Netflix is testing a crackdown on password sharing

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Netflix is running a test with a small group of users cracking down on password sharing.

Some customers are getting a message on their screens prompting them to sign up for their own account if they aren't watching with the subscriber.

Co-founder and director of Netflix Reed Hastings delivers a speech as he inaugurates the new offices of Netflix France, in Paris on January 17, 2020.has never made a big deal about password-sharing, but a new test suggests the company may be reconsidering. The message reads: "If you don't live with the owner of this account, you need your own account to keep watching." The StreamableAccording to a spokesman, Netflix tries "hundreds" of tests a year with select customers. The trial may not lead to a larger crackdown around password sharing. The test could be applied for account security as well as sharing passwords.

 

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Netflix needs to crackdown on their lack of good content & raising their prices every year.

I watch it on my TV, my computer, my tablet, at my boyfriends house and at my boyfriends house in FL.

No one wants Netflix's Covid19 microchipped vaccine.

1st there is Disney, Hulu, Apple TV. If they mess things up we find a better choice

They should send access codes to members mobile phones when signing in from a different IP address it wont stop it but is bound to reduce it

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Fine I will tell you how to lock , thieves out , Barack... Just , require router information of the subscriber. No one is using up cell phone data to watch television. Shit my google searches eat up five gigs a month in journal writing.

netflix has become greedy. Canceling them.

Netflix hates poor people.

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If you pay for two or more screens you should get to decide where and how those two screens are used.

netflix you are making millions of dollars probably billions who cares if someone shares a password. This is when greed steps in some people share their passwords with elderly people who cannot get out for a movie. I am about to cancel my subscription I’m tired of GREED. Ugh

Lmao its 2021 nobody watches Netflix anymore....I stay on hulu and all the other apps my VIZIO offers like Tubi Crackle_TV YouTube etc...and with my PS5 theres no time for netflix anymore

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if I pay the money, I should be able to share my account with four people right?

Cuz they’re not rich enough?

Big mistake, a huge unsubscribe soon.

lol I'm sure this will work out exactly as they planned

“Making sure the user is authorized” lmao corporate speak of were being cheap in shared accounts

netflix you couldn’t wait until after the pandemic is over?🤨

cancel netflix... find something more interesting to do

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Lol just cancelling then they don't even have anything good anymore

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Most homes have a TV in each room. What does it matter if an account is shared by 4 ppl in one house vs 4 separate homes?

Story time: apparently we shared our Netflix password with my in-laws. Suddenly Netflix profiles with their names popped up in our account. When we called them out, they initially denied it... Until we showed them the profiles show up on our TV at home 🍿😎

Luckily there’s ways around it so no biggie

Their shows and original content are kind of weak. I get they have a huge subscriber base and this wont hurt -- but who cares?

'trying out a new policy' lol

It would be better to make good content then waste time on this

Puts on Netflix?

Sorry mom

Netflix is overrated

Netflix leave it alone , your making money you dont need Reddit gme folks against you.

sherman4949 This is CLEARLY an attempt by netflix to LITERALLY scam the investor cause it is LITERALLY impossible to prevent pw sharing for ANYTHING, ANYTHING over the internet. LITERALLY impossible so.... LIke fn LITERALLY. Im in Cali, how could netflix EVER KNOW that my wife isn't in NY

Time to buy Netflix shares?

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They want their money! I simply want to use my friend’s account. 🤪

Why would someone pay full price for Netflix originals. Mostly garbage

There is torrent file sharing system also which you can not stop

Disney+ exists, people still get on Netflix?

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Goodbye then

Yeah I have three homes so good luck proving that I’m doing anything against their terms.

Not easy to stop. Worst if location is not on on a device.

Get a life Netflix

I’ll just not watch Netflix then. Disney and Amazon prime are better

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Get a VPN

I can't find anything decent to watch on Netflix anymore

Two groups share the password but only one household can watch at a time. I don't get why they care except to make more money.... and piss people off.

Hbo max dropping their prices fk netflix

for fucks sake why? i don't know how one streaming service could have so much shit i DON'T want to watch.

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Next they'll increase the subscription fee when there viewership tanks after kicking out the free loaders. 🤣

“New policy?” 😒 They can take their new policy elsewhere. There are plenty of other options out there and less expensive. Taking advantage of people during difficult times

No no that won't be good

What if you have a child in school? This is a waste of time. How can they really monitor that

netflix wrong road ... wrong road !!!! How do you deal with people who travel, have multiple homes, have a spouse who travels... you are going down the WRONG ROAD!!!!

Wait how does that make sense if you have a Netflix account for your family

Hey remember when Netflix decided to jack up their prices, then almost immediately faced “Blockbuster Video Status”?... me too.

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They'll lose %30 viewership overnight 😂😂

Crackdown? There was never a “down”. My family has shared a password for years...!

It’s enough with you taking off favorite tv shows and movies, raising fees and more and now you want to bring that up and basically make our lives impossible when we pay for the service. I mean, it’s enough with you filling up the platform with originals and now this? netflix

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Here a nee policy for Netflix to try.... try making good shit to watch. There is so much shit on that platform. Everyday I mindlessly scroll looking for something to watch and finally give up.

netflix monitoring would not make sense. 🙄 1. If you have more than one home? 2. If your family is at home, you AND your spouse travel separately, that would mean there are times we are in 4 different locations.

Go HULU.

How do they know if you’re with the subscriber or not? I’m the subscriber, I should be able to watch where ever I am. My wife should be able to watch where ever she is, and my kids should be able to watch where ever they are as long as they live under my roof.

Good luck with that netflix

Very interesting. Anything to make more money.

Hulu is better anyhow!

Left to their own devices, corporations will always see how far they can go before losing customers. Not a smart thing to do, considering they have a lot of good competition currently.

Perhaps if Netflix stopped raising their prices then people wouldn't share their passwords.

I won’t renew Netflix if that ever happens.

I don't have Netflix

They aren’t rich enough 😆😆😆

NetflixLAT Qué hay de malo si le comparto mi password a quién vive conmigo? Para qué pagar 3 cuentas, si se puede usar 1 sola?

WHY?! leave us alone!

Fu** off Netflix. I'll tell my sister to unsubscribe. She just has it cause she shares the account with her sons and me.

Man, I hope my ex-coworker’s brother is on top of this...I’m really into some of the shows right now!

And they just had the cheek to increase price? Again!

Netflix don't understand that the only reason they're probably an automatic in a lot of households is because they share their password with other loved ones.

They need to chill

Offer a friends and family plan dummy

Netflix: The world needs to be more tolerant and never forget sharing is caring but you better not share your Netflix password.

Because they don’t have enough money

F that...

good one

Everyone gonna cancel now

OMG now I won’t be able to watch another shitty Netflix Original. What will I do with myself?!

FOH

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