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sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago

Netflix now requires every user profile to be tied to unique email address

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Netflix now requires every user profile to be tied to unique email address

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sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago
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  • heartSagan5@lemmy.zip
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    5 days ago

    I should cancel Netflix. I haven’t used it in weeks because I’ve been on AppleTV (free trial) and the high seas.

    Ever since Disney and Paramount pulled content, it’s been mid.

  • Notso@feddit.org
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    6 days ago

    Oh well, I hope gosuckadick2@proton.com and gosuckadick3@proton.com aren’t taken yet…

    • EliteCloneMike@lemmy.zip
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      Yep. Aliases all the way down.

  • ranzispa@mander.xyz
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    6 days ago

    Isn’t this the requirement of every website with a login system since the 90s? Never used Netflix, was it possible to subscribe without providing an email address?

    Also, temporary email addresses exist, as well as setting up a throw away email address; don’t see much of a problem with this.

    • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      With one account you used to be able to have multiple profiles.

      I used to have a profile on my parents account. Never linked any email to that profile.

      We obviously quite the subscription when they didn’t allow profiles to exist in different houses.

    • Kairos@lemmy.today
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      This is for profiles. You can have up to 6 per accoun

  • ShredderFeeder@shredderfood.net
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    My wife gives me shit for downloading stuff from Netflix…This shit is why.

    • oakward@feddit.org
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      What do you Jean by downloading things from Netflix? How do you do that? Asking for a friend

  • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Not a problem. I dumped Netflix a long time ago.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    Geez, I wonder why I’m running my own jellyfin library

    By now the number of titles would rival a small Netflix and I’m growing

    • Adonis1172@feddit.uk
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      Ive got Plex and im sitting on about 40tb of Films and TV shows. I got in early with the perpetual licence a few years back.

  • huey_m@reddthat.com
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    “Dang.” adds two new email aliases.

    • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      My.email+netflix@gmail.com

      My.email+netflix2@gmail.com

      My.email+fucknetflix@gmail.com

    • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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      Exactly. I’ve had my own domains since 1996.

  • Griffus@lemmy.zip
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    User1: my+netflix@mail.com User 2: my+netflix2@email.com User 3: me+netflix3@email.com

  • boaratio@lemmy.world
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    “Share your passwords, we don’t care.”

  • MochiGoesMeow@lemmy.zip
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    Ceo be like: “Hey, everyones leaving. We should milk more data from the idiots who stayed.”

  • Gonzako@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Come to my jellyfish instance. The only thing I want you tied to is to my bedroom

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      Giggity.

    • Toes♀@ani.social
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      6 days ago

      Have you tried the new rewrite of jellyfin?

      They sunsetted the current release version entirely.

      • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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        I have not heard about that. I’ll have to look into that after work.

      • Gonzako@lemmy.world
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        Nope, I rarely do upgrades tbh.

  • fodor@lemmy.zip
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    7 days ago

    The garbage took itself out. Much appreciated.

  • CriticalMiss@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    qBittorrent does not.

    • flandish@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      does it run in docker and with a vpn like proton, which i not using? i dont wanna fire up nord again. been using transmission in an old container!

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Emby doesnt

  • Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world
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    Its just a nuisance, I can sign up for tons of free email. What does this really accomplish?

    • teyrnon@sh.itjust.worksBanned
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      How? Every email now requires a phone number, which I don’t want linked. Every account someone who isn’t me makes gets immediately frozen because they are on some dubious blacklist.

      Where is this “free email” you are talking about.

    • dustyData@lemmy.world
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      The move is anti privacy. I bet they will only accept kyc emails. Like Google and Microsoft, which nowadays demand proof of ID in surreptitious ways. I have met already several big tech services that refuse emails from alternative providers.

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    On iPhone, I can set it to an email alias and deactivate the alias. If they say they need to email me, I can reactivate it.

    Not sure how easy email aliases are on other platforms. I don’t imagine it’s a big challenge for anybody.

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