Soldato
Howso?
I'm not sure the logins coming from me and my brothers would look any different to a workplace scenario would it?
Numerous simultaneous streams, numerous IP addresses, numerous locations.
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Numerous simultaneous streams, numerous IP addresses, numerous locations.
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There is nothing stopping you sharing between people in a household. You can do that. It's as soon as someone uses it outside the household is where the problem is.
They can't legit tell who is using the login and if it's genuine. Say I log in on PC on WiFi then switch over to Amazon Stick on WiFi then on Phone on 4G then laptop on parents WiFi. I can do this in a day sometimes. How are they going to tell between genuine and non genuine connections.
If they implement 2FA that would only mean the person who has the phone for 2FA will text the code to the other person. Over time people might just unsubscribe to streaming services that do this anyway.
They can't legit tell who is using the login and if it's genuine. Say I log in on PC on WiFi then switch over to Amazon Stick on WiFi then on Phone on 4G then laptop on parents WiFi. I can do this in a day sometimes. How are they going to tell between genuine and non genuine connections.
If they implement 2FA that would only mean the person who has the phone for 2FA will text the code to the other person. Over time people might just unsubscribe to streaming services that do this anyway.
Bit of a killer if that turns out to be required at every login, though? My brothers both live in different time zones to myself (and one another) for example...
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That's their call. The genuine people who are keeping it in their household shouldn't have a problem. The ones sharing it will.
Maybe it will come up once it detects a change in IP.
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Maybe a timed 2FA might be more appropriate.
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It wouldn't difer; if your brothers are in different time zones then clearly they aren't in your household and should have their own account.
What if that person from your holds hold has gone on holiday or works abroad.
There are so many reasons why it can still be legit.
Indeed i realise that clearly they should, as should your brother and M-I-L
I wonder how this will be implemented. It'll be a shame to lose this loophole.
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Yes, but his brothers aren't on holiday and they aren't members of his household. For the purposes of this conversation we've decided to be actually honest.
Indeed i realise that clearly they should, as should your brother and M-I-L
I wonder how this will be implemented. It'll be a shame to lose this loophole.
Absolutely, I haven't claimed otherwise. Like I say, if they enforced it with 2fa or whatever then I'd change my subscription as I don't need the 4 screens at once in my actual household. Like you, I'm not exceeding the amount of screens I pay for and Netflix have always been "unofficially" ok with that.
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Lolwut?
You don't genuinely break the rules? Yet you watch the F1 highlights on channel 4?
Is that not breaking the rules? Any channel is considered live TV and therefore breaking the rules.
Unless you mean catch-up streaming which is different from channel 4 albeit provided by the same overall entity.
Long as you don't watch it at the time it's OK. Which is fine
You mean as long as it's on Streaming, it's fine?
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Basically yeah. As long as its not live.
Soldato
It's not clear what you mean, are you saying you record it?
Indeed. Some people confuse what 'live' means though. If you record it to watch it later for example, you still need a license. If you watch it on +1, you still need a license.