Received email from Netflix about household sharing

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Just received this. Keep in mind that I pay for the $19.99/month plan. It mentions you can use Netflix when you travel outside the household, but it still doesn't mention how they plan to enforce this.

 

[LQQK]

Was gonna add my sister but due to billing thru Verizon can't add her at the $7.99 rate.

 

[klang]

Coincidentally, I received an email from Peacock yesterday stating I can have 3 streams in or out of the home.

Curious how this Netflix thing will actually roll out.

 

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My daughter who is away at college just got kicked out of our Netflix account due to this new policy. f**k Netflix. Another woke Bullsh!t move that will end up costing them more in the long run.

 

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Guess they don't want my money.

 

[arlo]

Anyone savvy enough to setup a VPN server in their router?
Config the other end in openvpn/wireguard.
Remotely log into it. Hint hint.

 

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Curious how this Netflix thing will actually roll out

Well, it's obvious now they've taken the most extreme, scorched earth approach.

 

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Anyone savvy enough to setup a VPN server in their router?

Doesn't matter. They're blackballing any device that isn't on the exact same subnet. Obviously Netflix's IT department is staffed by kindergartners.

 

[primestar31]

My daughter who is away at college just got kicked out of our Netflix account due to this new policy. f**k Netflix. Another woke Bullsh!t move that will end up costing them more in the long run.

Have her try TubiTv.com. Pluto tv, Roku Channel, and the like free ones for now. Does she have a Roku, or just the tv apps?

 

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Does she have a Roku,

Yes, she has a Roku

 

[primestar31]

Yes, she has a Roku

Tons of free stuff up there, screw Netflix. Have her start with the ones above that I mentioned.

 

[arlo]

Doesn't matter. They're blackballing any device that isn't on the exact same subnet. Obviously Netflix's IT department is staffed by kindergartners.

Maybe breeze through this. Probable exception is not to use ddns and considering your public ip address isn't "rolled" too often. All client's connected have duped server ip connection configs. On the occasions the public ip is changed a simple edit on the client side or new config file on the server side could be emailed. "Should" work just fine. Maybe not. Worth a try.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_mwzVnS7D0&t=630s

 

[dishdude]

My daughter who is away at college just got kicked out of our Netflix account due to this new policy. f**k Netflix. Another woke Bullsh!t move that will end up costing them more in the long run.

Woke...lol

Can't you give her a OTP to login? What happens if you are traveling and try to login? You're not allowed access to your account?

 

[Bruce]

Woke...lol

Can't you give her a OTP to login? What happens if you are traveling and try to login? You're not allowed access to your account?

Traveling is allowed, what happened was Netflix already noticed that the account was being used in two different places (ip addresses), so when the policy took affect, they knew which accounts were going against the rules, which have been on their terms and conditions page for a few years now, they are just now enforcing it.

Also, it is only $7.99 more a month, basically the same price as a extra box from a Cable/Satellite Provider, I remember when my son went to school, cable and broadband was $100 a month in the dorms, by the time my daughter went, streaming had taken over, but she never had Netflix, happy with YouTube.

 

[dishdude]

Traveling is allowed, what happened was Netflix already noticed that the account was being used in two different places (ip addresses), so when the policy took affect, they knew which accounts were going against the rules, which have been on their terms and conditions page for a few years now, they are just now enforcing it.

Also, it is only $7.99 more a month, basically the same price as a extra box from a Cable/Satellite Provider, I remember when my son went to school, cable and broadband was $100 a month in the dorms, by the time my daughter went, streaming had taken over, but she never had Netflix, happy with YouTube.

So they're keeping record of known IP addresses?

 

[Bruce]

So they're keeping record of known IP addresses?

Yep, they have been doing that for years.

When my friend worked there before she left for Disney, she said there would be meetings all the time about how to handle password sharing, some of the things she told me about were a lot worse then paying $7.99 a month.

 

[ncted]

So they're keeping record of known IP addresses?

Yes, you can go into your account and see what devices have been used recently. It shows where they are located, when they were last used and by which profile.

 

[FTA4PA]

Just received this. Keep in mind that I pay for the $19.99/month plan. It mentions you can use Netflix when you travel outside the household, but it still doesn't mention how they plan to enforce this.

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Lucifer hunh? You devil!

 

[Bruce]

Just received this. Keep in mind that I pay for the $19.99/month plan. It mentions you can use Netflix when you travel outside the household, but it still doesn't mention how they plan to enforce this.

I am still trying to figure out your logic, that by paying $19.99, it allows you to share it with other family members outside of your home?

Then, since I pay YTTV $73 I should be able to let my kids use it in their homes, or MAX, Paramount, Disney, Hulu, Sunday Ticket, etc.

What about the older days, when neighbors ran a wire from someone else’s house to steal cable, back in the ****** trailer park I grew up in, a lot of them did that.

Or when you were able to put your own dish on your roof and get a receiver from a family member that was activated so you could use it in your home ( this was back when Dish was doing audit phone calls).

If everyone did this, then the company does not make enough money to produce programming, asking $7.99 was the least expensive way of cracking down on password sharing, they were talking about more drastic ways of handing it.

And again, $7.99 is not too much to ask, it is basically the monthly rental cost of a extra cable/satellite box.

And why did you start a new thread on this when one already existed, one that you posted in with the exact same grievance?

Netflix to Begin Cracking Down on Password Sharing

I am always amazed that people think it is ok to do this, the time is coming to a end. https://www.macrumors.com/2022/12/21/netflix-password-sharing-crackdown-early-2023/

www.satelliteguys.us

 

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