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:
- make your own account
- make this location the household location
- 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!~)
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
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.
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.
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
I put the same thing.
I’ve started checking out DVDs from my local library. They have almost everything, and I think it’s even better quality than the supposedly “4k” plan I was paying $20/month
Can’t see myself ever going back to Netflix
Fun Fact! Did you know that an external Blu-Ray drive and a copy of MakeMKV is only $115? That is equivalent to about 7 months of a standard Netflix subscription. Fascinating! 💸
Apropos to nothing, a library card is free! Did you know that your library will have almost infinite DVDs and Blu-Rays for you to check out anytime you want? Libraries are cool! 🤓
Just some totally random fun facts that I thought of for no reason at all… 🙃
Just remember that dual-layer Blu-ray discs are up to 50GB each. For no reason, you should add a few TB of hard drives under 100$ to your computer because everyone needs data… However, if you do partake in “extended library checkouts”, you can have a rotating selection of 20-80 movies all without an internet connection. And you don’t even have to rewind the tapes 🙃 for the library, how cool!
Sadly, MakeMKV takes minimum 30 minutes per “job”, meaning you can’t just have a happy hour at the library admiring the Bluray cases, oh for shame.
And you don’t even have to rewind the tapes
It’s true you don’t have to rewind the DVDs, but I always do just because I really appreciate everything the library provides to the community. Anything I can do to make the librarians jobs easier, you know?
Hmmm, Netflix shows seem to be working just fine on my Plex server. /s
Pretty funny, I just canceled my netflix account. Not even for this reason.
4.2. The Netflix service and any content accessed through our service are for your personal and non-commercial use only and may not be shared with individuals beyond your household unless otherwise allowed by your subscription plan.
Are you really that surprised netflix is finally enforcing its terms of service?
Considering they did not while the profits were good, you can expect someone to reasonably assume that it might never change
Netflix blocked sharing you say? Kodi has not been made aware of this information yet.