Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Sharers

For the love of all that is holy let us split our netflix account out! My user is on my brothers account from when we lived together a long time ago. Every year I check to see if there is a way to split the user out. Every year I remain disappointed and continue on using the same account.

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Post by koolba » Fri, Nov 08, 2019, 2:22 PM UTC

> But taking more aggressive measures poses risks. The people using services for free — especially younger consumers — may never agree to sign up for a subscription, no matter how many hassles they endure. That means companies would mostly just be alienating paying customers, who could get frustrated and stop using an app or cancel their service. In other words, there’s plenty of downside and possibly little upside.

They should offer a lowball “add a user” price because Johnny Millenial might get his parents to tack on a few bucks but he’s not going to sign up for the $150+/mo package.

I’m also surprised they haven’t cracked down on the source IP addresses. It’d be trivial to look at the net bandwidth and see that the usage is at a totally different physical address (and not just a mobile phone).

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Post by AllegedAlec » Fri, Nov 08, 2019, 2:23 PM UTC

> The pay-TV industry is projected to lose $6.6 billion in revenue from password sharing and piracy this year

Implying that EVERYONE using it 'illegally' would keep watching if they couldn't access it for free.

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Post by crikli » Fri, Nov 08, 2019, 2:23 PM UTC

> “If you ask any cohort of young people if they will ever pay for Netflix or video services, the answer is unequivocally no,” said Mike McCormack, an analyst at Guggenheim Securities.

Good grief what a stupid quote to use as a pretext for tacitly supporting these measures.

When I was “young”, whatever that undefined number means, I swore there were lots of things I’d never pay for. Streaming music services, are a germane example. Then I got older, developed a bit of discretionary income, my time got more valuable, and the services become the best option. The once “no way ever” is now an unthought monthly cost.

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Post by usrusr » Fri, Nov 08, 2019, 2:24 PM UTC

Tolerating a small group of users on a single account is a soft power to keep subscription hopping in check. Rotating subscriptions is so much easier when you don't have to create consensus amongst loved ones. It's a magic brand loyalty machine.

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Post by magashna » Fri, Nov 08, 2019, 2:25 PM UTC

> “I feel like I’m beating my head against the wall,” Tom Rutledge, the chief executive officer of Charter Communications Inc., said during an earnings call last month. “It’s just too easy to get the product without paying for it.”

Boo hoo. All these companies thinking they can split all their content up and get people to pay for every single service are in for a (totally expected) surprise.

I'll share my plex server with friends and family long before I pay for more than 1-2 services.

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Post by baq » Fri, Nov 08, 2019, 2:27 PM UTC

i don't think netflix is worth the full asking price to be completely honest. hbo go would be worth it if the stream quality wasn't down there in the dumpster (final GOT season night scenes made me cringe - a great example of how encoding can ruin some otherwise good parts). haven't used amazon yet and eagerly waiting for disney's platform to be able to tell how things settle down.

i can tell right now that i won't ever have more than two subscriptions active at the same time because it's ridiculous to even have more than one, but i'm making some concessions.