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Netflix's ad-supported plan and password sharing fees may arrive this year

The company is playing catch up to other services with more affordable plans.

www.engadget.com

Executives told staff in the note that they want to introduce an ad-supported plan in the last three months of 2022

 

[bigdaddysaints]

personally, i think the ad supported version is good, as long as its the same library as the premium tier.
But Tubi, Crackle, FreeVee(formally IMDB TV), Xumo, Roku and a few others all use that model, but they are free. So it'll be intersting to see if it takes off.
I don't understand the fuss over them cracking down on password sharing, I get it. I honestly don't see how you can complain if they charge a little extra for sharing accounts. I hear about people who share their passwords and charge the ones who use it. Sharing with family is one thing, but if you are sharing with 3 or 4 other people who are just friends, then c'mon, it was good while it lasted, but thats the reason we can't have nice things...

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

personally, i think the ad supported version is good, as long as its the same library as the premium tier.
But Tubi, Crackle, FreeVee(formally IMDB TV), Xumo, Roku and a few others all use that model, but they are free. So it'll be intersting to see if it takes off.
I don't understand the fuss over them cracking down on password sharing, I get it. I honestly don't see how you can complain if they charge a little extra for sharing accounts. I hear about people who share their passwords and charge the ones who use it. Sharing with family is one thing, but if you are sharing with 3 or 4 other people who are just friends, then c'mon, it was good while it lasted, but thats the reason we can't have nice things...

Bc they password sharing issue is not why they’re slipping
It’s just some corporate bs to distract from the actual issues

 

[Sun Wukong]

A few years ago they were actively promoting password sharing on social media. Password sharing was a common thing all through their spectacular growth. They're doing the typical corporate thing of ignoring the actual problem and creating a strawman so it seems they're actually doing something.

 

[Yatman]

this will be auto disconnect for us, and i'm sure many others

Netflix Tells Employees Ads May Come by the End of 2022

 

[St. Widge]

Bc they password sharing issue is not why they’re slipping
It’s just some corporate bs to distract from the actual issues

I mean, their issue is that they are not making money so their stock is dropping. So, to them, that is part of the issue. It's a lot of money they lose that they have chosen to be "cool about" for many years. But, it does violate their ToS and lots of other companies enforce it more strictly. Frankly, I think their model of just charging a small fee if you want to share the password is reasonable.

 

[St. Widge]

this will be auto disconnect for us, and i'm sure many others

Netflix Tells Employees Ads May Come by the End of 2022

You don't have to choose the ad version.

 

[St. Widge]

A few years ago they were actively promoting password sharing on social media. Password sharing was a common thing all through their spectacular growth. They're doing the typical corporate thing of ignoring the actual problem and creating a strawman so it seems they're actually doing something.

Just because they chose to let people steal service for years doesn't mean it's wrong from them to give people an option to pay a small fee for it now.

And it also doesn't mean that it won't help their bottom line and stock prices now. Which is what they care about. So, if by "typical corporate thing" you mean caring about making more money then yes, it's a typical corporate thing.

 

[Yatman]

You don't have to choose the ad version.

yep, i can read

unwilling to increase the squeeze for declining quality juice

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I mean, their issue is that they are not making money so their stock is dropping. So, to them, that is part of the issue. It's a lot of money they lose that they have chosen to be "cool about" for many years. But, it does violate their ToS and lots of other companies enforce it more strictly. Frankly, I think their model of just charging a small fee if you want to share the password is reasonable.

logic is not super sound - password sharing has been (and continues to be) a thing - stocks to a dip/dive - there's really no indication that there was an uptick in PW sharing which contributed to lower profits -- so cracking down on PW sharing doesn't fix the issue that led to stock devaluing

 

[Sun Wukong]

Just because they chose to let people steal service for years doesn't mean it's wrong from them to give people an option to pay a small fee for it now.

And it also doesn't mean that it won't help their bottom line and stock prices now. Which is what they care about. So, if by "typical corporate thing" you mean caring about making more money then yes, it's a typical corporate thing.

No, by "typical corporate thing" I mean what I said. They're going to bleed subscribers once this is implemented. It's a dumb pivot that will do nothing to solve their underlying issues. Corporations love making money, sure. They're also frequently really bad collective decision makers.

 

[Sun Wukong]

I'll also add that the logic that it's "stealing" is laughable. If I'm paying for four profiles and someone with a profile on my account logs on outside of my house with my permission, it is in no way whatsoever theft. That's anti logic.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

I mean, technically it is if you agreed to the their TOS.

 

[Sun Wukong]

I mean, technically it is if you agreed to the their TOS.

No, all that means is you're breaking the TOS. They don't have the power to establish a whole new, made up legal definition of "stealing" in an end user license agreement.