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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by kmeisthax on Saturday February 18, 2023 @01:17AM (#34844454)
The thing is, these aren't edge cases, Netflix's requirements are just extremely stupid. Refusing to sell your service to someone who does not live in one household is moronic.
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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by bentcorner on Saturday February 18, 2023 @01:52AM (#34844633)
https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/02/nonbinary-families/#red-e...

Sounds like Netflix needs a "Falsehoods programmers believe about families" list.

Trying to shove societal concepts into SQL tables never ends well.

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by cuteboy19 on Saturday February 18, 2023 @03:57AM (#34845257)
They talk about households not families. So two friends living together will be no problem for them
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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by em-bee on Saturday February 18, 2023 @04:19AM (#34845375)
that article comes up with weird ideas about the definition of a household. a household is one building, maybe everyone sharing the same kitchen. anyone who does not live at that location, even temporary, is not part of that household. this does not only apply to netflix, but also to my taxes and benefits.

a german public tv license is per household too and would not include the hospital patient either. and of course, they get plenty of complaints about edgecases as well.

if netflix wanted to sell to families, they could do that by somehow letting you specify who the familymember is, and how they relate to you and limiting it to a number of people.

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by krisoft on Saturday February 18, 2023 @04:35AM (#34845461)
> Sounds like Netflix needs a "Falsehoods programmers believe about families" list.

These are not decisions by programers. These are business decisions.

They are trying to find a way to part as many people with as much money as possible but not more. If they err in one direction they leave money on the table, if they err in the other direction they start losing subscribers.

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