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Netflix Sends Emails to Subscribers They No Longer Want

jcf817 said:
A person who lives alone and want the best quality video from Netflix is getting ripped off, being required to buy the premium plan with 4 simultaneous screens. I assure you, most people only watch one screen at a time. I dropped them over a year ago after a price hike. It simply wasn't worth the money and is becoming less so over time.
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Singlism, it's real.
 
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CycloneSpinning said:
I actually think the frustration is justified in this instance. This isn’t like Napster, where you kind of knew it was illegal all along…or even worse like running cable from your neighbor’s house or tapping into your neighbor’s Wi-Fi. They literally promoted sharing your password and then flipped.

This is more akin to having kids eat free, and the restaurant has always welcomed you with open arms, and then one week you show up and they not only don’t apologize when they share the new policy, but they rub your nose in it by telling you the restaurant is only for people who pay for everyone.

I’d find a new spot, but I’d be pretty mad in the moment that handled it the way they did.
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It is just like tapping into your neighbors wifi. I mean, they are paying for all that bandwidth, right? If they're not using it all, then why not share it amongst multiple households and split the cost?
 
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CycloneSpinning said:
I actually think the frustration is justified in this instance. This isn’t like Napster, where you kind of knew it was illegal all along…or even worse like running cable from your neighbor’s house or tapping into your neighbor’s Wi-Fi. They literally promoted sharing your password and then flipped.

This is more akin to having kids eat free, and the restaurant has always welcomed you with open arms, and then one week you show up and they not only don’t apologize when they share the new policy, but they rub your nose in it by telling you the restaurant is only for people who pay for everyone.

I’d find a new spot, but I’d be pretty mad in the moment that handled it the way they did.
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To improve upon this analogy, it was never 'kids eat free'. It was like if a restaurant offered a 4 entree deal for years, made it a huge part of their branding, and then suddenly out of nowhere demanded proof that all 4 of those diners lived under the same roof, even though there was no difference in cost to the restaurant, 4 entrees are 4 entrees, just as 4 streams over the internet are 4 streams over the internet.

Also, making it more annoying, this restaurant for some reason required you to order 4 entrees to receive the highest quality options on the menu, even if you were just a single diner. And you weren't allowed to share those entrees, just waste them.
 
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I got a notification yesterday when I opened Netflix on my TV. I was worried my wife would get the same notification and that she wouldn't be able to use my account anymore. I would cancel my account if that happened, but she didn't get any notification and can still watch on my account.
 
jcf817 said:
One place I've literally never spent a dollar, and one place I haven't spent a dollar at in probably 5 years.
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So.. why are you upset about sharing passwords if you already pay for Netflix? This should not impact you at all.
 
CyCoug said:
I always get a kick out of people who defend crappy business decisions. It's like they are siding with a corporation that's ultimate goal is to extract as much money from as many consumers as possible.

Instead of the customers who are being vocal about how much they dislike the corporation's policies. In the case of Big Media, it's especially acute. They (rightly or wrongly) think that making consumer-unfriendly policies and restrictions is the path to maximizing profits.

I think that's shortsighted. But at least the same system which allows businesses pretty wide latitude to make decisions that are unpopular with customers, also allows the customers to both express their displeasure and vote with their wallets.
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So… I assume you don’t invest in the markets then??

Every publicly traded corporation will try to extract as much money as they can.
 
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I@ST1 said:
So… I assume you don’t invest in the markets then??

Every publicly traded corporation will try to extract as much money as they can.
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Correct. But it feels like some people reflexively side with said corporations mistakenly thinking that’s the only important part of the equation.

As a consumer, I can recognize a bad business policy and go elsewhere, which probably even more important to making free markets work efficiently.
 
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Netflix has every right to make this business decision. That said, the reason I've kept it around after the last few price hikes is because my two daughters (one college, one on her own and poor) like watching it. If this is enforced I will likely cancel and they won't pick it up on their own. I don't think my situation is that unusual.
 
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CyCoug said:
Correct. But it feels like some people reflexively side with said corporations mistakenly thinking that’s the only important part of the equation.

As a consumer, I can recognize a bad business policy and go elsewhere, which probably even more important to making free markets work efficiently.
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Good deal. Then drop Netflix. Easy as that.
 
JP4CY said:
I gave my CF password to my secretary and she now types out my messages on here.
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At least you could subscribe to the Premium version and let her post messages there!!

Best I can tell, for every post she writes from your user ID, she's dumbs using her ID.

Just can't get good help these days. Must be a millennial thing.:p
 
As someone who:
  1. Subscribed to Netflix for about 5 years,
  2. Dropped Netflix and subscribed to Prime for 3 years and then
  3. Dropped Prime and subscribed to the Disney bundle for 7 months and then
  4. CAME BACK TO NETFLIX 2 weeks ago
Not sure I understand why people seem to feel so violated, betrayed, etc. Netflix made a business decision during their upstart years to allow sharing. As their business has matured and growth slowed, they have changed course. Businesses change course all the time, sometimes drastically to maximize future profits.

I'm cheap. Didn't want to pay for the premium service so I signed up for the $10/month option with 720p picture. Just perfect for a baby boomer with a 15 year old 42" TV.

Loving Netflix. Peaky Blinders, Queen's Gambit, Better Call Saul ...
 
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isucy86 said:
Once ESPN goes DTC, I'll never have a streaming multi-channel like Fubo or YTTV.

Just need a sports subscription and 1 or 2 broad based entertainment subscription service.
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The problem is Fox Sports. Fox doesn't have a viable streaming service at this point and there's still lots of football and basketball on FS1 and, soon, FS2.
 
1UNI2ISU said:
The problem is Fox Sports. Fox doesn't have a viable streaming service at this point and there's still lots of football and basketball on FS1 and, soon, FS2.
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Agree that FOX creates an issue for streamers. But at some point I gotta believe they jump into a subscription based service with gusto.

It seems like they have to, to protect BTN platform.
 
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