{"id":83424,"date":"2019-10-23T10:51:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T09:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=83424"},"modified":"2019-10-23T10:51:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T09:51:07","slug":"netflix-may-try-to-limit-password-sharing-without-making-customers-mad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=83424","title":{"rendered":"Netflix may try to limit password sharing without making customers mad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/review\/40216\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a> reported its third quarter results for 2019 and they make for positive reading. Revenue is up, income doubled, and millions more people subscribed to the service. However, Netflix is a rapidly maturing service and it will become increasingly challenging to continue growing, so the problem of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/roundup\/300318\/the-best-password-managers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">password<\/a> sharing has been raised.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilesyrup.com\/2019\/10\/18\/netflix-password-sharing-crackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MobileSyrup reports<\/a>, in a video interview regarding those Q3 earnings, Netflix CFO Spencer Neumann was asked if the &#8220;mature growth trajectory&#8221; of Netflix in the US meant password sharing\/stealing is something the service intends to address. Neumann responds by stating, &#8220;We continue to monitor it &#8230; we&#8217;ll see those consumer-friendly ways to push on the edges of that &#8230; we have no big plans to announce at this time in terms of doing something differently there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NHK51RgeqdY\" data-channel=\"Netflix Investor Relations\" data-template=\"embedded\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>Clearly Netflix knows that some subscribers share their passwords with others who should really be paying for their own access. However, for now it has no intention of rocking the boat, upsetting subscribers, and encouraging any negative press that would inevitably accompany a clamp down on password sharing.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix accounts do have built-in limits, but the limit comes in the form of how many simultaneous streams are allowed. For now and the foreseeable future, you can login to Netflix on as many devices as you want.<\/p>\n<p>In stark contrast to Netflix&#8217;s relaxed attitude to sharing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/review\/253023\/spotify\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a> is clamping down on the practice as its Premium Family Plan now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/370741\/spotify-premium-family-plan-now-requires-location-sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">requires location sharing<\/a>. Also, if you are caught blocking ads on the free account, Spotify will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/366434\/spotify-will-suspend-or-terminate-your-account-for-blocking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suspend or even terminate your account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/7608\/netflix-may-try-to-limit-password-sharing-without-making-customers-mad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Earlier this month, Netflix reported its third quarter results for 2019 and they make for positive reading. Revenue is up, income doubled, and millions more people subscribed to the service. However, Netflix is a rapidly maturing service and it will become increasingly challenging to continue growing, so the problem of password sharing has been &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83426,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83424\/revisions\/83426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}