Sister abusing Netflix Account

[CrazylazyJane]

I don't think I am but shouty sister is making me doubt myself.

DP has a Netflix account. He uses it to watch stuff during his lunch break and at home. I use his account for binge watching at home. All good. DS came to stay for a while and used our Netflix account when she was staying with us. Since moving out she had continued to watch and download stuff on our account. No one was particularly bothered by this, as the only time I use the account is to stream stuff at home.

Now holidays have arrived. I went to download a few episodes of something to watch on the plane and it says there are too many devices being used. I text sister to ask her to delete her downloads and she said she would. 2 weeks later, she still hasn't done it.

We're now due to go on holiday - train this time and we have the same problem. I phoned DS to remind her to delete all the downloads and her response was "but I'm flying to Canada on Monday! What am I supposed to watch?" I suggested that she get her own account, at which she wailed and nashed her teeth saying "you don't pay for the account so you have to right to order me to delete downloads.

Spoke to DP and he has deleted her device off the account and changed the password. Since then I've been getting abusive text messages from her. So, I'm really not being unreasonable am I?

I find this so bizarre. Yes YANBU and she is a CF but sending you abusive text messages over a) something where she's so clearly in the wrong and b) something SO minor is the grand scheme of things makes me think there's something the matter with her. Does she always get abusive over small things?

I had a similar thing with my Netflix. Teenage DS logged into Netflix at his dads house and forgot to log out. Went on there a few weeks later to notice a new profile in EXH new Partners name ( yes she was the OW and reason we divorced)!!
Tried to blame it on my 3 year old DS and said he must have been mucking around with it and set it up🤔. Checked the recently viewed and the CF had been binge watching pretty little liars and friends!!! 😡

Obviously she has no right to use your DP Netflix without his permission but there are technical misunderstandings here:

1. you can have up to 6 devices logged in at any time, across other households - are you sure DP has not given the password to other people too? (my new DP had two exes using his, plus him and his two sons, I don't have Netflix, not really that interested, but he changed the password to knock the exes off and set it up on my TV instead).

2. downloads don't count as 'devices' and her deleting the downloads won't make any difference to your ability to view Netflix.

So, there is something else going on.

How old is she?

(I also thought, "cancel the cheque!").

Foslady - My son is the one with the Netflix account in our house and after seeing that meme before I changed my name to parasite 1

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YADNBU, she’s being a big CF

I’m petty enough to want you to reply “why are you sending your shitty messages to me, I don’t pay for the account?”.

She must be a total dick, I’d limit all my interaction with her.

I have no problem with other people using my netflix account, as long as it doesn't stop me using it!
You did the right thing OP, now just ignore her tantrum. Netflix is hardly expensive so she can just get her own.

2) downloads don't count as 'devices' and her deleting the downloads won't make any difference to your ability to view Netflix.

See image attached. If you want to have downloads on more devices you pay more for the privilege.

Also only one screen watching at any one time (on my account anyway - again I use it feck all so no point paying more!)

Your sisters so cheap it's like 8quid a month. Tell her to stop being a mixer

Mizer even

YANBU

However, I would have saved myself the abuse over text and just deleted her advice and changed the password. Wouldn’t have texted her to tell her to delete stuff/stop using it etc.

Just the path of least resistance, for me

*device, not advice 🙄

As technology advances, it just seems to create new ways for cheeky fuckers to be cheeky.

You should have offered her a book to read on the plane, OP.

Oh yes the Netflix sharing. When we first got it and the DC were much younger they shared our details with all their friends so we couldn't even get on it. That was a few years ago, I control the password now and change it regularly but I still get random emails from Netflix to say the account has been accessed from xxxx location - one which is nowhere near where we are.

I wonder if the accounts can be hacked easily.

Wow, your sister is a twat.

UANBU

Tell her to fuck off.

VanGoghsDog your entire post assumes that the person is paying for the top tier Netflix.

If you pay for the lowest tier you can only watch on 1 device at a time and only have 1 device with downloads at any one point.

Reply to get abusive messages “as you pointed out I don’t pay for it so It’s not up to me it’s up to DP whose changed the password as he wasn’t able to watch things”

CF.

How old is she!?

She is a cf ignore her texts op

Geez. Sounds like some shit my sister would tell me. Mine is entirely unreasonable and living in her own world.

You did the right thing. I think your link to DP's account (because it's your DP) is a lot stronger than DS-you-DP. So no, she can get her own account.

you don't pay for the account so you have to right to order me to delete downloads.

Reply to her message - I don't pay for the account and neither do you. The person who does pay for the account made some changes. Stop bothering me about it.