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I feel like other streaming platforms will follow the same process as they've proven it's worked.

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[-] anon@kbin.social 93 points 1 year ago

If Netflix’s reporting on the matter is to be believed, then it’s an ironic outcome considering the wave of strongly-opinionated comments predicting the death of Netflix following the crackdown on password sharing. I guess convenience and habits really trump principles and posturing.

[-] Noxvento@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago
[-] Dankry@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

I would’ve but I had already cancelled over a year ago because Netflix doesn’t have anything worth watching.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I have been wondering just how bad their content has gotten, or of I somehow got pigeonholed by their filtering algorithms. Somehow almost everything was rated two stars out of five and just plain bad, or in some random language that I don’t speak.

I’m really pissed off when the same movie keeps appearing in every section with different thumbnail. Yes I’ve been fooled by both the category and the different appearance but I don’t recall ever being tricked into watching something, only annoyed and frustrated

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

What I'm finding and what's really annoying, is that every streaming service out there has like 1 or 2 shows and a couple of movies I want to see. Someone will bring up a show, but oh sorry, it's on Crave. Or nope, that one's on Disney Plus. That other show? It's on Prime.

I recently canceled Netflix and moved to Crave, and I am certainly no happier. Thank God I barely care to watch TV as it is.

[-] aqua@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I never gave them money to begin with, we are not the same.

Gustavo Fring meme

[-] jasonwaterfalls@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I told my family I was going to cancel when they cracked down on our households sharing and they haven't yet. My parents are still enjoying it at their house, and me at mine.

[-] ForgetReddit@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I hated the crackdown but resisting on “principles” is bizarre to me. I left Reddit and Twitter due to principles. Netflix wanting to get paid for their service and content is reasonable. Wanting a business to serve you up free entertainment with no catch?

Also before anyone tries to claim hypocrisy - The difference between that and Twitter/Reddit is myself and the community create the content and are forcefed ads.

[-] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago

Netflix wanting to get paid for their service and content is reasonable.

Sure, it's reasonable, and why I started subscribing in the first place. But if I pay for four screens, I expect to be able to use all of those four screens, no matter what address they are being viewed from.

[-] ForgetReddit@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Yeah that’s totally fair and Netflix fucked that up

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[-] DrGunjah@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

You skipped the part where Netflix actually encouraged account sharing for a long time. Now they frame the account sharers as thieves. Also the other part where quality of content goes down while subscription prices go up while still not providing plans with hq streams for single people. Which all was tolerable for a few bucks a month. Without sharing netflix is simply not worth the money

[-] ForgetReddit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Can you point to where they’re calling account sharers “thieves”? I’ve just seen them say they’re now limiting screens. And agreed the content sucks which is why I unsubscribed awhile ago. No one is forcing you to use it, but at the same time no one deserves it for free.

[-] DrGunjah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They're not saying it directly of course, but they clearly frame the account sharers as "bad guys" now. I mean you're correct that no one is entitled to watch netflix for free but that "poor netflix just wants to get paid" narrative is some serious BS. I also kinda doubt netflix tells us the 100% truth about subscription growth/recession. The only reason I did not switch my account on/off over the years was because it was shared and it would have required coordination with the other party.

[-] Hogger85b@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Except netlfix sold people a license to view 3 streams then told people they couldn't decide who used those streams.

[-] JasSmith@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I think I am more annoyed by their pricing plans following this move. They are double dipping by charging more for additional screens and then preventing users from using said additional screens. They shouldn't have tiered pricing plans by number of screens if they have no intention of honouring them.

[-] ForgetReddit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah that all sucks, which is why I unsubscribed to it. But I also understand I don’t deserve it for free.

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

It isn't free, someone is paying for it.

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[-] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Your a shill. Find a boot to lick

[-] ForgetReddit@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I don’t pay for Netflix and think their content mostly sucks but thinking “I deserve this service for free” is a childish perspective. Go ahead and pirate it, I couldn’t care less, but don’t act like it gives you the moral high ground lol

[-] bh11235@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

With this whole "you pay for a screen package, love is sharing a password" business they just dug a PR hole for themselves. If they'd had offered price X per screen from the start, then introduced a "same household discount" or whatever, we wouldn't have all this outrage. But execs can only see as far as next quarter and here we are.

[-] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Nobody said free. Nothing is free. We all pay a service. If you want ads go ahead. Don't bring the rest of us down with you.

Indicated of shill and bootlicker syndrome.

[-] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

This isn't a logical argument. It's a childish attempt at discrediting. You failed.

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago

It was always going to lead to more subscribers because more people would lose access to Netflix so would subscribe themselves than would cancel their account because others couldn’t use their login.

The people that lost Netflix weren’t subscribers, and lots of them would have them subscribed. The subscribers had no reason to unsubscribe.

[-] notapantsday@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

The subscribers had no reason to unsubscribe.

I was the subscriber and I unsubscribed because I alone wasn't using it enough to justify the price. When I knew my sister and her family were watching too, it felt more like it was worth it.

[-] LostCause@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Always and inevitably, each of us underestimates the number of stupid individuals in the world

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago

Just because they don’t share the same opinion as you doesn’t mean they’re stupid. Netflix is great for just sitting down and watching something random and discovering new shows and movies - especially foreign ones. It’s also priceless for kids shows for parents.

[-] LostCause@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

Stupidity is in the eye of the beholder. You can judge me as stupid in return for thinking that of these new subscribers if you want and then we‘ll both go our ways. Only one of us will pay Netflix no matter how much they enshittify their service or how much they raise their prices (since it‘s "priceless") and one won‘t. C‘est la vie.

[-] GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Jesus Christ the arrogance.

[-] anon@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

In the timeless wisdom words of George Carlin,

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

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