Netflix subscriptions are up almost 6 million this quarter, suggesting we’re all just too exhausted to fight this stuff
Yep, I rolled over and setup a vpn at home so now all my family members can watch Netflix from my home *wink *wink
I rolled over and realized nobody in the house actually watched much of anything on Netflix, and cancelled it. Hardly noticed the difference in three months since dropping it.
“rolled over?” What does that mean? And what recourse does anyone have? No defense of Netflix, nor crit of sharing users, but they (we! Lol) knew we were cheating. Seriously wtf.
“Rolled over and paid a speeding ticket” energy.
“rolled over?” What does that mean?
They pulled a “this is my life now” and carried on. In other words: Users got screwed, Netflix LMAO’ed at em.
The recourse is cancelling it. There is nothing on Netflix that most people would seriously miss having access to.
And their revenue is still down and they had the worst day for their stock price ever when they announced this news. People are too tired and stressed out to fight a dying behemoth that used to be good like we’re living in a Dark Souls game or something.
Canceled my 4 screen plan right after this was announced… So not in my experience
Well yeah, what did you expect people to do?
It’s either be treated with dignity as a consumer or watch an unfinished series.
Obviously you’d pick the unfinished series.
I think the crackdown is on certain types of devices and in phases. The first devices locked out were my android/google TV devices. A few weeks later, my xbox was locked out. My android phone still works, but can’t cast to the TV now. Apple TV and ipad still work. Need to try the PC.
Honestly, I can’t see this lasting for Netflix. I think their subscriber numbers have peaked and will start to decline when people realize how crappy their catalog is.
That’s exactly why they did it in the first place
too tired? from what im seeing the vast majority of people just don’t care. they are fine with thier internet becoming more expensive and handing everything to these companies. most simply think this is the only option.
I mean, that sounds exactly like tired/defeated thinking to me. Frustrating to see it play out, tho.
From my experience, brother in law hates it. Wants to cancel but the kids (2 preteens) watch it a lot and he just doesn’t want to use something new that he has to relearn to be comfortable leaving them alone with.
Fair, exhausted parents trying to buy a moment of peace has been a cornerstone of American capitalism since RCA used Howdy Doody to sell television sets
The second they crack down on me I will cancel and set up a PLEX server and just download anything I need. Not that I use it much anyways YouTube is my primary source of video content.
I’ve been looking into the same and goharddrive.com sells used enterprise HDDs for under $9/TB so that’s my plan.
Jesus if people can’t even be bothered to simply stop paying for a subscription then we will be truly fucked when something happens that actually matters
This is why the reddit boycott was destined to never work
So you are saying if people can’t do something about problems that don’t really matter to them, that implies they aren’t going to do anything about problems that matter to them?
Cancelled and three users who used my password didn’t sign up. Doubt Netflix would announce this was a failure so here we are.
I had the opposite experience. I canceled and then my moochers signed up for their own.
Did they decide to share their passwords with you?
I’m sure they would if I asked. I could probably even guess it as the sharing was already both ways with other services.
We would still be in the same problem with Netflix blocking other locations though.
Well I mean The Witcher season 3 came out. yeah it went up.
They’re kidding themselves if I’m keeping it after. Again.
You should’ve just pirated it.
Not even worth pirating.
I don’t get what’s controversial about Netflix making sure their customers keep their promises.
The good thing about Netflix is that they don’t lock you in for 12-24 months. So you’re free to cancel whenever you want. Compare that to the agreement you have with your internet provider.
With that said, you who cancelled Netflix because of this change, what streaming service did you move to that didn’t enforce on account per household?
