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YouTube has started flagging Premium Family members who live at different addresses – just like Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown (www.techradar.com)
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  • YouTube has started flagging members of Premium Family plans who aren't living in the same household as the account manager
  • A handful of users have reported receiving emails saying that their accounts will be paused, but it's unclear which regions this applies to
  • YouTube's account-sharing crackdown joins a long line of streaming services that have carried out similar measures, and subscribers aren't pleased
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[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's stupid it's location based at all. Especially alienating PAYING customers, you're shooting yourself in the foot. Accept that they're paying and fuck off.

I'll never subscribe to YouTube again, Revanced on phone (or Firefox and ublock), smarttube on tv.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Services will continue to try to squeeze more blood from the stone and then throw up their hands at why they are losing paying subscribers who don’t want to pay exorbitant prices for cheap reality programming or user-created content. 🤷‍♂️

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Death by 1000 subscriptions.