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> Sharing my Netflix password with my wife and/or child is not stealing

You're right, it's not. And Netflix is fine with this. However, should you be able to share your Netflix username and password with everyone on the block?




>However, should you be able to share your Netflix username and password with everyone on the block?

Presumably, your Netflix subscription has limitations on how many people can simultaneously watch it. So, yes, you should be able to share it with everyone on the block. Why not? By doing so, you're potentially preventing yourself from using it during that time, for instance if it has a maximum of 4 simultaneous streams. Why should you not be able to use the maximum number? It's no different than having 4 copies of a book or Blu-Ray and lending them out to your neighbors: if they haven't all borrowed them, you still have at least one to view, but if they're all borrowed, you're unable to view them.


The terms of service someone posted above says you "may not share with individuals beyond your household". Your neighbor is not within your household.


Interesting. My mother in law is on our family account with T-mobile. She doesn't live with us. T-mobile offers a Netflix Family Plan as part of our package. Does that mean my MIL shouldn't have access to our Netflix account?


If your mother in law is on the account and everyone on your account gets the family plan, it would make sense that each household has access.




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