Oftentimes when tech and media companies change their policies, it can go over people's heads and no one truly notices except the die-hard tech people.
Other times, Netflix says that they are going to start cracking down on password sharing on their network.
Obviously, this announcement was not met with joy by Netflix's subscribers.
Frequent travelers, college kids whose parents are sponsoring their accounts, those who log in only via mobile... many people asked questions about the feasibility of Netflix's new policy including their proposed 7 day hall-pass-like temporary access for devices not logging in from the home network.
\u201cNetflix\u2019s has introduced their anti-password sharing method:\n\nOnce every 31 days, your device must log in on your home Wi-Fi network or your account will be blocked.\n\n(via: https://t.co/53hIxoWujK)\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1675239588
But then someone went digging in the media company's Twitter.
The internet sleuth found a damning tweet from back in 2017.
The tweet pops back up every time Netflix mentions cracking down on sharing.
\u201cLove is sharing a password.\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1489170624
So, this aged poorly, many said.
\u201c@netflix This didn\u2019t age well\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1489170624
\u201c@netflix this aged like milk \ud83e\udd72\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1489170624
Others just needed to express themselves through gifs and reaction images.
\u201c@netflix\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1489170624
\u201c@netflix\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1489170624
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Others responded to the ovover-5-year-oltweet with examples of the types of people this policy will dramatically affect.
\u201c@netflix love is not going on vacation for more than 31 days, or having to email netflix if you forget to log in on your PS5 for a month because you usually watch on a firestick in the other room\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1489170624
\u201c@netflix Your new crackdown on family plans is ridiculous and will lose you so many customers. Why am I paying for 4 screens if they can only be used under the same roof? People go away for school or work, on vacation, need to stay in hospitals, have more than one home, etc.\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1489170624
Truckers, military, oil rig workers, college students and more!
\u201c@netflix @netflix you are so out of touch with your customers...\nKids from separated homes, college / uni students, those who regularly stay in hospital, those who travel regularly: armed forces, pilots etc..you are going to lose customers even if it's just out of principle.\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1489170624
\u201c@netflix Oh hey @netflix what happened to this sentiment? Also what about all the paying customers who travel for extended periods of time like truckers, military, sales people, kids going away to school, oil rig workers, pilots and flight attendants? This new policy is trash.\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1489170624
\u201c@netflix Love is explaining yourself to a corporation about what you are doing, where you are going, where you are staying, where you sleep, where you go on vacation & asking for a hall pass to stay out late & be with someone else.\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1489170624
Someone summed it up in the style of the tweet.
If sharing a password is love, not being able to share a password is therefore something quite worse.
\u201c@DiscussingFilm Guess this means Netflix is filing for a divorce then \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1675239588
Good luck to Netflix's social media team in the coming days.