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u/altrustic_lemur 1d ago
“We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem.” - Gabe Newell ~ 12 years ago
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u/Mike-Ropini 1d ago
Well, Netflix has certainly been trying to boil the frog with pricing.
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u/Defragmented-Defect 1d ago
What sites are you using that are so convenient? I always get a little panic attack when I hit download trying to decide if I picked the right extension to give me the real website and not the 15 malware-laced mirrors of the real website.
(For legal purposes, this is sarcastic and rhetorical, not me asking for recommendations (wink(please)))
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u/UrNewMostBestFriend 1d ago •
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Due to rules of various reddits I'm not sure I can share the sites, sorry. However I would suggest searching for soap 2 day dot to for all of your personal cleaning needs, I'm also a fan of the go go anime dot page for all of my on the go go anime needs.
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u/randomdaysnow 1d ago
Thank you I've been looking to change things up in the shower so I appreciate it
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u/MidnightT0ker 1d ago
For the technology savvy. Whatbox + sonarr + radarr + plex. I pay 10$ a month for the online hosting of the content to whatbox, this way it’s available everywhere.
All this can all be self hosted using docker and portainer for example.
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u/hobskhan 1d ago
If I want to get some of that soap for my personal cleaning needs, is it beneficial to protect myself with a VPN similar to sailing the high seas? Or is that question irrelevant for a website like that?
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u/lakired 1d ago
You'll want Firefox with the uBlock Origin extension. But you should already have that anyway.
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u/xypi1 1d ago
Go to the r/piracy megathread, it has all the explanation and links you need
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u/isanass 1d ago
Yep. And I wouldn't say piracy has really gotten any easier over the past 15 years--maybe improvements with Sonarr, Radarr, etc...but similar existed back in the day--it's that streaming services have actively gotten worse.
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u/Illustrious_Log5397 1d ago
Streaming services very predictably turned into cable, which everyone left for Netflix. It just took a while for all the players to get up and running.
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u/WeightedBellend 2d ago
Yaaarrrrh matey!
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u/Q13989731E 1d ago
Someone needs to pay for it
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u/Irrepressible87 1d ago
Hear me out, we could... not do that. If Netflix wants to run a policy so shitty I wouldn't expect it from Comcast, it can go in the dustbin of dead media companies. Just nestle its corpse right in there next to Blockbuster and call it a day.
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u/Winston1NoChill 1d ago
They're probably underestimating the amount of people they're going to lose that are already paying lol
It's not just the people getting cut off from sharing -- I no longer give a shit about making this payment if I know my mom or dad can't use it.
Knowing somebody else used it was the value I got out of it.
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u/randomdaysnow 1d ago
We actually pay for Netflix but we're on three different internet accounts two of them are coming into the same address such a fucking pain in the ass I'm deleting that shit. And we're all family That's the thing it's a family account and we're all family The fuck man.
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u/Damasticator 1d ago
I’m pretty sure I signed up for the number of screens, not the number of family members. If they want to limit it to people in your home, they need to make that clear up front.
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u/m3g4dustrial 1d ago
It's not like four screens inside the same home costs them significantly less than four screens in separate households. It's just the new way to squeeze more money out of the same users and screw everyone that doesn't fall into a simple concept of always living in the same physical location.
It's too bad their tests were successful in other regions and proved this move would be profitable in the near term.
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u/D4rksid34ever 1d ago
Well, if successful means losing 1M users since February in Spain (idk about other countries but i guess it's not too different)
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u/Hephaestus_God 2d ago edited 1d ago
Yo Netflix… my entire family is truckers… what now?
Edit: my family isn’t truckers. I didn’t expect this comment to blow up. stop giving me recommendations to other services lol I don’t even watch TV (I guess it helps other people though so whatever).
This was Just an example of 1 situation that many people could be in right now and Netflix is just like “🖕” in response.
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u/cookiewoke 1d ago
I believe Netflix released a statement something along the line of "Get fucked" in regards to this type of situation.
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u/imanunbrokenfangirl 1d ago
Same thing for college students
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u/Imaginary-Captain729 1d ago
I mean, at least you’re in college where there’s almost no possible way you, your friends, or someone you/they know isn’t highly skilled and knowledgeable about torrenting and pirating. Netflix has shit content anyways
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u/geschtonkenflapped 1d ago
When I was a student in the 00s people were providing huge file servers for access from the interior network. You could get anything from music, to movie to porn with gigabit speed. All housed on private servers that belonged to students. My roommate also ran one with mostly hard techno music
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u/RUN-PMT 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah if you're pirating in college you want access to intranet type stuff. Colleges will crack down on using their network for pirating.
I used to just wait til a weekend at home or vacation came along, download weeks of shows at home and bring them back in a portable hard drive. Of course, this was back when the 'high quality' stuff was 720p and it took 5 days to download.
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u/geschtonkenflapped 1d ago edited 1d ago
Today definitely, but 15 to 20 years ago nobody cared about that. You had a traffic limit for outbound traffic, but internal was unlimited. It was pretty wild and I can't imagine it would be tolerated today. Probably heavily monitored and blocked ports all around. If was exactly like you said, people brought in their hard drives. Now imagine a big number of IT students and their will to provide the services. It was terabytes of stuff - which was a lot 20 years ago
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u/nobody2000 1d ago
highly skilled and knowledgeable about torrenting and pirating
Let's be honest here, the vast majority of people trying this for the first time, even under the guidance of a "highly skilled" individual is going to get bitchslapped with ISP warning letters.
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u/Tsu_Dho_Namh 1d ago
If you're in Canada those letters are empty threats.
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u/nathanfay 1d ago
I print mine out and frame them
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u/Bone-Juice 1d ago
Been pirating for years and have never received an ISP letter yet...starting to think they don't like me or something.
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u/icheah 1d ago
Same. I bought a VPN out of paranoia, and I've just kinda been forgetting to use it. I've not heard a word out of my ISP
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u/itsyaboibrady 1d ago
I’ve been pirating for years and the only time I got one was when I stole from Apple. They got upsetti spaghetti so I started VPNing again like a good boy.
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u/tracksdolls 1d ago
Usually yeah but my friend who torrents a lot of stuff did end up having to go to court and pay like 700$ so it is possible to actually get fined in Canada
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u/Tsu_Dho_Namh 1d ago
Your friend must have been sued by a media company collecting damages. There is no fine which exists in Canada for pirating media. The only legal action that can be taken against you is the plaintiff can use your IP address to try to claim you pirated their stuff. But it's incredibly difficult to make that stick if you fight it at all, since IP addresses can change (if they're not static), or malware or other users on your machine might have used it without your knowledge.
Your friend should have gotten a lawyer. It'd cost less than $700 to file for dismissal and have them fuck off with their bullshit
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u/Brutalitor 1d ago
I've heard downloading is fine but seeding/uploading can get you a fine in Canada. I'm not 100% certain though.
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u/nobody2000 1d ago
Seeding/uploading is really how you get caught altogether for the most part. Sure you could download from a honeypot, but if you want to get all eyes on you, upload.
iknowwhatyoudownload.com
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u/QuebecGamer2004 1d ago
Don't need to torrent or pirate, just use streaming sites. As long as you have an adblocker (which everyone should have anyways) you should be good.
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u/Blanciv 1d ago
Yeah. There are plenty of great streaming sites with tv shows and movies from all different platforms
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u/ThisFckinGuy 1d ago
But I wanna know it's tucked away on one of my hard drives before I find a stream to watch it from lol.
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u/Formal_Survey_6187 1d ago
so? Is there a negative from warning letters. i've received maybe 20-40 DMCA notices at different residences but no negative consequence has occured.
Also using usenet with SSL, or using a VPN that supports torrenting solve that problem. Maybe what you consider "highly skilled" individual would not know how to use either of those options?
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u/Spoogly 1d ago
I received one very strongly worded letter to my college that included enough info to track the traffic down to me. The security folks sent me the letter and a demand that I show them what's on my computer. I basically just said "lol no"
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u/DrDan21 1d ago
My college also did this but saying lol no meant you were lol suspended from the network
You were also automatically fired from your on campus job if you had one even if you complied. The on campus IT jobs were in high demand from the students because it was basically an internship
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u/ThatGirlWren 1d ago
I believe Netflix released a statement something along the line of "Get fucked" in regards to this type of situation.
The official statement was, "fuck you, pay me." Their newly revised FAQ reads in part:
Q: What if my family consists entirely of long-haul truckers?
A: Fuck you, pay me.
Q: Suppose my child attends college out of state and uses my account?
A: You have money to waste on college? Fuck you, pay me.
Q: My (insert family member here) is on a fixed income and shares my account. Is this acceptable?
A: Hahaha, no. No. Fuck you, pay me.
Q: I was abducted by aliens who insist on using my account to watch Grey's fucking Anatomy for some goddamn reason. My spouse is back on earth, so surely we can share, right?
A: Believe it or not, fuck you, pay me.
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u/LordCharco_iii 1d ago
Q: My living situation is unstable, I can’t stay in one place for more than a couple of weeks.
A: Damn, that’s crazy. Here’s the thing though - didn’t ask. Fuck you, pay me.
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u/slapchopchap 1d ago
Free apps like xumo and Tubi may not have the same level of content but are out there
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u/Bobafetacheeses 1d ago
Love Tubi.
Almost done watching Alf.
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u/-ImYourHuckleberry- Dirt Is Beautiful 1d ago
New episodes of futurama start July 24 on Hulu…
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u/Dikjuh 1d ago edited 1d ago
Oh my, that is
pleasantgood news to me.-edit- Thanks for the correction /u/LordSephiran
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u/_SkateFastEatAss_ 1d ago
New episodes of everything start for free the day after they release if you're a pirate
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u/EvilArmy_ 1d ago
One 512 gb pendrive: 18€
One month netflix subscription: 18€
Choice is yours.
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u/Yoda-from-Star-Wars 1d ago
Get an external HDD instead. Pendrives are more likely to lose data over time than hard disks.
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u/EvilArmy_ 1d ago
But much more expensive and hard to carry.
If you're using it only to watch films and tv shows, you can download a loooot in a 512gb and watch that when you want.
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u/Yoda-from-Star-Wars 1d ago
In that case I'd recommend the dual pendrives with USB-C on one end and USB-A on the other, so you can use it with your phone on the go, or with your PC at home. Again, if you're only going to be using it with your PC at home, I'd still recommend a hard disk.
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u/Suspicious-mole-hair 1d ago
You maniacs, you blew it up! Ah, damn you! Damn you all to hell!
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u/SlaughterFeast 2d ago
What happened? I don’t keep up with this shit.
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u/Hartleydavidson96 2d ago
Netflix has restricted password sharing for family accounts. You have to be in the same household to use the same account
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u/crazy_about_games 2d ago
This shit's devious 💀
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u/Peterh778 1d ago edited 1d ago
That's punishment for being their customer and not a pirate 🙂 and at least you have a full menu - in our country, big part of movies and series is "not available in your country" ... and Amazon Prime is even weirder.
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u/Pancakes176 1d ago
How can they really enforce that? Im gonna assume all devices have some way to be tracked to a physical location but maybe a vpn could get around that.
Then again that’s too much work and I’ll just not use Netflix lol.
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u/photenth 1d ago
No, it will check over which IP you connected to netflix and one app will be the designated "home" app. So any time you connect over that IP it will reset the timer for another month. So essentially family members can just go home each month and reset their app and thus keep using it somewhere else. At least that's what the press release explained.
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u/omgomgwtflol 1d ago
If you open Netflix on your firestick at home on your home wifi associated with your account, it'll still work normally. Just gotta have your firestick Netflix connect to your home wifi once every 31 days.
If you forget / dont do that once a month and are away somewhere, they say you can get a verification code that'll let you onto your account on your secondary devices
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u/deadfeet3 1d ago
They track your IP. Also, netflix hates VPNs and it'll probably get worse now that they are restricting you to one location
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u/ricktor67 1d ago
Netflix is being destroyed from the inside for some reason. I suspect the CEO and the board are shorting the stock.
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u/benergiser 1d ago
for some reason
short term gain for long term loss.. capitalism at its finest
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u/ricktor67 1d ago
But they are not gaining anything. They are doing everything to lose business, even in the short term. The only reason you would want to hurt a company you are in charge of is if you want revenge or are being paid to ruin it.
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u/Taclis 1d ago
I bet they're hoping that their competitors follow suit and it becomes an industry standard so consumers don't have a choice to avoid it.
Same thing happened with invasive DRM in video games, the early adopters got slammed, but now it's standard practise.
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u/Tech_Philosophy 1d ago
for some reason
The reason is that we live in a sick society where our economic system demands CONSTANT growth, and companies MUST find ways to achieve that and as the company matures and runs out of green pasture, they will start to destroy themselves with more and more desperate attempts to keep the growth going.
Simply existing at a steady-state as a large streaming service with a constant and continuous revenue wasn't good enough for Netflix's stakeholders, and so they will suffer the consequences of their greed.
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u/ZombieDracula 1d ago
I forgot how easy pirating is... you have the file, there's no buffering, no sign in, no other distractions trying to select it, no commercials, and best of all, no fucking logos or any marketing for the service at the beginning. Hit play, watch movie, the end.
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u/AngryCommieKender 1d ago
I never stopped being a pirate. I just put the flag in a chest, and stored it safely away. Time to unbatton that chest.
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u/Melmokz 1d ago
Its been so long... does anyone have any recommendations or guides?
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u/NostradaMart 1d ago
Also netflix: We're losing soooooooooooo many subscribers...WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY ?!?!?!?!?!?!
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u/xaiires 1d ago
Funny part is they didn't lose me a subscriber, but I didn't need all those pesky extra screens anymore! Now it's only $7/month instead of $21 a month. Thanks Netflix!
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u/blutigetranen 2d ago
Is there even a reason to have Netflix these days? I guess the Castlevania anime was pretty okay...
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u/Mongoose42 1d ago
It’s the Seinfeld app.
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u/Ringo308 1d ago
To me it's the Star Trek app
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u/o0DrWurm0o 1d ago
No Star Trek on Neflix anymore. Now you pay 10/mo for Paramount+, featuring such classics as:
Star Trek
Uhhhhh
Frasier?
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u/Hopeful_Table_7245 1d ago
My wife and I have been watching the show iZombie. We are on the last season, 5 episodes left. Going to cancel once we are done, really no reason to have netflix.
Might rejoin to watch the last season of stranger things when it comes out, but then cancel after we binge it.
its just not worth it.
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u/i_write_bugz 1d ago
New season of black mirror is coming out soon. That’s the only really good reason I can think of
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u/RedSane 2d ago
Wasted opportunity to use :
"So long, matey"
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u/Interactive_CD-ROM 1d ago
Even if you went that route, it’s not like there’s much quality content coming out of Netflix anyway.
Like, my friends kept saying they used Netflix to watch their “background shows.”
When I asked them what background shows they watched, they realized that all the shows they watched had moved to Peacock or Hulu.
They canceled Netflix later that week.
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u/von_Viken 1d ago
It's so annoying to me. I generally don't pirate stuff, but it feels like they're actively trying to force me to pirate stuff. Just make this stuff easy and convenient for me and I'd happily pay your prices for shows I'd like to watch. Why do you actively try to discourage me from giving you my money? Isn't that what you want?
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u/RASPUTIN-4 1d ago
I guess Netflix forgot that their business only succeeded because it was slightly more convenient than piracy.
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u/bobthebobofbob 1d ago
"we'll help you confirm..."
What a bunch of dicks phrasing it like that making it sound like they are doing you a favor.
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u/nickel-wound 1d ago
And yet they have the audacity to cancel great shows while producing supplemental and endless garbage.
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u/pineappleAndBeans 1d ago
It’s due to how they pay writers. If your show does too well they can it because it will cost them more. They pay a bit up front with the promise of “long term profit” and then scrap it once it runs a season or two to get out of paying. Extremely business smart move however it’s also so fucking scummy it’s unbelievable they haven’t been sued into the ground.
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u/fozi4ek 2d ago
"Well help you confirm" aka "we'll make sure"
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u/MightyCaseyStruckOut 1d ago
Me: No, I don't think you will
delete app and starts sailing the high seas
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u/Sleepy_Azathoth 1d ago
I'm just wanna put some names here:
For torrents: Watchsomuch, by far the best site.
Android and Apple: HDO Box and Stremio/Torrentio (this last one for PC as well)
For your browser: MoviesJoy and Justchill
Eat well my friends.
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u/BerryLanky 1d ago edited 1d ago
Been waiting for this day. I have an account that I don’t use. My step daughter and my in-laws use it. We are not paying extra for it and they won’t pay for their own account so we say so long Netflix
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u/sailor776 2d ago
Anyone got a good sailing spot for a new pirate
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u/InquisitivelyADHD 1d ago
Head over to the r/piracy mega thread and that should get you started.
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u/Toe_Regular 1d ago
I’m sorry but what exactly does Netflix bring to the table?
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u/Dahns 1d ago
Kung Fu panda
Oh wait they removed it
Kung Fu Panda... 3... ? And bad spin off... ?
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u/Bongmyfart 1d ago
https://i.imgur.com/zHllWXI.jpg
I’m an OG Netflix member since you could only get the physical DVDs. I canceled my membership as soon as I got the email.
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u/drschloop 1d ago
didn't Netflix tweet in 2017 "Love is sharing a password" or something like that or was that fake
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u/DawidIzydor 1d ago
Already cancelled Netflix for this exact reason a few months ago. I didn't even shared the account, cancelled it just as a principle. There wasn't anything worth paying for anyway
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u/BadDreamFactory 1d ago
Meanwhile, Disney says "we expect a certain amount of password sharing" and have learned to live with it and even say in their FAQs that it is ok to do it just don't go crazy.
Because they know the alternative is people not giving them money.
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u/GraveSlayer726 1d ago
Netflix did the equivalent of shooting them self in both feet, like no way this is gonna increase revenue for them right?
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u/hogey989 1d ago
I got hit with this in Canada on my smart tv. But not on my phone. So they're definitely rolling it out slowly/inconsistently. Either way fuck Netflix.
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u/Sprizys 1d ago
“Netflix is meant for the people who live with you” no if I pay for it, it’s meant for whoever the fuck I want it to be for. I don’t share my password anyway for security reasons but I think it’s fucking dumb that you can’t share your account with distant family members or close friends etc.
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u/v_for_vegetta 1d ago
and jack sparrow said while welocoming his new mates: I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.
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u/Then_Consequence_366 1d ago
They've never been more replaceable. Every company is so obsessed with growth that they can't see the importance of sustaining current business as well.
Company after company falls after taking shortsighted earnings views. Heck, Sears was over a hundred years old, but short terms profits over long term profitability sunk that ship. In the 80s they were the largest retailer in the US. Now they have 17 stores. 17.
Netflix was once the largest streaming service in the US, wonder how far they'll fall for this profit push...
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u/YSoB_ImIn 1d ago
Literally cancelled mine today. We hardly use it, was keeping it around since my mom uses it. Get fucked I guess?
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u/penny-wise 1d ago
I love how Netflix was originally “Yes! Share your account with your family! We WANT you to!” And now they are “PAY UP, LEECHES!”
Corporate hypocrisy is so tiring.
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u/bageltoastee Lives in a Van Down by the River 1d ago
it be plundering hour, mateys.
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u/thehackerjunkie 1d ago
More and more, I lean towards pirating like I did when I was 12. More and more, my old hatred against things like this come back. I do not wish to not support creators, I wish for a great service in return for my money. I wish to own things. Not to sound like a conspiracy nut job: but you will own nothing and will be happy is the vibe I get from this. Heck, I can't even watch Netflix on some powerful devices I have, simply because some DRM defective crapware is preventing me from doing so.
Yes, there is a point to be made that Netflix is just trying to make more cash, and they do, in fact, have every right to change their TOS. But I have every right not to join them. But I true hartly believe I should have a right to own my stuff, even if it's temporary, on my hard disk instead of streaming it at a shit bitrate.
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u/JoseCoolinsisdead 1d ago
Literally me last night. Shut down NF and opened up my computer to torrent the shows my family likes from NF
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u/sirtaltos 1d ago
Got hit with this in Canada. Weirdly 4 screen account, couldn't watch from bedroom tv, then set home on bedroom tv and couldn't watch from livingroom, same network IP but use openDNS. Sooo canceled service after over a decade of use.
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u/hurtlebum 1d ago
Just cancelled mine which my ex wife and I have shared for years!
I'm not sure that's the reaction Netflix were aiming for, but hopefully more people do the same so it's at least a measurable statistic.
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u/IamCaptainHandsome 1d ago
I had the top tier Netflix package for the 4K picture quality, I had extra screens so why not share with my Dad?
Then Netflix announced they were doing this bullshit, so now I have the absolute basic plan, and only because it's free with my mobile phone provider. My dads done the same through his provider.
So well done Netflix, you've lost yourself some money because you tried to get greedy. I wouldn't even be that mad except I have to take 4 screens as part of the 4k plan!
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u/ikilledtupac 1d ago
“You and the people who live with you”
Funny how they can just redefine their entire agreement at a whim.
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u/Nightruin 1d ago
You know the worst part about this? I’m in the military. Deployed currently to Korea. So I just can’t access my Netflix account because it’s tied to my home state of Georgia and I’m not gonna spend the effort moving the account around every time I deploy or move duty stations. Shit is stupid