Way back when, when Netflix was (almost) the only game in town, I might have spent time trying to do this. But now? Nope…there are a dozen other streaming options with really great content. Services that aren’t pulling this penny-pinching scheme.
Netflix, methinks you are not as important as you think you are…
I have it free through T=Mobile. In order to get it, I have to have 2 lines, which I do, but one of those lines is my daughter who is still a college student but a grad student so my home is not her permanent address.
I don’t think it is fair that she pays for the second line (really, I pay but still) but she doesn’t get to have the perks advertised, like Netflix
I notice my Paramount+ stopped working this weekend, also through TMobile, and have to figure out why.
Amazon is dropping the Halo service (like a FITbit) this summer. My friend got an email about it but I did not. I got a notice that they are refunding the amount I paid for it but no reason (I wouldn’t have know if not for my friend sending the email). I guess it didn’t sell well but I liked it. How am I going to count my steps? I refuse to take a step unless I get full credit for it! Really how much could it cost them to keep the app running just for me?
Doesn’t the Halo step counting operate independently of the subscription service?
I think the step counting does, but the rest of the services don’t (sleep score, history of step counts, exercise, and I think the heart rate etc). It wouldn’t have anywhere to sync with.
I’m just sad to be losing it. I don’t need a $250 Apple watch (don’t have an Apple phone) and was happy with the size, color, and cost of the Halo.
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I’m so annoyed by this! We used our vacation home throughout the year, but sometimes one of us is there, and one in our primary home. It’s still the two screens we pay for, just in two different places. that doesn’t seem to be accounted for in the above scenarios.
I feel that we pay for two screens and should be able to use them wherever.
We have t-mobile and get 4 users /screens for like $9.00. Not sure what happens now if anything different. I will have to investigate this further
We just have the basic plan (one user/device at a time only). I would be super annoyed if my kid away at college couldn’t use it. In this situation with the basic plan only one person can be logged into Netflix at a time, why should it make any difference where that user is located?
This is interesting about the T-Mobile perk - others have mentioned it too. Can’t decide if I’m annoyed at T-Mobile/Netflix for this “favoritism” and significant discount for using a specific product.
They do a bundle with Disney,ESPN Marvel etc before it was bundled also. I actually forgot to sign up for free Apple TV for a year and just signed up for free MLB TV yesterday. I didn’t sign up for the free soccer version of it though. We get free stuff usually on Tuesdays also. Don’t be upset just join the revolution. I have been with them for over 15 years. They have been known to give bogo not advertised also. Their customer service is fantastic. So I will take all the free /discounted stuff I can get 
. The real question is… Why aren’t the other companies helping out their loyal customers?
It’s slightly annoying but $7/month for us and the same for the college kid isn’t much money at all. And we don’t even own a vacation house.
Like others, I’m sad the ability to share is coming to an end. But, I also understand a company can’t give away their products and stay in business. In our case we have three households using one account, so I’m thankful my kids can easily afford their own subscriptions if they want.
Can somebody explain the ramp down scenario. We have a Netflix plan, I think $14.99/month. The kid in another state uses it sometimes, maybe the local kid too. Will it just stop working for them? Or is there action needed on our part to define primary location?
As I mentioned I was sharing my plan with both my daughters. D1 rarely uses it. D2 often does. D2 (in another household) called me last week when she couldn’t get it. We were out with a big group for dinner. We had to go through some rigmarole of Netflix sending me either a text or email to confirm her use - to be honest, I was just trying to get the situation solved in the middle of the dinner so I just clicked through to get her set up - it’s entirely possible her household is the main household now and I may not be able to log in!!! LOL. I haven’t take the time yet to try and pull it up on my tv.
But her trying to use Netflix, not being able to log in as usual, prompted the situation. I then got a couple of emails from Netflix re: the new stuff (again I haven’t “studied” them yet).
This was an email prompted by D trying to log in:
An update on sharing between households
Your Netflix account is for you and the people you live with — your household.
You can easily watch Netflix on the go and when you travel — either on your personal devices or a TV at a hotel or vacation home.
To control how your account is used, you can:
**• Check who’s using your Netflix. Review which devices are signed in to your account. **
If you want to share Netflix with someone outside of your household, you can use these features:
• Transfer a profile. Anyone on your account can [transfer a profile] to a new membership that they pay for.
• Buy an extra member. You can [share your Netflix] account with someone who doesn’t live with you for $7.99/month more.
We know you might have questions. Our [Help Center]has detailed information for you
Thanks. We got that email too, at an old email id associated with the our Netflix. (And last night I forwarded it to my husband). But it seemed unclear about the results of no-action. I assume our home TV would still work, and the kid(s) get blocked… but not sure.
We have had Netflix forever. Originally, we paid for having the ability for two people to be able to watch Netflix simultaneously. Since we have four kids, occasionally there were times when more than two of us wanted to watch Netflix on different devices at the same time. At one point, I upgraded so we could have four people watch simultaneously, probably during Covid. Once my kids were all back in school/college and busy, we dropped our membership back to two users.
I do, however, have two kids in college, who can’t come home every 30 days with their tvs to log in to our home network, which is apparently what is required now. I’m not going to pay an additional $15/month for them to occasionally watch Netflix when we already have Prime, YouTubeTV and my sons have Hulu free thru their Spotify accounts. Honestly, H and I rarely even use Netflix - I could easily just cancel and may end up doing that if my college kids can no longer access it since they use it the most.
What would make more sense to me is to just limit the number of users who can watch simultaneously like they do already, but not make it contingent on the IP address. Have tiered memberships, like they do now. So I can pay for two users, three users, four users, etc. But $7.99 per additional user is too much. So we won’t be adding to our account and if anything will cancel.
I understood that they meant by device, your laptop or phone, for the 30 day check-ins. Because who carries a TV back and forth? (maybe college students, but second home has those instructions and I don’t see that being realistically required.)
From what I read, it is any device that accesses Netflix. So if you are watching on a tv away from home, that device needs to be connected to the home IP address every 30 days. For people who only use laptops, phones, tablets, it’s not a big deal, assuming they are able to log in to the home IP address every 30 days. That’s why families with college students are in an uproar b/c it’s just not feasible for them to go home every 30 days.