Maybe they should go back to DVDS:rofl:
September 29, 2023
On Tuesday, Netflix announced it will send out its final red envelope on September 29, 2023. marking an end to 25 years of mailing DVDs to members. The company will continue to accept returns of customers’ remaining DVDs until October 27
I guess my question is…what are they going to do with all those DVDs!
Okay, I’m confused. How do you connect a TV from somewhere else to the home IP address? Are they really expecting people to cart TVs back and forth from second homes, or is there something I’m not understanding (quite possible.)
@garland, that is precisely the point - they are assuming that if someone is using a tv at another location for more than 30 days I guess, then they are not members of the same household and need to have their own account, or be added for $7.99 more.
Edited to add, here is an article that mentions watching on tvs. Netflix’s Free Password Sharing Is Over (but Here’s How to Do It Anyway)
Okay, but they specifically give the instructions to second home owners to simply log in from their device at each of those two places at least every 30 days. Which doesn’t make sense with a TV. At least that’s how I read it.
If you have a second home or travel frequently to the same location, follow these steps:
@garland yes, that is to watch Netflix on that particular (mobile) device that you are taking with you when you travel, not a tv that is fixed in a secondary location.
^^I agree. We have a second home and I don’t understand how I would use the TV in the second home.
My kids are out of college and still using our account. TBH, I think it’s a reasonable business decision for Netflix to crack down. For all I know, friends of friends of the kids are using our account. I don’t, however, think it’s reasonable for college-aged kids. I don’t recall other services following this rule–we were allowed to keep our kids on our car insurance even though they were in another state with our car, for example. As soon as they graduated, that changed but felt reasonable.
Realizing I need to reread the rules…when in the “main” house, I wouldn’t watch netflix on my ipad or laptop. So, I need to remember to actively log into Netflix on my ipad/laptop once a month? We do spend quite a bit of time at the ‘non-main’ house…
I read the instructions to mean that once the mobile device is connected to your (second) home Wifi network, all devices on that network would be able to access Netflix. But who knows? I don’t have a second home, but I am guessing this will cause problems for my kids (at college and BS). But I’m not super fussed. They can live without Netflix. Their hypocritical mom thinks they spend too much time in front of screens anyway. And if it is that important to them, they can always pay for their own accounts themselves.
That’s how I read it. (But if it’s not that, then I’d just use Chromecast and cast from the phone.)
All moot points right now because second home doesn’t have a television, but we are thinking of adding one, so I’m trying to get this sorted.
My kids didn’t have any sort of TV, and streaming didn’t exist, when they went to college. They basically (like me) spent four years not watching television. A simpler time!
I’m not sure it was a great business decision for Netflix. They get a lot of hype from many different people/generations watching a film or series. I think a “only one at a time” restriction would be simpler (admittedly a self serving position). If it gets too complicated, we’ll opt to take a break from Netflix, and it may take a long time to decide to re-enroll.
I’m thinking that this policy is going to be a disaster.
They are either going to have to go back on this or potentially lose a huge part of their customer base.
I see this going the way of New Coke
(I forgot about New Coke! That was such a disaster!)
Again, I can’t say this too many times because I’m so irritated…if it takes THIS mich thought to figure out how to make it work at my second home…………then I guess I’ll just “make do” with the other 10 streaming services that don’t make my brain hurt!
No kidding. We shouldn’t have to be figuring it out and second guessing. Make the rules clear and simple.
Here’s what I think they are saying.
My main home account has a tv I Watch Netflix on. If I want to be able to watch Netflix at the Airbnb tv in another state, before I leave my main home with the tv I need to log in on the Netflix app on my phone (mobile device). My phone will pick up the IP address.
When I arrive at the Airbnb I should go to the Netflix app on that tv , then open my phone Netflix app - that will allow me to log into the Airbnb tv then for 30 days??
By the way, I never/rarely watch streaming on a mobile device - not an iPad or laptop - just a tv.
I didn’t read all the posts, so apologies if I am repeating a suggestion here.
For those of you talking about Netflix expecting people to take their TVs with them: I am assuming they are actually tracking by IP address, but if not and they are actually tracking devices, about 2 years ago, we started taking our Roku device with us on vacation. Our motivation was to avoid having to log into and out of all our accounts on someone else’s tv, but perhaps that is a work around to Netflix’s new rules.
Also, it’s my understanding that mobile devices aren’t tied to the home location rules. Is that correct? If so, family members can very easily cast shows from their phones or tablets to a TV using a hCromecast or another casting app. Chromebooks can be set to be recognized as mobile devices, too.
We travel a lot and similar rules led to us cancelling our Hulu Live subscription. Nevermind family members–it was a nightmare for us to stay connected to our service when we were gone for weeks at a time. I concur this isn’t going to go well for Netflix.
What about for people who travel? I am often in other cities and other countries. With some services, I can set my VPN back to the US and watch US-based shows and sometimes not. I found Youtube TV somewhat iffy on that score, but often it worked.
It sounds like I won’t be able to use Netflix with a VPN when I travel. Is that correct? I am sometimes but not always able to use Youtube TV to watch sports when abroad using my VPN but I believe I have always been able to watch US Netflix offerings using my VPN when abroad.
Was at our Friday beer/dinner outing with friends of similar demographic (retired or nearly retired, kids on Netflix account; frequent travels). There seems to be a a few us thinking the new changes are the excuse we need to dump Netflix.
We paid for Netflix and my oos son was the primary user. I think Netflix priced this sharing too high. If it was $3 or so we would of continued to pay but now he can’t share we will probably cancel as we don’t watch Netflix much at all.
Reading this thread, it’s obvious why Netflix took this step. A very high percentage of paying users were sharing their account with others. Whether this change will end up being good or bad for Netflix’s bottom line is difficult to say.