Just one reason their stock price is down. They no longer report subscriber numbers — you can probably guess why. It’s strange to me that a public company can just hide data from investors that might reveal when a company isn’t doing so hot.

It’s also stupid they would clamp down like this on ad-supported plans. Advertisers want eyeballs, and this means less of them. Reminds me of Reddit moving to a log-in only model.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/07/15/with-netflix-down-45-from-its-highs-viewer-engagem/

https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-engagement-data-earnings-subscribers-stock-wall-street-2026-7

To be fair, too many people are using your account. 0 people should be on it.

Sing with me lads

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Do what you want cuz a pirate is free 🏴‍☠️

Who remembers netflix’s “Love is sharing a password.” tweet?

Ya'll are still paying for this shit? LOL.

I cancelled my Netflix several years ago literally the very first time I got an error that too many people were watching or a screen wasn't authorized or whatever the specific "you can't share your account anymore" error was at the time.

The fact that account sharing was tacitly allowed was literally the only thing keeping the value proposition of having the account afloat.

Jellyfin doesn't have this problem

Fuck em. Lots of free media out there. My local library has all sorts of stuff, and that's not even considering what's out on the high seas.

Been a Netflix subscriber since the early days. Talking getting DVDs in the mail, 3 at a time, watching all sorts of crazy shit, back when they let you have a profile where you could personally 5-star rate and even leave a review for movies you'd watched. Me and a friend got competitive about it, would watch movies all the time, rate and review them, we easily had lists into the 800-1000 range.

Then they deleted all of it with no warning.

But I kept with it, because although I pirate a lot, I still like the convenience of not having to download all the stuff on there, and there's still some decent releases. And I share my account with my ex-wife, so she doesn't have to pay for it. And then when I'm on vacation, usually there's a smart TV or whatever and I can log on to keep watching whatever series I happen to be on at the moment (right now it's Stargate SG1).

But the other day I got a warning about how I'm using a different device, and I had to double authenticate and reenter passwords to "allow" me to watch from my personal computer... and it made my blood boil. Shut the FUCK UP netflix, you dumb mother fucker. I'll watch the service I fucking PAY FOR, on my OWN FUCKING DEVICE, WHENEVER I FUCKING WANT TO.

One more blood boiling moment and I'll just cancel their bullshit all together. I have a gig internet connection, I can just download shit crazy fast, I don't fucking need you anymore netflix. you forget that the slight convenience of not downloading things is the ONLY reason you exist. Stop being convenient, stop being used.

Their content has quickly become shit tier. Every new show seems like an attempt to check as many boxes as their hits from over five years ago. Spreadsheet programming. That or low budget docuseries.

But that's programming everywhere now. Who woulda thought that consolidating the entire entertainment industry into three players would have negative consequences.

Plex. Jellyfin is fine too, I am just used to Plex and prefer it’s interface. I don’t mind paying a few dollars per month for it.

I pay for a number of concurrent streams, so "too many at one time" is a legitimate thing. What I disagree with completely is that they want them all in one house. If I pay for 4 streams, they ought to be able to be anywhere. Because I paid for 4.

Cancelled last week when I realized that I watch it almost never, the content I did consume was essentially filler, and the price was double what I originally subscribed for. I haven't picked anything else to replace it yet but I think it's finally reached the point that they are worse than the competition by a significant enough margin to matter. They really burned a lot of innate advantages. Thank you Mr. Doctorow for the correct terminology to address the situation!

You do not subscribe ,you should use pirate and do not feed these imperialist oligarchs

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To the high seas, me hearties!!

I think I’ve watched things on like five devices at once on my Jellyfin. Never had this issue.

Emby: "17 people in 5 countries are watching your media. Nice."

yes, but this is outlined in the contract and you should know this.

This is me when they finally take down piracy and I just can't get the media anymore, since I refuse to give them a cent. I know I'll adapt, and probably be better off for it.