I've been hearing a lot about Netflix lately, and it has not been good news. They are claiming they've lost as many as 200,000 subscribers so far and expect to lost another 2,000,000 more in the next three months.
Netflix has a sharing policy in place. I first heard of it years ago from my sister. She was out visiting my brother in Oregon. He had Netflix and put it on an ipad he bought for her. He told her Netflix allows sharing. They do, and apparently have advertised as much.
I currently have cable television, which has been drastically increasing in price over the last five years. I've called the cable company and removed some programming in an attempt to bring the price down, but it still continues to increase every year. Two years ago we actually visited them in person to see what we could do to get the bill to manageable levels. We were put on a two year contract, and if we bought a phone through them, the bill would be cut by something like $50.00 a month. That was a waste as we never used the phone, which was $20.00 a month. Once this contract ended (supposedly it would cost hundreds if we cancelled BEFORE the contract ended), we switched our internet to a new internet carrier and left the television programming in place in an effort to cut the bill. We will be looking into paring the cable service down.
We had purchased a wi-fi capable television about five years ago and our daughter turned our attention to Netflix one day, by putting it on our television. We have watched it ever since. Netflix had some great programming back then, and I still enjoy watching their programs to this day. However, it's not like it was when we first started watching it. And, Netflix is going through changes which may curtail this practice. They've already cut sharing in some South American countries, and are threatening to do so globally.
Among the changes, Netflix is going to continue to allow sharing, but will be charging the subscriber for it. I think the proposal was something like $2.50 for each user up to 2 users. I'm not sure what the rest of the users would do, and it's unclear what happens if the fee isn't paid.
I know my daughter got socked with a rate increase, and has already stated she's dropping the service if they start charging user fees.
Thoughts?
Netflix has a sharing policy in place. I first heard of it years ago from my sister. She was out visiting my brother in Oregon. He had Netflix and put it on an ipad he bought for her. He told her Netflix allows sharing. They do, and apparently have advertised as much.
I currently have cable television, which has been drastically increasing in price over the last five years. I've called the cable company and removed some programming in an attempt to bring the price down, but it still continues to increase every year. Two years ago we actually visited them in person to see what we could do to get the bill to manageable levels. We were put on a two year contract, and if we bought a phone through them, the bill would be cut by something like $50.00 a month. That was a waste as we never used the phone, which was $20.00 a month. Once this contract ended (supposedly it would cost hundreds if we cancelled BEFORE the contract ended), we switched our internet to a new internet carrier and left the television programming in place in an effort to cut the bill. We will be looking into paring the cable service down.
We had purchased a wi-fi capable television about five years ago and our daughter turned our attention to Netflix one day, by putting it on our television. We have watched it ever since. Netflix had some great programming back then, and I still enjoy watching their programs to this day. However, it's not like it was when we first started watching it. And, Netflix is going through changes which may curtail this practice. They've already cut sharing in some South American countries, and are threatening to do so globally.
Among the changes, Netflix is going to continue to allow sharing, but will be charging the subscriber for it. I think the proposal was something like $2.50 for each user up to 2 users. I'm not sure what the rest of the users would do, and it's unclear what happens if the fee isn't paid.
I know my daughter got socked with a rate increase, and has already stated she's dropping the service if they start charging user fees.
Thoughts?
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