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That is silly though. There was never an expectation that only 1 set of eyeballs would watch a stream.

Netflix tweeted in 2017 that “Love is sharing a password”. There is no other way to read that statement other than being pro sharing. Which makes sense, I pay for X concurrent streams. Let me use my streams, period.

https://twitter.com/netflix/status/840276073040371712




So and then 5 years later they changed their mind.

What amuses me in this thread that people who change their mind every 5 minutes accuse a company changing their mind after some years.


I don’t think anyone is saying they can’t change their mind, just that it might have consequences. They leaned on password sharing to grow their base and once they are on top, they shut it down. I’ve paid for the 4 stream 4k since it’s release. I share it my mom and brother. Combine we all watch it less than 10 hrs a month. It’s is not worth its cost for any one of us to have an account. The moment I get that password email, I will cancel.


You summed up my position perfectly. Netflix is free to change their mind. I'm free to re-evaluate my relationship with them in the context of the new, much less valuable plan.




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