only because they were sharing it and didnt want to cause an inconvenience.

I think it's a pretty big gamble by Netflix, it will take time to see how it played out.

Well yeah, what did you expect people to do?

It's either be treated with dignity as a consumer or watch an unfinished series.

Obviously you'd pick the unfinished series.

How can we honestly know yet? How many people just got a free trial and might stop right after or a month or so later after they decide they don't want to pay.

My in laws canceled when we pointed out that this had happened, I think a lot less people know about it than you’d think

I cancelled mine and I didn't share with anyone. I'm tired of the crap from these companies. Quite liberating to hit the high seas.

Same reason why people are still on Twitter and Reddit, the majority can't be arsed to push back against companies. This is why they keep getting away with it and it's just enabling other companies to go the same route.

Yep, I rolled over and setup a vpn at home so now all my family members can watch Netflix from my home *wink *wink

We who care are a tiny minority.

My wife was all "ok."

For my part, Netflix is way less objectionable than Disney. Not that my family doesn't subscribe to that too. 🙄

I don't get why. I remember cancelling my Netflix ages ago when they were changing the deal with screen sharing on an account. How you had to have a special account type to watch on multiple screens vs naturally just being able to. Then there's the cancelling of every goddamn show that happens to be good. I will never forgive them for Santa Clarita Diet.

Fuck Netflix. Can't wait to see it rot like Blockbuster.

I haven't been cracked down on yet. I feel left out. I'm on the east coast and my friend's kids on the west coast use it.

"rolled over?" What does that mean? And what recourse does anyone have? No defense of Netflix, nor crit of sharing users, but they (we! Lol) knew we were cheating. Seriously wtf.

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The second they crack down on me I will cancel and set up a PLEX server and just download anything I need. Not that I use it much anyways YouTube is my primary source of video content.

Honestly, I can't see this lasting for Netflix. I think their subscriber numbers have peaked and will start to decline when people realize how crappy their catalog is.

I hate subscriptions. Too damn easy to forget about. I’ve started subscribing for the shortest period possible and immediately canceling. Sometimes I’ll renew, but generally I just try to get as much as I can out of it in a short period then let it expire

I sure didn't: I'd been a loyal customer since the DVD days but this was the final straw. I cancelled as soon as it was announced and will not ever be renewing. Netflix jumped the shark and is dead to me.

I know I'm extrapolating this news too far but every time I see news like this it adds on to the reasons why I think this country will never have the will for a general strike. I don't blame the populace, I just think corporations have decimated our collective belief in majority power so badly that we can't even go without the latest season of "Is It Cake?" For a couple months to set even a tiny boundary.

Sounds like they making shit up lmao

I think the crackdown is on certain types of devices and in phases. The first devices locked out were my android/google TV devices. A few weeks later, my xbox was locked out. My android phone still works, but can't cast to the TV now. Apple TV and ipad still work. Need to try the PC.

These guys ever think the new customers just signed up for the free month and plan to drop the service at the end of the trial?

I rolled back to stremio.io

I honestly think that they were kind of right to go after password sharing. In the end, it is all about how expensive you want your service to be. It's up to the user decide if it is too expensive or not. Of course I cancelled, but hey, if most if the people were OK to pay more than good for Netflix

I don't get what's controversial about Netflix making sure their customers keep their promises.

The good thing about Netflix is that they don't lock you in for 12-24 months. So you're free to cancel whenever you want. Compare that to the agreement you have with your internet provider.

With that said, you who cancelled Netflix because of this change, what streaming service did you move to that didn't enforce on account per household?

Jesus if people can't even be bothered to simply stop paying for a subscription then we will be truly fucked when something happens that actually matters

This is why the reddit boycott was destined to never work