Netflix restricts password sharing and impacted users have taken to social media to complain about the new policy, some even threatening to quit or switch to competitors with more lax sharing requirements, like Disney Plus and Max.
But her house, husband and primary Netflix address are all based thousands miles away in Midland, Ga.new crackdown on password sharing
some public anger and loss of some subscribers. The company started testing enforcement in smaller markets last year and rolled it out in Canada this year. A small amount of churn is expected and probably temporary, analysts say.“In every market there’s an initial outrage,” says Rich Greenfield, media analyst at LightShed Partners. “Then they put out a piece of content people can’t live without, [and] two months later their numbers are up.
“We subscribers are getting either higher rates or lesser services than might otherwise be the case if the freeloaders were to cough up the subscription fee,” said Diane Averill, of Pittsburgh, in an email. “And Netflix employees might get better wages if the company were more profitable, so a lot of people are potentially being cheated by the cheaters.
For Courtney Levin, it’s less about the money and more about Netflix breaking an unspoken agreement. Levin also pays for an account she shares with her older parents, but she is planning on canceling. The restrictions appear to only apply to televisions and not mobile devices for now. Once you are successfully logged in on a smartphone or tablet, you should be able stream on it from anywhere.
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