Netflix subscriptions are up almost 6 million this quarter, suggesting we're all just too exhausted to fight this stuff

Netflix says people just kind of rolled over and accepted the password sharing crackdown::Netflix subscriptions are up almost 6 million this quarter, suggesting we’re all just too exhausted to fight this stuff

  • Saneless@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    1 year ago

    Stories like this are weird. As are the reactions.

    It’s a nominal cost for a lot of content. Some people lost access to it because they were sharing accounts, and millions who did decided that it was worth the $12 or whatever to get their own account.

    And?

    • variants_of_concern@lemmy.oneEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      And most of those new accounts are in countries where there was no password crackdown and Netflix lost about 8% on share price so they want to spin the idea

    • Colitas92@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I would counterargue it is different from a traditional price increase. Netflix basically ‘‘backstabbed’’ their consumers, by altering the contract they followed for years and even repeteadly made marketing and promises in that regard (all the ‘‘sharing netflix with family and friends is an expression of love’’ posts).
      If the price had increased, it would be another reaction, but this new house limitation is really a petty move that feels a lot worse. I hope the other streamings just increase the price and let people share the same account.