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Netflix Anti-Sharing in USA - It's Here (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by SCmSTR@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social
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My family shares our Netflix account. We live in different states, but all in the United States.

I used it yesterday and it was fine. But today it was not. I got the "you are not part of this household" message, with the three options being:

  1. make your own account
  2. make this location the household location
  3. I'm traveling

I watch a lot of random stuff, but mostly on different services. So, while it's kind of a bummer to uninstall Netflix, I have plenty of options. It's moreso just depressing that the enshittification has finally hit North America. Will probably see more of this stuff around on the internet soon, as I'm guessing I just got my number pulled before most people (which is doubly depressing since this we've had Netflix since like 2005 or something and were strong advocates of it when linear tv was still dominant - THAT'S CAPITALISM FOR YA!~)

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[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org 18 points 1 year ago

I unsubscribed and haven't had Netflix since June 18. I wasn't personally affected by their policy change since the only people who used the account were myself and my husband, but I canceled on principle. After years of declining selection and price increases for basic features, it was the straw that broke the camel's back.

I have to say I don't miss it at all ... me hearties

[-] cassetti@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was one of the first streaming customers in 2007. I was a long term customer for many years. Eventually I transitioned down to the 1-member plan for 8.99 with 1080p resolution which was fine for my 1080p television. Eventually they jacked the price to $9.99 and I noticed they had secretly downgraded the streaming rate down to 720p without telling me.

So I cancelled my Netflix after fifteen years. Honestly I haven't missed it once. I look forward to cancelling more streaming services as well since the content really is going stale - I'm losing interest in most of it.

[-] LifeInOregon@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I canceled Netflix three years ago. There are plenty of other less expensive services with a higher hit to miss ratio for their originals.

Haven’t missed it a bit.

[-] KingGeedorah@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Likewise I cancelled my sub in May when due to the constant price increases/declining quality compared to other services. But despite not sharing passwords since like 2010 I put “password sharing policy” in the comment box when cancelling

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