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Netflix expects password sharing backlash to be so big, it's warning partners

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Not clear from the article how they're planning on implementing this but I would expect the bigger backlash will come from people who travel for work/want to use their own netflix account in the Airbnb they rented for their holiday/etc. I'd love to know what their plan for that backlash is, because it looks a lot less justifiable from that perspective.

Why not just cast to the TV from your usual device or plug it in via HDMI?

You've still got a different IP that'll count against # of users for the account

Most consumers have dynamic IP addresses. Why would they not just authorize the app on a device?

I've cancelled my subscription after first major price increase and never came back. Torrents still work nice.

Wait until someone comes up with a device that proxies HDMI with HDCP but streams it with people you wanna share the content with. Call it a remote working screenshare collaboration device that solves the problem of having join a meeting or start a local application (clickshare).

That device is called capture card.

But Tailscale with an active exit node at the primary location solves this problem completely. You don't need a capture card for that.

Most (all I've found) capture cards won't capture HDCP streams. Finding boxes that strip HDCP aren't that hard though.

A capture card with hdcp but made into a roku like consumer friendly cloud integrated thingy

> Tailscale with an active exit node

People seem to say "Tailscale" when what they mean, as I understand it, is "any VPN". Is there something Tailscale offers for this use case that e.g. Wireguard does not?

Ease of use and connecting devices behind a nat without maintaining server. Commercial VPNs let you access the internet not other devices in your account like tailscale.

How about this, some guy uses his capture card to capture shows he is interested in and then distributes them via some sort of peer to peer network to other users who could help "seed" the file in return, ensuring it remains available for others who desire it.

In Portugal and Spain is already active, and I am aware from a few relatives that many ended up sticking to cable, and canceling Netflix altogether.

Netflix will not achieve their goal of increasing profits by going down this path.

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