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Netflix hasn’t confirmed its plans to stop password sharing just yet
Based on info Netflix’s support pages, a report published by The Streamable appeared to confirm details about how it will roll out anti-password sharing features in the US and elsewhere. However, Netflix hasn’t announced the details of its plan yet or what it may look like when it rolls out more widely this year.
Netflix spokesperson Kumiko Hidaka said in a statement given to The Streamable and The Verge that “For a brief time on Tuesday, a help center article containing information that is only applicable to Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru, went live in other countries. We have since updated it.”
We already know that Netflix is planning to roll out password sharing more broadly within the coming months. Netflix has been testing the program with subscribers in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru since early last year, where it started to require users to pay extra for additional users located outside of the subscriber’s primary household.
In its report, The Streamable cites this Netflix help center page as the source for its information. However, the information included in the article for US customers — and visible on an Internet Archive page captured yesterday — doesn’t match what is listed today. Right now, that information is only available on the pages for the Central and South American test countries.
Hidaka explained in an emailed statement to The Verge that the text seen is applicable where Netflix rolled out its “Extra Member” offering in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru in March, but not in the US or other countries where that isn’t available. As far as what else is confirmed so far, she pointed to Netflix’s earnings statement from January, saying that “Later in Q1, we expect to start rolling out paid sharing more broadly.”
The rules on the archived page (and pages for the Extra Member-enabled countries) state that only the people located in your primary household can use a single Netflix subscription. In order for multiple devices to use a single subscription, Netflix says you must “connect to the Wi-Fi at your primary location, open the Netflix app or website, and watch something at least once every 31 days” on the devices you and your household members use to watch Netflix, to stop device blocks on “trusted devices” that you can use anywhere.
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The US-centric page we can access today states that “people who do not live in your household will need to use their own account to watch Netflix.” That’s in contrast to the page for Costa Rica, Chile, and Peru, which says that you’re required to add an extra member for anyone using your subscription outside your household. It also adds that it will use your IP address, device ID, and account activity to determine when someone else is using your account.
Similarly, the currently available US support page about what Netflix considers a “household” is vastly different from the pages in Costa Rica, Chile, and Peru. On the US page, the company only describes its idea of a household as “people who live in the same location with the account owner.” Meanwhile, the pages for the three South and Central American countries provide more detail on how to change your primary household, sign out of accounts on devices in different locations, or what might cause a device to become blocked.
This is a glimpse at what you could expect when Netflix’s crackdown on password sharing goes into effect globally and what kind of headaches it could bring to people who just need to watch from multiple locations or people who love to use VPNs inside the privacy of their own homes.
But when it comes to how Netflix will try to push users in the US or other countries to purchase sub-accounts for all of the exes, cousins, former roommates, and complete strangers who hitch a ride on our streaming accounts, it’s not ready to tell.
Update February 2nd, 3:37PM ET: Added statement from Netflix about the updates to the support pages.
How will Netflix stop you from sharing your password?
Netflix plans to start cracking down on subscribers in the U.S. who share their password for the streaming service by the end of March. But how exactly would that work?
Initial reports and trials in other countries suggest the effort to deter password-sharing will be relatively gentle in its first iteration, relying on a combination of technology and user conscientiousness to prod serial over-sharers into paying more for the privilege.
Netflix will likely use a person’s geographic location, as determined by the IP address of any internet-connected device, to figure out which people count as “household” members who live together, Insider reporter Sarah Saril told CBS News.
“If you’re watching on a TV, it’ll provide exactly where you are,” Saril said. “They only want people in your household, at your address, watching.”
Netflix says on its website that the company uses “IP addresses, device IDs, and account activity from devices signed into the Netflix account” to determine which devices are in the same household.
“People who do not live in your household will need to use their own account to watch Netflix,” the site says.
Stricter rules
Netflix told investors last week that it would roll out more stringent sharing rules by the end of March. More than 100 million households currently share Netflix passwords, the service said. That “undermines our long-term ability to invest in and improve Netflix,” the company said in a statement accompanying its latest quarterly results.
In 2022, Netflix limited password-sharing in Latin America, asking members to pay an additional fee to share their accounts with non-household members. The effort had mixed results.
Tech publication Rest of World called the test “a mess,” reporting that the new policy was rolled out inconsistently. Many users were able to avoid the extra charges, while others were prompted to pay more and responded by canceling their accounts, the outlet said.
Netflix predicted a similar response in the U.S. “From our experience in Latin America, we expect some cancel reaction in each market when we roll out paid sharing,” the company told investors, noting that could hurt its viewership in the short term.
Netflix has said it recognizes that the new policy is a major change for customers, and it has sought to cushion the blow by touting new features aimed at making the transition less painful. That includes letting members see all the devices using an account and making it easy for people to transfer individual profiles into separate accounts. Last fall, the service also introduced a dashboard that lets account users log out individual devices.
“Tough conversations”
Netflix hasn’t indicated how much these sub-memberships could cost. However, in trials in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru, sub-memberships increased the monthly cost of an account by one-quarter or one-third, according to Variety.
“This is where these tough conversations come in — who is worth paying an extra fourth of your subscription cost every month?” Saril quipped.
If Netflix finds that too many locations are using the same account, it will deploy a technological nag: a prompt that asks users to “verify” some devices via authentication codes.
“When a device outside of your household signs in to an account or is used persistently, we may ask you to verify that device before it can be used to watch Netflix,” a company FAQ notes.
However, Netflix also says users will not be automatically charged if the system detects too many location streams, nor will accounts be canceled. That’s led some observers to question how effective the password crackdown will truly be.
“All signs indicate that the most aggressive Netflix intends to get in the first iteration of the paid-sharing rollout is to keep prodding violators with email reminders and notifications,” Todd Spangler wrote in Variety in November.
Random: People Are Sharing Their “Useless” Video Game Knowledge On Twitter – Here Are The Best Ones
There is nothing in the world more powerful than a video game secret on a school playground. For an entire day — maybe even a week — you can become the king of recess, just by wielding the Mew Under Truck rumour, or the secret Triforce hidden in Ocarina of Time. Hey, who said the secrets need to be real?
Lately, Twitter has been packed with secrets ready to take to the playground, after podcast hosts Aaron and Tommy asked everyone what their best “useless” piece of video game knowledge was:
And boy, did the internet deliver. The tweet now has over 84 million views, with thousands of replies to the question that range from the well-known secrets to the stuff that even we didn’t know. Here are our favourites:
Teeny tiny hobbitses
The Super Mario Bros. 3 box was a lie
You can cut down long grass in Pokémon
Sakurai never shuts up about his cat
Ocarina’s dungeon targeting
Charles Martinet’s movie career
What are your best useless video game knowledge? Tell us in the comments!
When will Netflix start charging for password sharing?
(NEXSTAR) – Whether you’re sharing a Netflix password with someone or borrowing theirs, be prepared to start paying for it. The streaming giant has been warning that a password-sharing crackdown was imminent, and it appears they are nearly ready to roll out some new rules.
In a letter to shareholders last week, Netflix said it expects to roll out paid account sharing “more broadly” toward the end of the first quarter of 2023. Netflix estimates more than 100 million households share accounts, which “undermines our long-term ability to invest in and improve Netflix.”
Executives explained in the letter that they expect some users to cancel their accounts when paid sharing is launched but that “borrower households” will start their own accounts.
How the paid password sharing will be enforced, and how much it will cost, haven’t yet been released.
Features Netflix tested in Latin America last March cost roughly $3 or $4. During last week’s earnings call, COO and Chief Product Officer Greg Peters said the company is working to find “the right price points.”
Netflix was already exploring ways to crack down on password sharing in 2021 when it tested out a log-in verification process. If a user the company suspected was not the account owner tried to log in, Netflix would send a code via email or text to the account owner. That code needed to be entered within a certain amount of time, or the user would not be able to access the service.
In March 2022, Netflix began testing two new features – one that allowed members to add a sub-account for people living outside their household for a small fee, and the second that allowed users who share an account to transfer their profile information to a new account or sub-account – in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru.
In these countries, Netflix warns that devices that connect to your account from outside your household may be blocked. Netflix can detect devices outside your home using information like “IP addresses, device IDs, and account activity from devices signed into the Netflix account.”
A month later, executives hinted at a crackdown again after blaming password sharing, as well as increased competition from other streaming services, for its first loss of subscribers in more than a decade.
In July, Netflix tested a separate feature in another round of countries that allowed users to buy additional “homes” to use a TV or TV-connected device outside their household, The Verge reports. Users could buy the extra “home” to allow users access to Netflix outside their home. Any TVs that weren’t connected to the additional home were blocked after two weeks, Netflix said.
Then, in November, Netflix launched a new feature that allows you to view devices that have streamed from your account and log out those you don’t want to have access “with just one click.” Though Netflix suggested using the feature to log out of a hotel TV or a friend’s device while traveling for the holidays, you’re also able to remove any device using your login.
Netflix’s move to tackle password sharing is a shift from the company’s previous view of the common practice. Then-CEO Reed Hastings (he stepped down as CEO last week) said in 2016 that Netflix wouldn’t charge users for sharing their passwords. Instead, he called password sharing “something you have to learn to live with,” CNBC reports.
Hastings had also never been a fan of ads, calling them a distraction from the entertainment the service provides. But, in November, Netflix launched a fourth plan, “Basic with Ads,” that includes an “average of 4 to 5 minutes of ads per hour.” Users on this plan also don’t have access to Netflix’s full library.
Teen Mom’s Catelynn Lowell Defends Sharing Co-Star’s Pregnancy
Catelynn Lowell promises she wanted to avoid drama—not start it.
During the Jan. 17 episode of Teen Mom: Family Reunion, Ashley Siren and Briana Dejesus got into an explosive fight, forcing producers to separate the pair from the rest of the cast.
But after the altercation, Catelynn found herself in the middle of the sticky situation when she revealed to her co-stars, including Jade Cline, that Ashley was pregnant. After the episode aired, the MTV reality star explained why she chose to share such personal information during a dramatic moment.
“Was it right of me to tell Jade about Ashley being pregnant? No!” she wrote on Instagram Stories Jan. 17. “But honestly, I never thought Ashley would ever get physical and take that kind of risk with someone knowing she’s pregnant!”
Catelynn explained that if she was trying to fight a woman, she’d want to know if she’s pregnant or not.
Mega Millions jackpot is $1.1 billion. How to plan for sharing it
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If you’ve never had family or friends hit you up for money, that is likely to change if you were to win the $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot.
The grand prize has been climbing through twice-weekly drawings since mid-October, with no ticket matching all six numbers drawn to land the grand prize. This marks the fourth time the game’s jackpot has passed $1 billion, and if won at this level it would be the fifth-largest lottery jackpot ever.
Of course, the advertised $1.1 billion is what you’d get if you were to choose to take your winnings as an annuity spread over three decades. The lump-sum cash option — which most jackpot winners choose instead — is $568.7 million.
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While a chunk of your winnings would go to taxes, the amount you’d end up with after those levies would be more than most people see in a lifetime. It also may make you a target for people who want a piece of your newfound wealth, experts say.
Of course, not everyone will be preying on you, said Emily Irwin, managing director of advice and planning at Wells Fargo Wealth & Investment Management. “But … you never know what’s going to happen.”
When “the inevitable asking for money occurs,” she said, “how can you make sure you feel comfortable saying yes or no?”
Here are some tips to head off trouble.
Share the news with as few people as possible
If you manage to beat the odds stacked against a single ticket hitting the jackpot — the chance of hitting the motherlode is about 1 in 302.6 million — one of the most important things to do is share the news with as few people as possible.
“It’s hard for even your inner circle of people not to say anything,” said certified financial planner Susan Bradley, founder of the Sudden Money Institute in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
If you can shield your identity from the public, that can help minimize who finds out and protect you from random strangers hoping to get a piece of your winnings. Some states allow you to claim anonymously, while in others you may be able to set up a legal entity — for example, a trust — that claims the windfall, thereby shielding your name from the public.
Create a plan for how and when to donate
Before you even claim your prize, you should set up a team of professionals to help you navigate your new wealth. This group should include at least an experienced attorney, financial advisor and tax advisor.
One thing you can think about during this pre-claiming phase, with the guidance of your team, is whether and how you want to use some of the winnings to benefit others.
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Some jackpot winners tap their philanthropic side by either setting up a private foundation or using other tax-advantaged ways to make charitable contributions. If you determine from the start which causes you want to support — say, protecting the environment or battling hunger — it can make it easier and more rewarding to use those charitable dollars, experts say.
You also could determine a yearly limit to what you give away, whether to charities or individuals.
Set up boundaries for money going to family, friends
For sharing with family and friends, you also should set up parameters, Irwin said.
“I think it’s helpful to think about under what terms you would gift money,” Irwin said. “Are you now the bank for family?
“If there’s a catastrophic event, will you be there?” she added. “If someone wants to start a business, would you be giving them seed money, or is it a loan?”
The benefit of establishing a plan, Irwin said, is that it can “eliminate feelings of guilt when you say no to individuals or organizations.”
Moreover, without boundaries, she said, “you could be in a position where you’re running through funds at an accelerated rate … and finding yourself saying yes more often than you wish.”
Additionally, keep in mind that some gifts come with “carrying costs” that need to be considered, Irwin said. For example, if you were to purchase an expensive home for yourself and each of your four siblings, those properties may come with ongoing, outsized bills and maintenance costs that you may be expected to cover.
Most importantly, winning hundreds of millions of dollars would be a chance to create long-term financial stability for you and loved ones if you approach it with foresight.
“Take care of yourself first and your family first,” Irwin said. “Make sure you don’t make decisions that could unduly harm your own balance sheet and comfort.”
Meanwhile, Powerball’s jackpot for Monday night’s drawing is $340 million (the cash option is $178.2 million). The chance of hitting Powerball’s top prize is a tad better than in Mega Millions: 1 in 292 million.
Lacey Evans trends after sharing dumb & bad autism video
Lacey Evans was a hot topic online this morning, and it wasn’t because of her latest WWE repackaging.
Instead, Evans was being criticized for a clip from a Critical Health News video she posted to her Instagram Story. It features Joel D. Wallach, a veterinarian-turned-”naturopathic physician” who has been accused of selling homeopathic remedies in multi-level marketing schemes, discussing autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The video highlights Wallach making the false claim that ASD and ADHD “didn’t exist” when he was a kid (according to the CDC, autism spectrum disorder diagnoses have risen from 1 in 150 children at the turn of the 21st century to 1 in 59 by 2014, but while many potential contributing factors have been identified, researchers don’t yet know exactly what causes ASD).
When fans and members of the media questioned Evans’ posting of the conspiracy theory — which uses a real University of Central Florida study linking food preservatives containing propionic acid (PPA) to possible precursors for autism which the authors admit is “only the first step toward [a] better understanding of [ASD]”, and which many neurodiverse people & their loved ones find offensive and potentially dangerous — Evans initially defended doing so. She quote-tweeted criticism from Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp, but later deleted it.
Fans have also noted that Evans liked tweets mocking those who are criticizing her.
Evans has yet to engage in any kind of meaningful dialogue with the people questioning her decision to share the Wallach video, or saying that they’re hurt by her decision to do so. She also hasn’t responded to any of the folks pointing out that she’s participated in promoting processed foods in the past.
WWE hasn’t commented, and probably won’t. It will however be interesting to see how this impacts Evans’ newest push, and the fans reception to it.
Lyft to Lay Off About 700 Employees in Second Round of Job Cuts
Lyft Inc.
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said it is cutting 13% of staff, or nearly 700 jobs, the latest technology company to say it needed to reduce costs ahead of choppy economic conditions.
Confirming an earlier report by The Wall Street Journal, Lyft co-founders
John Zimmer
and
Logan Green
announced the cuts to staff Thursday. “There are several challenges playing out across the economy. We’re facing a probable recession sometime in the next year and ride-share insurance costs are going up,” they wrote in the memo viewed by the Journal.
“We worked hard to bring down costs this summer: we slowed, then froze hiring; cut spending; and paused less-critical initiatives. Still, Lyft has to become leaner, which requires us to part with incredible team members,” they added.
The ride-hailing company has more than 5,000 employees, which don’t include its drivers. Lyft laid off 60 people, or under 2% of its workforce, in July. In May, it said it planned to slow hiring and reduce the budgets of some of its departments.
Technology companies large and small have been announcing hiring freezes or staffing cuts this year after many hired at a breakneck speed through the pandemic and now confront a tougher economic outlook. This week,
Amazon.com Inc.
told employees it is pausing corporate hiring and payments startup Stripe Inc. said Thursday that it is laying off about 14% of its employees. Both blamed the harsh economic climate for their decisions.
San Francisco-based Lyft also said that it would sell its vehicle service centers and that most of that team is expected to receive roles from the acquiring company, which it didn’t name. Lyft has centers in nine markets.
The company maintained its third quarter and 2024 earnings outlook but said it expects to incur $27 million to $32 million in restructuring related to Thursday’s layoffs in this year’s fourth quarter. The company posts third-quarter results Monday.
Lyft shares have underperformed the broader market over the past 12 months. Through Wednesday’s close, its stock was down 71% from a year ago while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index was down 33%.
Rival
Uber Technologies Inc.’s
diversified business, which includes global rides operations and a food-delivery arm that became its lifeline during the pandemic, has fared better with Wall Street. Its stock is down about 37% in the past year.
In May, Uber said it would slow hiring. Both companies have struggled with a driver shortage over the past year, an imbalance that has pushed ride fares to record highs. Uber said active drivers and riders returned to prepandemic levels for the first time in this year’s third quarter.
Write to Preetika Rana at preetika.rana@wsj.com and Emily Glazer at emily.glazer@wsj.com
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