The article is all over the place with its analysis: On the one hand, it writes "The caveat is that password crackdowns do not lead to consistent growth, and they often infuriate subscribers". Then immediately follows up with "There’s typically one big wave of new users who were previously sharing an account before the streamer plateaus to its new normal. Netflix, for example, saw 9 million more subscribers after its first wave of password crackdowns in 2024".
Those sharing users that are infuriated into subscribing aren't the only ones getting a more frustrating service, but they need to weigh how many non-sharing users will drop the service after their hotel/AirBnB TV stops working halfway through their business trip.
"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem". - Gabe Newell
It surprised me that Netflix did not suffer from their similar consumer-hostile actions, so now of course the next streamingservice tries to push the envelope further. And we ever closer to the cable tv insanity. You people still let this be done to you?
Subscriptions actually went up. Imagine the power of consumers if they actually protested with their wallets instead of just rolling over every single goddamn time.
I share my password with my retiree mother. We're on opposite sides of a major city with no effort made to hide our geographic separation. I have never heard one peep from Netflix about it. This leads me to suspect that they aren't really concerned with minor sharing, and perhaps 3 or more might be needed for it to bubble up to their concern. It would also reduce the possibility of anger due to false positives.
This is a problem as old as cable TV. I can't really say I blame them.
The article is all over the place with its analysis: On the one hand, it writes "The caveat is that password crackdowns do not lead to consistent growth, and they often infuriate subscribers". Then immediately follows up with "There’s typically one big wave of new users who were previously sharing an account before the streamer plateaus to its new normal. Netflix, for example, saw 9 million more subscribers after its first wave of password crackdowns in 2024".
9 million users might not be consisten
Those sharing users that are infuriated into subscribing aren't the only ones getting a more frustrating service, but they need to weigh how many non-sharing users will drop the service after their hotel/AirBnB TV stops working halfway through their business trip.
"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem". - Gabe Newell
It surprised me that Netflix did not suffer from their similar consumer-hostile actions, so now of course the next streamingservice tries to push the envelope further. And we ever closer to the cable tv insanity.
You people still let this be done to you?
I share my password with my retiree mother. We're on opposite sides of a major city with no effort made to hide our geographic separation. I have never heard one peep from Netflix about it. This leads me to suspect that they aren't really concerned with minor sharing, and perhaps 3 or more might be needed for it to bubble up to their concern. It would also reduce the possibility of anger due to false positives.
This is a problem as old as cable TV. I can't really say I blame them.