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Re: Netflix Homes

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Post by elric »

mnahkies wrote: post #18
elric wrote: post #11

How do they know where a home is? Are they going to require Location permissions? Are they going to do silly geoIP things which are worse than useless?

It sounds like they are using a combination of device fingerprinting and ip addresses. Will be interesting to see how many people get false positives from VPN's or just having their ip addresses cycled > Make sure that the device is not connected to a VPN, proxy, or any unblocker service.

Relying on IP addresses for anything is a recipe for disaster. Device fingerprinting is even worse, given that everyone who is the least bit privacy-conscious has gotten quite good at resisting all kinds of fingerprinting techniques. I have 4 PCs I use frequently. If I watch Netflix on one today, get a new IP address tomorrow, and watch it on another device, I'm suddenly not at home anymore?

Their PR and marketing team clearly suck. I hope they've got a really good legal team, because they're going to need it.

Re: Netflix Homes

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Post by timbit42 »

foogazi wrote: post #49
GeekyBear wrote: post #15

I have a friend who is a divorced father, and the only two people on his account are himself and his son, who don't live in the same household. Divorce is fairly common, and coming on top of another recent price hike, they are going to be shedding customers.

Mom doesn’t watch Netflix ?

Probably does but certainly not on the account of her former husband.

Re: Netflix Homes

#53

Post by [deleted] »

qeternity wrote: post #13

Genuine question to commenters that are poopooing this: why? Price hikes are annoying, and the content quality has been decaying recently, but those are separate issues. Why shouldn’t Netflix seek to clamp down on account sharing? This seems to strike a nice balance that makes it easy to continue sharing, and not disrupt existing profiles, etc whilst charging a small premium for the privilege.

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Re: Netflix Homes

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Post by gs17 »

foogazi wrote: post #48
freedom2099 wrote: post #29

So… I have 8 weeks of vacation a year… does this mean I won’t be able to use my account for 6 of these weeks? What about going to my vacation home during weekends? I do it multiple times a month… why should I pay more for accessing Netflix from a different address? If they start this bullshit in my country they will loose a 10 years loyal customer playing for premium 4K streaming. I have as well prime, Disney+ And Ap…

> What about going to my vacation home during weekends? Maybe they think you can afford it

A more relevant example could be a student who goes to their family home on weekends, with parents who don't want a Netflix account themselves.

Re: Netflix Homes

#55

Post by sebazzz »

qeternity wrote: post #16
sys_64738 wrote: post #14

The endless pursuit of revenue to suit shareholders. Netflix can’t increase subs anymore as who would subscribe have already and luxuries are first to go in a depressed economy. So you look for the next low hanging fruit to launder.

> The endless pursuit of revenue to suit shareholders. I don’t really understand these comments. Do you think Netflix is a charity? “Endless pursuit of revenue” is how they stay in business, employing people and yes, generating profits to shareholders. Imagine turning this same thinking around at other groups I’d imagine you sympathize with like unionizing workers: “In their endless pursuit of revenue, workers have d…

Why does a company necessarily need to grow by a certain percentage each year. That is called exponential grow and not realistically sustainable.

Re: Netflix Homes

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Post by freedom2099 »

foogazi wrote: post #48
freedom2099 wrote: post #29

So… I have 8 weeks of vacation a year… does this mean I won’t be able to use my account for 6 of these weeks? What about going to my vacation home during weekends? I do it multiple times a month… why should I pay more for accessing Netflix from a different address? If they start this bullshit in my country they will loose a 10 years loyal customer playing for premium 4K streaming. I have as well prime, Disney+ And Ap…

> What about going to my vacation home during weekends? Maybe they think you can afford it

It’s not that I can’t afford it… it’s a matter of principle! There is no valid reason for an INTERNET SERVICE to be bound to a geographical location (aside of squeezing people out of every penny possible)!

Re: Netflix Homes

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Post by freedom2099 »

czstar wrote: post #37
alanfranz wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Arrogant and superfluous comment. If it’s still me and only me watching then netflix should not care.

The comment you responded to was neither arrogant or superfluous. Prior to the internet people had cable TV subscriptions for their house and vacation house. The norm was TV subscription being location based. Now with the internet that changed a bit. Netflix is trying to come up with a way to ensure that people aren’t using a subscription login “unjustly” (as Netflix defines this). It’s a tricky problem to solve.

It’s not really exactly the same thing! A web services should not be location bound! What if next to access your email you have to be home or pay for any extra location? Following your previous line of reasoning to access standard mail you have to be home!

Re: Netflix Homes

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Post by wdb »

hotpotamus wrote: post #31
wdb wrote: post #25

It’s still unclear to me how they count the two weeks on a location. If I go to my summer house every weekend, does that count? Or do they count when you use Netflix at multiple locations at the same time?

You know, if you can afford a different house for a season, I suspect you could afford another Netflix account for that house.

Alternatively, so if you visit your parents every weekend, you can also afford another Netflix account for when you are visiting your parents?

Re: Netflix Homes

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Post by wdb »

czstar wrote: post #37
alanfranz wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Arrogant and superfluous comment. If it’s still me and only me watching then netflix should not care.

The comment you responded to was neither arrogant or superfluous. Prior to the internet people had cable TV subscriptions for their house and vacation house. The norm was TV subscription being location based. Now with the internet that changed a bit. Netflix is trying to come up with a way to ensure that people aren’t using a subscription login “unjustly” (as Netflix defines this). It’s a tricky problem to solve.

Personally, I think they can solve the "unjustly" by not allowing to watch content at the same time from different locations
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