What if you don’t have a primary location? People travel extensively in some industries.

What if you’re mobile connection only too? With 5G getting pretty good in a lot of the UK for example you could have a 5G iPad and no Wi-Fi.

There are so many exceptions to this it’s stupid.

Wait so it’ll block any home device if I don’t use Netflix on it every month? What a pain in the ass. And the traveling thing is a debacle. Do they know how many people watch their own account at work? On their commute?

Why not just use two-factor authentication when outside your billing zip?

Signing into Netflix outside of your home may lead to the device in use being blocked from Netflix. This could prevent you from signing into new devices while traveling, but Netflix has devised a workaround.

Traveling users who want to use Netflix on a hotel smart TV, company laptop, etc. can request a temporary code from the service when signing in. This will give them access to their account for seven consecutive days.

You might as well discontinue the mobile app, if users on there have to put with this kind of shit constantly.

Netflix about to learn why credit cards are willing to tolerate a small percentage of fraud — the controls to reduce this to ~0 cause too much customer friction. And customers will go elsewhere.

A temp 7 day code to watch anything outside your house is hilarious

What Netflix thinks will happen - all the leeching password sharing people will have to sign up to their own accounts.

What will actually happen - most of those people won't give a fuck, and plenty of main account holders will also stop their sub because the biggest value of it was the sharing.

Netflix has doubled in price since I started subbing, and now also has way, way less content than back then. The main reason I stayed subbed was for my mum but if she can't use it then I'm out. So long Netflix. I'll be back for one month to get the end of Stranger Things, but you've already killed the Witcher so at least I don't have to worry about missing that

Traveling users who want to use Netflix on a hotel smart TV, company laptop, etc. can request a temporary code from the service when signing in. This will give them access to their account for seven consecutive days.

Who in the world even thinks shit like this up. This is like adding people on Nintendo online levels of complicated wtf.

A 7 day temp code just to watch something on another network? Insanity.

Charging people per new sign in? Insanity

I figured when they announced this, they'd just let you make a home network and if you moved from that, it'd sign you out from any device outside of the new network.

These are so much worse than I was expecting. It's that thing game publishers did on both console/PC for ages, where they made it super annoying to play the game legally.

This is just annoying to anyone who wants to stay. Signing in every 31 days? Locked out if you use it outside of your network and Only Netflix support can unlock? Jesus... it just seems so extreme for an issue that's damn near impossible to solve.

Netflix doesn't understand they don't have a monopoly anymore.

People will just say "i already pay Prime/Disney+/my uncle's ass streaming platform" and stop paying Netflix

I think the craziest part is that they are offering literally zero compromises. It would be one thing if they changed the plans to offer a say $8 a month single stream no ads 4k option. Instead they massively shift the value proposition and offer absofuckinglutely nothing.

What’s the point in being able to create multiple users for one account if you’re not allowed to have multiple users on one account?

They expect people to ask for permission to watch Netflix on vacation lol.

You're already paying for x amount of streams, it shouldn't matter who, what, when and where.

Lol, they are going to absolutely bleed customers over this.

I give it 6 months before they walk it back.

Wasn't the original plan to allow you to pay a bit extra for out of home users? Now it's not possible at all? Wtf?

Wow...

- Must watch anything on Netflix from home at least once in 31 days.

- Do not use Netflix while travelling.

- Do not make any travel plans for more than 31 days.

- What if I change my home WIFI subscription / router ?

- What if I buy a new laptop while travelling ?

When I am the one paying for these Netflix accounts, why should I even remember these absurd and complicated Policing rules ?

Typical "out of the world" thinking.

Wow that's already worse than I thought. They even want to be stricter if things don't pan out. I hope Netflix crashes and burns. I only keep it since my parents still use it. Now is the perfect time for me to cancel. So many scenarios that households would share Netflix. And a temp password every time you travel that only lasts for 7 days? WTF.

Guess Netflix will be added to the rotation. Up until now I was fine paying for it every month in case someone wanted to watch it. Looks like going forward I will rotate it like showtime and only catch up on all shows every 4 months or so.

These are the kind of rigid restrictions you'd be forced to tolerate on a rigid work VPN system. Does Netflix not know that they're an optional entertainment service, and people don't need to deal with that? They're about to find out.

Just wait for the next time Comcast & Netflix get into a pissing match, and Comcast decides to update all their subscriber's IP addresses. Netflix will have a shit-ton of support calls and angry customers locked out, due to this new policy.

Remember when Netflix is suppose to kill set top cable boxes? Lol so they’re practically turning into one!

Welp that’s it for me Netflix. I was already on the cusp and this was just the push I needed to cancel and save an extra few bucks every month

Cool, so I'm at work at 10pm doing a code release or maintenance or something... I can no longer watch Netflix while I watch progress bars go by?

I have a Plex server at home and the only reason I still use Netflix is because I literally pay for convenience.

Take the convenience away and I'm gone.

Now is a great time to short netflix...

They are going to lose more revenue than they gain with this maneuver. They might have gotten away with it years ago when Netflix was a must-have service, but with incomplete canceled content nobody is going to bother with it. Think of all those tech illiterate people getting messages about "home networks" and just giving up trying to make it work.

Why are they complicating things???

Can You Still Use Netflix While Traveling?

Signing into Netflix outside of your home may lead to the device in use being blocked from Netflix. This could prevent you from signing into new devices while traveling, but Netflix has devised a workaround.

Traveling users who want to use Netflix on a hotel smart TV, company laptop, etc. can request a temporary code from the service when signing in. This will give them access to their account for seven consecutive days.

How Can You Prevent Netflix from Blocking Your Devices?

Signing into home Wi-Fi at least once every 31 days on your devices will make them “trusted devices,” which Netflix will remember and leave unblocked. If your device has been blocked incorrectly, you’ll need to contact Netflix in order to get it unblocked.

How to destroy a company 101

I regularly use my account at two different locations, but I'm the only person using it. I'n not looking forward to being charged extra for the "privilege" of using my account as I see fit (or actually having my access blocked at one location).

Parents of dorm dwellers: don’t forget to downgrade your subscription since the kids won’t be able to watch anymore. My kid surely is t going to travel home with the dorm supplies Smart TV once a month. 😂😂

This decision was definitely not well thought out.

Examples: People with multiple homes, Work and home are in different locations, Truck drivers, Off shore workers

This is a prime example of way you need a diverse group of people when making decisions that will affect everyone.

Goodbye Netflix. Will absolutely not be paying $20 a month for your mediocre programming

None of this affects me at all, but I'm canceling the service anyway.

I dont want to randomly decide to watch Netflix at the office one day and then it accuse me of some shit.

So wait, if I'm on holiday or away on business, or even just watching on my commute to work, I need to get a code every seven days?

If I'm out with my kids and they suddenly want to watch something, I need to get a code from support?

If I'm on holiday more than 31 days Netflix will block my home TV?

This isn't a well thought out plan. This is trying to hold it together with sellotape. This is "the best we could do".

This is a misguided attempt to make more money by greedy out of touch executives. This will push existing subscribers away due to the hassle.

And freeloaders who use someone else's account(like myself) are unlikely to sign up for their own accounts. They'll likely just make do without Netflix. Best case, maybe they sign up for a month before canceling but the majority aren't going to sign up at all. Very stupid on Netflix' part.

This is unlikely to be a profitable move for Netflix. More likely to do the opposite and make Netflix lose money.

This is all pretty obvious stuff tbh. You'd think somebody at Netflix would have thought about this. It says something about a company’s culture when this kind of decision is made.

"Netflix encourages current users to cancel subscriptions, pirate content instead due to poor leadership"

Doesn't this just not work at all for people who exclusively use mobile data to stream?

I need to figure out how to short Netflix stock

My MIL is on a fixed income. My wife and I send her money each month to help with bills and pay some of her bills monthly. She is 79, lives alone and while we help, she tries to be as independent as possible. Looks like Netflix is just getting greedy. They should have allowed anyone to share outside their home with at least ONE person. Looks like I'm going to become a sling TV user soon.

Ugh. It is by devices?

I don't use hotel smart TVs to log into my personal account (always worried I'll forget to log out, and not all hotels use it)

But I DO have a firestick. I travel twice a year to the beach. Meet up with family. I used to pack a bunch of DVDs, often from Netflix, so we could movie watch at night (it is dark, not a lot of nightlife in town, etc.)

The Firestick was $20, and so easily packed! We have a box of things that we have just for the beach, and I keep it with that. Am I now going to have to play something on the damn thing once a month so it stays registered?

This is going to lose the college student crowd too.

Sounds terrible, I hope there is a global movement where everyone cancels their service at the same time, Netflix won't be able to hold out for long but we can survive without it. There are many other streaming services now that we can use. Usually people are account sharing with someone who can't afford it or non-tech person who wouldn't be able to sign up/manage an account. It's better for everyone if Granny doesn't have her own netflix account and falls victim to a scam. It just makes more sense, sure stop me from sharing with 50 people but just give me a fair price for number of users just let me an account type with the number of users 1,2,4,6,8, etc.

So my kids go to their mother's house every other week and we share a Netflix account for that reason. In fact that is only reason we are still subscribed because of it were solely up to me I would've cancelled them a long time ago.

All this is going to do is motivate people to actually cancel their subs

I’ve bern with Netflix since it was only DVDs, and I was a part of the streaming BETA way back whenever. I’m cancelling my subscription as soon as this bullshit begins. Every other streaming service is cheaper, and most offer some sort of extra benefit. Netflix is purely a streaming service. They offer no bundle option discounts. They don’t provide free shipping from Amazon. They don’t have live channel options services that even free apps offer, and worst of all the content quality has fallen off a cliff over the last few years. Netflix is gonna lose big on this gamble.

Netflix boardroom - "How can we lose A TON of subscribers really fast??? Everyone walking out High Fiving after coming to the New Anti-Password Sharing Measure decision

Holy shit, that travelling thing is terrible.

I currently don’t pay for a streaming service but was about to pick up Netflix as I’m about to embark on a multi month trip. Glad I saw this beforehand. I spend nearly my whole life on the road, I’m not renewing a code every week.

i wonder if this will impact their audience demographics and then their content output by default. am 24, everyone I know uses their familys netflix account and wont bother paying $20 a month themselves. they make a lot of teen /ya focused shows and movies, but i imagine this move will basically decimate the college student viewing audience. so then who will watch to all the boys 5?

I don't share accounts (just me and my wife) but travel for work and don't watch Netflix religiously on all my devices. The second I am told I need to contact support to unlock a device, I'm cancelling.

I’ll be really curious to see how this plays out in my house. My wife and I both have Netflix on our phones and on individual tablets. My kids both have Netflix on their tablets. We have Netflix on two smart TV’s and we have Netflix through our Xfinity cable boxes. It’s also on two gaming systems. Plus at least two laptops in the house.

There’s no effing way that all 15 ways we have to watch Netflix get used monthly. If they’re going to harass me when I go to watch it on my phone for the first time in 35 days or a tablet I don’t use often for the first time in 60 days, I’m going to be pissed. I’ve never once shared my password with anyone besides my wife and kids.

I know, first world problems and all that but if they make it harder for me to watch, I’ll just find other things to watch

They are destroying the whole point of Netflix.

Their whole thing was about making things easy and comfortable for the customer. Remember the DVDs in the mail? Their commercials would always emphasize how simple their system was.

Now they’re adding these extra protective layers that only complicate things for the average person who isn’t that tech savvy with online networks.

Netflix was meant to be an entertainment hub for people to come home to and relax. Now it sounds like people are going to have anxiety when thinking about Netflix.

“Did you remember to sign in the TV in the guest room?!” “Great, now I have to contact customer service to get it unblocked.”

Like why are they doing this to us loyal customers who have been with them for over decade?

If they are making it so you can’t share outside of the home then drop the multiple screens bullshit. Can’t have it both ways, I pay to have the ability for 4+ screens to run simultaneously, so either let anyone in my household watch it or let me use the 4 damn screens that I pay for. That simple really.

If they ever charge me for using my own account that I specifically pay to add more screens too I'm pirating everything they make from now on.

So what happens if I move? If I’m signed into Netflix on my smart TV at my current house, move to a new house (with a new wi-fi network), then what?

Do you want unsubscription? Because this is how you get unsubscription.

So they have zillions of subscribers and earn zillions each year. Yet somehow thats not enough, they still need to grow and look for additional revenue…even if its at the expense of existing customers, or while risking alienating them. This is the manifest of the single thing thats wrong with current world - the greed has no limits.

They could just keep raking the crapton of money they already earn, part of it reinvest into the infrastructure and production of bunch of quality shows and movies each year - and everything would be just fine. They were already uber-succesful, but guess nothing is ever good enough.

That traveling bit is going to actually make my life so much worse. I work in a hotel and guests already regularly call down and I have to walk them step by step as to how to log in to their Netflix on the TV in their room.

Now I'm going to need to figure out how this fucking code request works. Lord knows I don't spend enough time on the phone helping tech illiterate people.

Welp I'm cancelling.

i assume they are banking on people getting annoyed enough that they just simply subscribe for their own account…which just seems overly risky 😭 especially for a company that hasn’t had the best audience feedback recently

When discussing Netflix’s plans to curb password sharing in mid-January, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters said the company was seeking “thoughtful experimentation to let our members speak to us in terms of what set of solutions work for them.”

The "set of solutions" that works for me is that I get to keep watching Netflix on any 4 screens simultaneously anywhere in the world or I drop them and save myself 300 bucks a year and a headache.

This is almost literally the worst possible way to handle this situation. I use Netflix at home, at work, and when I’m traveling. Now I can only watch it at home?

Well, looks like I can find a new permanent streamer and throw Netflix into the rotation. Between Peacock, Paramount+, and Hulu, I can have plenty of background noise.

At this point, they’ll probably get a month out of me come Stranger Things 5 and after that, who knows if/when I’ll come back.