# Alec Regimbal: "Netflix's password-sharing crackdown is coming. It already looks grim." **URL:** \ **Category:** Streaming TV\ **Created:** [February 5, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198 "2023-02-05T14:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PropofolMask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6f9a4e/32.png) [@PropofolMask](https://community.clark.com/u/PropofolMask)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/1 "2023-02-05T14:56:35Z")
> **[Netflix's password-sharing crackdown is coming. It looks grim.](https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/netflix-password-sharing-crackdown-17759532.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight)** > > As expected, the proposed changes Netflix wants to make with regard to password sharing... ---
**Author:** ![Smartpolitics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Smartpolitics](https://community.clark.com/u/Smartpolitics)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/2 "2023-02-05T18:22:20Z")
Yes that’s lousy. I probably don’t want to use Netflix if they don’t let you but multiple licenses ---
**Author:** ![Maymey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Maymey](https://community.clark.com/u/Maymey)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/3 "2023-02-05T18:35:14Z")
I love the term “password sharing”. It sounds so innocent. It’s really account sharing, or service sharing. I don’t blame Netflix, or any other business for that matter, for trying to get paid for their service. I’m sure there are legitimate reasons for individuals or families to want to log in from various places. But there are also a lot of freeloaders who want to continue mooching off another person’s account, at Netflix’s expense (and likely resulting in higher rates). As a business owner I can understand their dilemma. Hopefully they’ll find a solution that works, without creating too much of a hassle for legitimate users. ---
**Author:** ![robertpri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@robertpri](https://community.clark.com/u/robertpri)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/4 "2023-02-05T19:58:10Z")
As a widower living alone, “sharing” passwords for anything does not affect me. However, I can see how definitions of a “family” and “household” quickly becomes complicated. I don’t fault netflix for wanting to tighten the rules, but it’s not simple. ---
**Author:** ![PropofolMask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6f9a4e/32.png) [@PropofolMask](https://community.clark.com/u/PropofolMask)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/5 "2023-02-07T23:11:37Z")
> **[Is Netflix Ending Password Sharing in the United States? What We Know So Far](https://clark.com/streaming-tv/netflix-password-sharing-policy/)** > > Do you share a Netflix password with someone outside your household as a cost-saving measure? That practice may soon be more difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Smartpolitics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Smartpolitics](https://community.clark.com/u/Smartpolitics)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/7 "2023-02-08T05:21:05Z")
> [@robertpri](#): > > don’t fault netflix for wanting to tighten the rules, but it’s not simple. The problem is that Netflix had a solution for that three to five years ago. If you had one license, only one view could be used at a time so if you were sharing and someone was using that license you had to wait for the other account holder to finish. In other words when not in use, you were subletting your Netflix subscription. This allows you to share multiple streaming services instead of having to alternate Alternatively you should be allowed to buy multiple licenses so that you can share aka maybe one license is $9.99 a month while two licenses is $16.99 / month. Once you exceed two, the third person to access the account should not be able to view the account until one of the other users was not in use or have to buy a third license for $23.99 in total If someone wants to share multiple streaming services, you don’t want to pay for idle time so you want to share / sublet your service when not in use. I don’t think NetFlix should be able to ban people from subletting their subscription and that digital rights management should be owned by the user. ---
**Author:** ![ochotona](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/ochotona/32/293_2.png) [@ochotona](https://community.clark.com/u/ochotona)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/8 "2023-02-08T18:09:09Z")
When my kids were in college I let them use my credentials. After all they still legally resided at home. When they left I changed the password. The complaining was legendary! ---
**Author:** ![craig2web](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@craig2web](https://community.clark.com/u/craig2web)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/9 "2023-02-08T18:54:50Z")
Oh good grief. Their subscriptions start at $7/month. If you can’t afford that, you have bigger problems. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Smartpolitics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Smartpolitics](https://community.clark.com/u/Smartpolitics)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/10 "2023-02-08T22:25:30Z")
The issue is they used to have multiple license subscriptions. Is the $7 subscription the ad based one? ---
**Author:** ![craig2web](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@craig2web](https://community.clark.com/u/craig2web)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/11 "2023-02-09T00:19:57Z")
Yes, $7 is with ads. ---
**Author:** ![Russf20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c57346/32.png) [@Russf20](https://community.clark.com/u/Russf20)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/13 "2023-02-09T13:35:06Z")
Hard to know what their definition is. I use it on 2 tv’s in my home and I use it on my phone wherever I may be. I think my account let’s you use two devices at once. ---
**Author:** ![MShort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MShort](https://community.clark.com/u/MShort)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/14 "2023-02-10T17:51:50Z")
I hope Netflix is aware that some people outside the home location could be someone traveling from that household or a college student. I don’t think I should have to pay extra for my college student to have access to our account. Hope they figure it out or we will cancel it. I don’t blame them if there are obvious other people using your account, but there should be some consideration for college students and travel. ---
**Author:** ![Lavarock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/lavarock/32/119_2.png) [@Lavarock](https://community.clark.com/u/Lavarock)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/15 "2023-02-10T20:16:27Z")
I think the best way to address this is: There would be 1 fee for your home service (everyone using the same IP address). There would be a waiver for other IP addresses up to some value. After that you are either charged per hour/day/week for the additional usage. I also assume that the IP addresses would have a limit to alternate streams. This would keep someone from giving the password to everyone in a dorm who use the same IP address. IP addresses used by Netflix are those the Internet provider vends (usually one per modem). On the inside (router side) of the modem there could be hundreds of local IP addresses vended, such as at a dorm. Limiting simultaneous streams would address that in that only x number of people could be actively accessing Netflix per account. ---
**Author:** ![PropofolMask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6f9a4e/32.png) [@PropofolMask](https://community.clark.com/u/PropofolMask)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/16 "2023-02-11T01:39:56Z")
> **[Netflix’s awful password sharing lockdown comes to North America](https://www.sfgate.com/streaming/article/netflix-password-sharing-policy-spread-17772604.php)** > > Don't expect your borrowed Netflix password to last forever. ---
**Author:** ![Smartpolitics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Smartpolitics](https://community.clark.com/u/Smartpolitics)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 5:16am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/17 "2023-02-11T05:16:00Z")
And this is what Netflix did in the past. If someone is using it, you cannot use it if sharing kind of like a party telephone. Or you must watch what they’re watching including if you have that annoying user that pauses, rewinds or fast forwards As long as you’re not stealing separate access, there shouldn’t be a problem sharing passwords. For instance people who split cable signals to not need to pay for cable TV would be wrong. Having cable boxes was fine as would having one cable box and watching the same TV show on multiple TVs ---
**Author:** ![imjustagirl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/imjustagirl/32/321_2.png) [@imjustagirl](https://community.clark.com/u/imjustagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/18 "2023-02-13T04:56:42Z")
I have netflix with ad, at first it was great. Now more and more movies are lock up b/c just a way the greedy netflix make people move up from free with ads to the next level. Hope they choke on their money. ---
**Author:** ![robertpri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@robertpri](https://community.clark.com/u/robertpri)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 5:41am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/19 "2023-02-13T05:41:33Z")
> [@imjustagirl](#): > > greedy netflix make people move up from free with ads to the next level I fully agree. That said, most all companies resort to questionable practices to enhance profits. Alas, nothing new. ---
**Author:** ![Maymey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Maymey](https://community.clark.com/u/Maymey)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/alec-regimbal-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming-it-already-looks-grim/2198/20 "2023-02-13T11:49:01Z")
That might be true, but Netflix is also trying to deal with people using “questionable practices” to avoid paying for their service. Some people call companies greedy for wanting to be paid, but celebrate people who want to avoid paying. It’s too simplistic to think about it as the evil giant company versus the poor little innocent individuals. Individuals can be just as evil and greedy as companies can.