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Netflix’s New ‘Password Sharing’ Guidelines Have Social Media PRESSED

<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s not uncommon to hear of people utilizing their friend or family member&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;jeffrey-dahmers-elderly-father-a-nervous-wreck-after-deranged-fan-pelted-his-home-with-womens-panties-following-release-of-netflix-series&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Netflix<&sol;a> account&period; In fact&comma; as multiple people are able to be logged in at the same time&comma; sharing passwords was a relatively problem-free way to access the streaming service for quite some time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; Netflix recently announced plans to begin cracking down on password sharing&comma; and the entire situation sparked quite a bit of backlash on social media&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Guidelines Are Meant To Curb Password Sharing<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The new <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;help&period;netflix&period;com&sol;en&sol;node&sol;123277" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">guidelines<&sol;a> recently made their debut on the streaming service&&num;8217&semi;s website&period; Setting the tone&comma; the very top of the guidelines page explicitly reads&comma; &&num;8220&semi;A Netflix account is for people who live together in a single household&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Netflix goes on to note that&comma; when a user attempts to log in to an account outside of the primary household&comma; verification may be needed&period; This verification will send a link with a 4-digit code to the primary account owner&&num;8217&semi;s email&comma; and this code must be entered in order to watch Netflix from the device in question&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s noted that &&num;8220&semi;verification may be required periodically&period;&&num;8221&semi; While this would certainly pose an issue for people using others&&num;8217&semi; accounts&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;ll also impact subscribers when they attempt to use Netflix while traveling&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">An Old Tweet Came Back To Haunt Netflix&colon; &&num;8216&semi;THE LIES&excl;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As one can imagine&comma; people were definitely annoyed by the new guidelines&period; However&comma; even more outrage came about after a tweet from 2017 resurfaced&comma; showing how much Netflix&&num;8217&semi;s outlook has changed over the years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Specifically&comma; Netflix hopped on a trend at the time and tweeted&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Love is sharing a password&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"840276073040371712" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Twitter users swiftly began calling the company out for its hypocrisy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1620753013513273344" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1620851289726013442" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1621222594455166977" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1621006294776971264" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Peep other users&&num;8217&semi; critiques down below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1620920802274066438" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1620591118999261186" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1620888920451080192" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Even Simone Biles said she may cancel Netflix&comma; noting&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m lazy &amp&semi; hate re-entering my password&period;&&num;8221&semi; Relatable&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1620989348824100864" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A TikToker going by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tiktok&period;com&sol;&commat;crutches&lowbar;and&lowbar;spice" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&commat;crutches&lowbar;and&lowbar;spice<&sol;a> added to the conversation by proclaiming that the fallout from this decision was going to be &&num;8220&semi;part of the top 10 of &&num;8216&semi;f&ast;&ast;k around and find out&&num;8217&semi; that we&&num;8217&semi;ve ever seen&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Specifically&comma; she theorized that Netflix would face a serious hit in regards to how its original content performs&comma; as less people will have access to the platform&comma; resulting in less overall buzz&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-tiktok data-src&equals;"7195336191271718190" width&equals;"325" height&equals;"575"><&sol;amp-tiktok><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do you think about Netflix cracking down on password sharing&comma; and will you still be keeping your subscription&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"110633" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;netflix-password-sharing-guidelines&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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