• LEX
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    1401 year ago

    I didn’t see that coming, I’ll admit.

    Guess those greedy bastards know what they’re doing.

    • Art35ian
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      531 year ago

      People don’t give big business enough credit in this space. Things like this are market tested and simulated long before they are rolled out.

      • @Purplexingg
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        241 year ago

        Well, things work until they don’t. Predictions can only get you so far. See: new coke, qwikster, onlyfans trying to ban porn. But yeah I’m sure they did a cost benefit and decided it was worth

    • @EyesEyesBaby
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      161 year ago

      Net subscribers may have increased, but I suspect many of them have chosen a cheaper option. Since my family can no longer use my account there’s no need to have 3 simultaneous streams. I chose for a cheaper subscription and expect many to do the same.

      • @[email protected]
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        181 year ago

        Wasn’t there a news article floating around yesterday claiming that Netflix was about to ditch their cheapest ad-free option?

        • @EyesEyesBaby
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          121 year ago

          They are, in the US and UK. Greedy bastards.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        I suspect you are right, because Netflix is axing its lowest ad-free tier and those on it will either need to pay the higher ad-free or switch to ads.

      • @[email protected]
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        91 year ago

        The users were playing for the service tho.

        They then created artificial barriers to charge more for the service.

        They’ve been doing it consistently.

      • @ABCDE
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        91 year ago

        I was paying for it, for four screens and multiple users, as permitted on their site.

          • @brimnac
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            51 year ago

            Netflix literally said “Sharing is caring” about passwords a few years back…

            • @[email protected]
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              -61 year ago

              I guess they changed their minds then. Hypocrites or not I still feel like wanting to get paid for people using your service is reasonable. I’ve never used Netflix but if I did I’d imagine this wouldn’t affect me much as a paying customer. It seems to mainly be an issue for those who either travel alot or are using somebody else’s account

              • @brimnac
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                51 year ago

                That was their business model, hence why people got upset.

          • @[email protected]
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            51 year ago

            No, they were using paid accounts.

            If I buy a frisbee and throw it to a friend, my friend doesn’t owe the frisbee company anything. I paid for the frisbee, I can do what I want with it.

            If I pay for 4 simultaneous streams from a video company, why is it that company’s business how and when I use them, or who I share them with?

          • @ABCDE
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            11 year ago

            I allow people to use it for free as it’s not a huge expense, and it’s something nice to do.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        They’re the ones who said it was OK to share your password. So yeah they deserve to get flak for this.

        Love is sharing a password… until it affects YOY growth.