this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
130 points (90.6% liked)

Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

54698 readers
521 users here now

⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.

Rules • Full Version

1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy

2. Don't request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote

3. Don't request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs

4. Don't submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others



Loot, Pillage, & Plunder

📜 c/Piracy Wiki (Community Edition):


💰 Please help cover server costs.

Ko-Fi Liberapay
Ko-fi Liberapay

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

yeah right BBC ,who told you that anyway ?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Complete lie. Do you all really think Netflix is going to be like: "Yeah, we f**ed up, out password crackdown sucks"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would they lie about the user count? Netflix is a publicly listed company. A lie like that would be a criminal offence.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, maybe lie was not the right word. Replace lie with "decorating the truth"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think hanging on to a prediction that didn't come true makes sense even if it is painful to accept it. It's much better if you accept the reality as it is and form a new world view based on it. Some people left the platform, myself included, but a lot of other people subscribed. It turns out password share wasn't that big of an issue and it didn't alienate too many customers.

To be honest, it didn't matter to me either. I left netflix because they started charging 20Eur/month in my country and that's just outrageous. To put it in perspective, AppleTv+, Disney and Prime cost me a combined 16Eur/month and I get free deliveries too. Fuck netflix.