Posted 25th Jan 2023
I have as I'm sure many others have a Netflix account from another country.
Will the Netflix password sharing crackdown mean we cannot watch our subs without turning on a VPN first.
Mine is from Turkey but as I use it nearly all the time from the UK will they stop it working if it's not been used from country of origin???
Will the Netflix password sharing crackdown mean we cannot watch our subs without turning on a VPN first.
Mine is from Turkey but as I use it nearly all the time from the UK will they stop it working if it's not been used from country of origin???
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sorted byI used to log in a couple of times a month on a Turkish VPN and just let a series play to itself. I haven't done that since last year though.
Netflix is expected to suffer a second year of falling subscriber numbers in the UK in 2023 as the cost of living crisis takes its toll and the streaming giant’s new cheaper, ad-supported service takes time to win over users.
The world’s biggest streaming service is expected to have lost about 500,000 UK subscribers in 2022 and to lose a further 200,000 this year, as increasingly budget-conscious consumers cut back on spending.
The company, which has cut staff and become more disciplined with its $17bn (£14bn) annual content budget after earlier this year reporting its first global subscriber declines in a decade, will have seen its UK user base drop from 14.2 million to 13.7 million this year, according to the research firm Ampere Analysis.
Netflix, the UK’s most popular service, is predicted to be the only major streamer to have lost subscribers in 2022. In 2021, the company gained 800,000 subscribers, its lowest since launching in the UK in 2012, as consumers approached “peak Netflix”.
The launch of Lord of the Rings spin-off The Rings of Power, the world’s most expensive TV show with the first series costing an eye-watering $465m (£336m), helped rival Amazon’s Prime Video grow its UK base from just over 12m to 12.3m accounts in 2022.
The only major service to maintain significant momentum is Disney+, the newest streaming superpower, launched in the UK in early 2020, which will report market-leading growth of 1.4 million subscribers to take its UK base to 6 million this year.
I have had Turkish 4k 5 screens for 4 years and only needed the vpn on signup. Didn’t think much of it at the time, save a few quid. Over that time it’s saved me loads, and give it out to family members as well.
Is it not better to keep a paying customer sharing then no customer at all
If so do you have somewhere I can read about how to do it please.
People like us who went to the trouble are highly unlikely to pay the full price if they try to force it.
That will lead to a drop in sub and revenue which they wouldn't want right now.
Think of it as a permanent retention deal. Sky, BT, Virgin all do the same. They have the vast majority pay the full price and let a certain % keep their service at 50% or less. They would rather have that small % of people pay something rather than nothing.
I don't pirate anymore due to how cheap the services are to me. If they took them away, back to the high seas I go.
Yes, I should be ashamed of myself