Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown
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@Madchatthew You raise some really great points here. In the UK at least, you need a TV license (to watch BBC nonetheless), plus normally you’d have either SKY or Virgin Media (Satellite or Cable) because landline TV sucks, and then the usual myriads of streaming services that cost anywhere between £5 to £15 per month depending on what you want.
As you say, this easily mounts up, and without realising it, you’re spending well in excess of what you’d consider ethical or within your own budget. The problem is that it’s so easy to subscribe to something just for one show, then forget all about it and land up paying for something you’ll never use again.
You could go the route of some of the other TV streaming like Hulu or YouTube TV but you are still paying anywhere from $70 to $90 dollars.
I do have YouTube premium. It’s quite expensive, but works well for my needs as I hate ads - the primary reason as to why there are none here on Sudonix actually
I seem to watch more YouTube videos than anything else lately.@Madchatthew said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
I honestly wish we could get rid of all these streaming services and go back to having to go to Blockbuster or your local Video rental store to get a movie. Combing down each isle to find a movie that you want to watch. Bring it home to the family, make your frozen pizza or popcorn and sit down together and watch the movie.
I too remember these days! We’ve made huge advances from the technology standpoint, but at the same, removed the person interaction we’d typically have when you brought back a VHS cassette (ok, I’m showing my age here) and everyone sat in front of the TV eating Pizza or popcorn (or in other cases, ice cream)
@phenomlab said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
I do have YouTube premium. It’s quite expensive, but works well for my needs as I hate ads - the primary reason as to why there are none here on Sudonix actually I seem to watch more YouTube videos than anything else lately.
I have been pondering about trying youtube premium lately just so I woulnd’t have to watch the ads on there. Whenever I have thought about making a website for a community, I also had the thought that I am not going to have any ads on it, because, well for one, I hate ads and there are so many sites that are so bogged down with ads these days that you the site is basically rendered inoperable. I was going to make a beard site before beards became so popular, I had thought of a couple of others too, and I wasn’t going to have any ads on it. I always thought people would appreciate that. Just knowing that you can go to a website where you aren’t inundated with ads and get to what you want to get to immediately.
@phenomlab said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
I too remember these days! We’ve made huge advances from the technology standpoint, but at the same, removed the person interaction we’d typically have when you brought back a VHS cassette (ok, I’m showing my age here) and everyone sat in front of the TV eating Pizza or popcorn (or in other cases, ice cream)
Mmmm yes or ice cream! Sometimes we would make Orange Julius’. Those were very yummy too! You always can’t forget the “Be kind and rewind” slogan on VHS rentals LOL. Otherwise it might cost you an extra 75 cents haha.
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@phenomlab said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
I do have YouTube premium. It’s quite expensive, but works well for my needs as I hate ads - the primary reason as to why there are none here on Sudonix actually I seem to watch more YouTube videos than anything else lately.
I have been pondering about trying youtube premium lately just so I woulnd’t have to watch the ads on there. Whenever I have thought about making a website for a community, I also had the thought that I am not going to have any ads on it, because, well for one, I hate ads and there are so many sites that are so bogged down with ads these days that you the site is basically rendered inoperable. I was going to make a beard site before beards became so popular, I had thought of a couple of others too, and I wasn’t going to have any ads on it. I always thought people would appreciate that. Just knowing that you can go to a website where you aren’t inundated with ads and get to what you want to get to immediately.
@phenomlab said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
I too remember these days! We’ve made huge advances from the technology standpoint, but at the same, removed the person interaction we’d typically have when you brought back a VHS cassette (ok, I’m showing my age here) and everyone sat in front of the TV eating Pizza or popcorn (or in other cases, ice cream)
Mmmm yes or ice cream! Sometimes we would make Orange Julius’. Those were very yummy too! You always can’t forget the “Be kind and rewind” slogan on VHS rentals LOL. Otherwise it might cost you an extra 75 cents haha.
@Madchatthew said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
Just knowing that you can go to a website where you aren’t inundated with ads and get to what you want to get to immediately.
One of the statements I can also proudly make here is that you don’t even need a popup blocker to use Sudonix. We don’t enforce ads on anyone. I just wish all websites operated in the same way. I get the need to generate revenue, but there are other ways such as paid content etc. Any website that is full of ads these days will simply be skipped by me.
@Madchatthew said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
You always can’t forget the “Be kind and rewind” slogan on VHS rentals LOL. Otherwise it might cost you an extra 75 cents haha.
Yes, I remember that. Plus the “late processing fee” if you dropped it back to the shop later than when you were supposed to.
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@Madchatthew said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
Just knowing that you can go to a website where you aren’t inundated with ads and get to what you want to get to immediately.
One of the statements I can also proudly make here is that you don’t even need a popup blocker to use Sudonix. We don’t enforce ads on anyone. I just wish all websites operated in the same way. I get the need to generate revenue, but there are other ways such as paid content etc. Any website that is full of ads these days will simply be skipped by me.
@Madchatthew said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
You always can’t forget the “Be kind and rewind” slogan on VHS rentals LOL. Otherwise it might cost you an extra 75 cents haha.
Yes, I remember that. Plus the “late processing fee” if you dropped it back to the shop later than when you were supposed to.
@phenomlab said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
Any website that is full of ads these days will simply be skipped by me.
Yeah I skip them as well. And as far as generating revenue, like you said, you can have paid content and even sell merchandise on your site related to your site. Even if it is t-shirts or hoodies with your logo on it or something.
I may have had to pay that late processing fee a time or two haha
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@Madchatthew said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
Just knowing that you can go to a website where you aren’t inundated with ads and get to what you want to get to immediately.
One of the statements I can also proudly make here is that you don’t even need a popup blocker to use Sudonix. We don’t enforce ads on anyone. I just wish all websites operated in the same way. I get the need to generate revenue, but there are other ways such as paid content etc. Any website that is full of ads these days will simply be skipped by me.
@Madchatthew said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
You always can’t forget the “Be kind and rewind” slogan on VHS rentals LOL. Otherwise it might cost you an extra 75 cents haha.
Yes, I remember that. Plus the “late processing fee” if you dropped it back to the shop later than when you were supposed to.
@phenomlab said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
One of the statements I can also proudly make here is that you don’t even need a popup blocker to use Sudonix. We don’t enforce ads on anyone.
You can understand why a site like this could maybe push ads on people to try generate income for running costs but they just put people off nowadays, and realistically they aren’t needed with the amount of ad-blocker extensions or even ad-blockers that come integrated into VPN apps.
But fair play @phenomlab for not pushing ads on anyone, I know it’s against what you stand for
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@phenomlab said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
One of the statements I can also proudly make here is that you don’t even need a popup blocker to use Sudonix. We don’t enforce ads on anyone.
You can understand why a site like this could maybe push ads on people to try generate income for running costs but they just put people off nowadays, and realistically they aren’t needed with the amount of ad-blocker extensions or even ad-blockers that come integrated into VPN apps.
But fair play @phenomlab for not pushing ads on anyone, I know it’s against what you stand for
.@JAC Yes, I really do not like ads in any form. I do understand the justification, but when those same ads detract from the user experience, you are on a steady decline in terms of loyal users. Members come for the content - not to be pounded with random ads.
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@JAC Yes, I really do not like ads in any form. I do understand the justification, but when those same ads detract from the user experience, you are on a steady decline in terms of loyal users. Members come for the content - not to be pounded with random ads.
@phenomlab said in Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown:
Members come for the content - not to be pounded with random ads.
Agreed Sir!
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18.9m additional customers in the past 3 months, and Netflix are raising prices again. I wouldn’t mind if the service was worth it, but it really isn’t.
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18.9m additional customers in the past 3 months, and Netflix are raising prices again. I wouldn’t mind if the service was worth it, but it really isn’t.
@phenomlab all they care about is money and I understand you have to make money, but come on, at this point you might as well just get cable tv from the local cable station.
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@phenomlab all they care about is money and I understand you have to make money, but come on, at this point you might as well just get cable tv from the local cable station.
@Madchatthew and even that is ever increasing in cost. Have you noticed that prices always seem to go up, yet never go down again afterwards?
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@Madchatthew and even that is ever increasing in cost. Have you noticed that prices always seem to go up, yet never go down again afterwards?
@phenomlab yes I notice that all the time and it sucks and at the same time wages don’t go up in response. It is like they are doing it on purpose. Get people used to living differently with their means and then lets raise it up again and they will use any reason to do that regardless of if it has anything to do with their product.
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@phenomlab yes I notice that all the time and it sucks and at the same time wages don’t go up in response. It is like they are doing it on purpose. Get people used to living differently with their means and then lets raise it up again and they will use any reason to do that regardless of if it has anything to do with their product.
@Madchatthew yes, exactly that. When you consider what you were paying during the “honeymoon period” in comparison to what you are now, it’s truly shocking.
Daylight robbery in fact.
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@Madchatthew yes, exactly that. When you consider what you were paying during the “honeymoon period” in comparison to what you are now, it’s truly shocking.
Daylight robbery in fact.
@phenomlab so true and it sucks because then people have to decide if they are going to pay a bill to keep the heat on or buy food so they don’t starve. That is a little extreme, but in some cases it isn’t.
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@phenomlab so true and it sucks because then people have to decide if they are going to pay a bill to keep the heat on or buy food so they don’t starve. That is a little extreme, but in some cases it isn’t.
@Madchatthew well, that does in fact happen in some cases.
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