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by porridgeraisin·11mo ago·view on hn ↗
Who used this?

I have one account, and it's logged in on almost every device in the family, including TV. We all just use the same thing. All of us aren't even in the same city

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Next they'll crack down on folks logged on in more than one location.

Netflix does this, and when my wife and our kid visit my in-laws over the summer the device in one of the two locations loses access a few days before they return. This year I stopped watching Netflix (and logged one of our TVs out) halfway through their trip so as to be sure kiddo would be able to watch Spidey-whatever on the flight home. I'm genuinely not trying to game their system, and would rather pay for access than not, but shenanigans like that are at some point going to send me back to the high seas.

Yeah netflix sucks for that. Hopefully prime doesn't do the same.
I used this. I have my own account, but I get the benefits of a family member. That family member no longer lives with me and we're not close enough to share a billing method.

I was surprised to have benefitted from it for quite so long. It's been nice.

It didn't include Amazon Prime Video, so I might get it long enough to watch whatever it is I'd been wanting to see there. (I wanted to catch the last season of Mrs. Maisel. I've heard good things about Man in the High Castle. And I ought to at least try out Rings of Power. But I'm not sure there's anything else.)