Jesus. Soon, quoting something will be piracy.
When we had the middle plan back in 2015 or so we genuinely struggled as 2 screens at the same time was very restrictive, after that, changing to 4 screens solved most problems. But now my family was being logged out because I was in a different household. It's alright, it's their decision. But I'm not going to pay for a 4 screen plan when it's just myself and I'm definitely not watching in 720p. I would consider getting Netflix again if they had a 1 screen 4k plan.
"But it's in the EULA you agree to!"
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I don't care. I'll take what I want, when and how I want it. The only decision these companies get is whether I will pay them, or pay a competitor with a superior experience. Netflix was why I stopped pirating movies way back when, and Netflix is why I started pirating again. The same goes for Amazon Prime music; I stopped paying in good faith the moment they started cutting vast swathes of my library out from under me.
Cause, meet effect.
Is it just me, or am I noticing baked goods using less sugar these days?
(Spoken as a once-upon-a-time cable TV addict.)
Nothing particularly new here, though the police would need to be involved in order to test this.
The way it is defined, fraud is quite an extensive offence under British law if you start carefully looking at what people do.
It's doubtful we know anything about what actually goes on in European courts, since they don't have PACER equivalents.
Do you expect countries to focus on one thing at a time? Is it news that governments/companies have resources dedicated to solving different problems?
What exactly is "very well defined" about a household? Are they using the IRS definition (obviously not, considering this applies worldwide)? Are unrelated people living together a household? What about families where kids are in college and come home for breaks? Domestic relationships that may or may not be recognized by a certain jurisdiction? What if some member is vacationing or traveling for work for extended periods? Or an extended family member (parents/grandparents) who lives with you for certain months of the year?
It's easy for Netflix to arbitrary say "yes" or "no" to any of these, but you are saying it should also be okay for the government to arrest and prosecute you for getting it wrong?
I'm thinking the most common case is giving access to a friend a family member who does not live with you.
It's the act of knowingly 'cheating' that potentially brings you into fraud territory, IMHO.