darnheather
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 28, 2013
My oldest daughter is now married so I'm cutting her off by changing the password. I live somewhere else during the school year but can live without Netflix there. I think they are being ridiculous.
I need more info on this.
We use it at home, at our summer house and when we travel. So, just one family using it in different locations. I will keep it if we can keep using it that way. If not, we would think about canceling.
From a Forbes article in Feb 2023: "Netflix will have ways of knowing if you are still sharing your account with someone outside of your household. That’s because the streaming service collects a lot of data about you, including what you watch, where you watch it, the location of your home, and device IDs. This information can be used to ascertain whether it’s you watching or someone in another household.
Who are others? Is it me or my daughter watching at the different address? Is it me or my father watching when he's at the beach on cellular? They don't KNOW. The email I got specifically states that I can use my account my account when travelling and on my various devices ...that's the way I read it. Seemed clear to me. If we're talking two people using the same account, at the same time ...that would be a totally different story. That I can see them blocking.
You can easily watch Netflix on the go and when you travel — either on your personal devices or a TV at a hotel or vacation home.
Way back when, did Netflix limit the number? Sometime you hear, you gave the password to DD at school, who shared with boyfriend, who shared with his friends. so 20 people later.........This is why traditionally they would limit the numebr of simultaneous streams. That should be enough to police usage to a reasonable level.
Yeah, but I am saying I might have the older grandkids sleeping in, while the younger might be watching on tables while I'm starting breakfast. Later younger kids are outside, older kids on phones, etc. Do I now have 27 active items that can only be used 4 at a time?As far as I kow, they still limit it. We pay for 4 simultaneous log-ins. There are 5 of us living here and there have been instances where all 5 will try to watch at the same time, and someone gets a message that they cannot watch. When we dropped down to 2 logins, we had the same issue. That's why I don't understand why they care. If I'm paying for 4 people to watch simultaneously, does it matter if the 4 are in my house or not? I'm using what I paid for.
I feel like they're probably going to generate more hassles, confusion and ill will than it's really worth attempting to police all this. They're thinking like an old school, hard wired cable company - worrying about the physical location of each household. Just charge per stream and jack up the price if you have to make your business model more profitable/viable, then let the market decide if your service is worth it.As far as I kow, they still limit it. We pay for 4 simultaneous log-ins. There are 5 of us living here and there have been instances where all 5 will try to watch at the same time, and someone gets a message that they cannot watch. When we dropped down to 2 logins, we had the same issue. That's why I don't understand why they care. If I'm paying for 4 people to watch simultaneously, does it matter if the 4 are in my house or not? I'm using what I paid for.
I have cancelled just about every streaming service. We haven't found enough to watch for the price. Most of the time we end up using the free ones. Like RokuTv and Pluto TV.
Yeah, but I am saying I might have the older grandkids sleeping in, while the younger might be watching on tables while I'm starting breakfast. Later younger kids are outside, older kids on phones, etc. Do I now have 27 active items that can only be used 4 at a time?
This is the way...you cancel after enjoying a service for a period of time, pick a new one on a deal and do the same...and then cycle back later. [...]
I'll be dropping Hulu (Nov), HBO Max (July), and D+(Nov) (and already canceled my free year of Apple TV last month), and picking up Peacock and Paramount for round 2 on Black Friday, unless I see an unbeatable deal before.
I pay for the premium plan which is 4 devices and two of my kids don’t live at home.
How are you able to get the deals the second time around? Most deals are for new subscribers, not people returning. While one can sign up again using a different email and name, some companies know when the same credit card is being used again.
Amazon Prime channels for us. I usually wait until the holidays and the discounted price goes live to re-activate.
Same. We use ours in our camp and at home. If we have to pay for using it weekends we are away then it’s not worth it. We have Apple TV so we will just watch that instead.Well we just got the email that Netflix will be charging an extra $8 a month for an extra person outside of your house to use your account. I pay for the premium plan which is 4 devices and two of my kids don’t live at home. I am not paying more per month for it and decided to cancel. I don’t see why they care “where” you are as long as no more than however many devices are on your plan are being used.
Anyone else cancelling?
A friend got in a bizarre situation with MLB TV. He wanted to watch Oakland A's games and all the home games were blacked out because "he lives too close to Oakland". Ah......he lives in Eugene, Oregon, 500+ miles and an 8 hour drive away. Yet, Seattle Mariners games are not blacked out. Seattle is half as far away as Oakland. Go figure.I got MLB.TV and MLS free with my phone for this year also, so I can drop a few extra streamers to enjoy sports...and at least, they'll always be new.