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Re:Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option by pests on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @12:42AM (#42631328)
The idea being the user(s) would then have to share a email inbox to share logins, not just a password. It might not be the most inconvenient - this is partly how Netflix did their "Household" lockdown. You can request a travel code and this gets emailed to the primary email.

I feel the way Netflix did this broke the social contract of profile sharing on purpose - before, if you were a good tenant, you could freeload off another paid account without inconveniencing them at all. Memes and jokes formed of still being on an ex-partner's account or how people would rename themselves "Settings".

Getting an email and being harassed for the code by all those account sharers? Much more open and open for annoyingness.

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