AIBU?
To not want them using my Netflix?
Wellwellwel · 01/09/2022 18:07
I know this is a complete first world problem but WIBU to kick my husband's ex off my Netflix?
I have a Netflix account, one I had from even before I met DH, I pay for it myself (we don't completely share finances). There if a profile on there that my step son uses which is absolutely fine. He's young so it's a kids profile. However I've noticed there is another profile with his name on that's an adults profile and it's been watching things that obviously aren't him. When we asked he said mummy and her partner that one.
AIBU to think she's a cheeky sod and to change my password and boot them off? Step son rarely uses it these days, I don't think he's been on it at either house this year tbh.
Admittedly I don't like my husband's ex because she's a pain in the backside in a lot of ways and enjoys being difficult for the sake of it so no I don't want to be paying for a service for her and her partner to use. Obviously wasn't bothered about DSS using it, but not her.
Am I being unreasonable?
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Wellwellwel · 01/09/2022 18:08
Mummy and her partner use that one** that should have said.
Poppyblush · 01/09/2022 18:08
It would be awful if Netflix crashed and you had to sign back in but forgot your password and had to change it…
Yellowblanketofdoom · 01/09/2022 18:08
YANBU. Change the password. See what they come back with.
CakeCrumbs44 · 01/09/2022 18:09
YANBU, I think Netflix are looking to charge for account sharing so good time to do it. Also you can make your subscription cheaper by only being able to watch one screen at a time.
Wellwellwel · 01/09/2022 18:09
Yellowblanketofdoom · 01/09/2022 18:08
YANBU. Change the password. See what they come back with.
It looks like they've even tried to make it look like it's step sons account too as it's got his name on it! Trying to make it seem like it's just a normal kids one. I only realised recently because I accidentally clicked it.
LittleOwl153 · 01/09/2022 18:11
Yeah change the password, or knock your account down to a single user... bloody cheeky if she didn't even bother to ask!
Make sure she cannot change the password using the account she has set up - I'm not a netflixs user so not sure whether there is an "admin user" type set up...
Billybagpuss · 01/09/2022 18:11
Absolutely change the password maybe chat with DH about making sure dss doesn’t feel you are excluding him from it.
Reallyreallyborednow · 01/09/2022 18:11
Fuck that, cheeky cow.
sign out all devices and change the password - make sure you sign everyone out first though as I think if you don’t they’ll remain logged in even if you change the password.
IncompleteSenten · 01/09/2022 18:11
Netflix are cracking down on that I believe so you can block it and tell your stepson that you can only watch it at your house due to their firming up the policy.
Reallyreallyborednow · 01/09/2022 18:14
how old is dss? Can you tell him your account/s. Have been hacked so you need to be careful who is logged in. For extra put the shits up them value say you’ve reported it to the police as the log in IP wasn’t yours and they said they’d try to trace it…
MedievalNun · 01/09/2022 18:16
Absolutely change the password and kick her off. You pay for the subscription. We had let DD's partner use ours during lockdown as she lived there for quite a lot of it, but once they split, I changed the password for both Netflix and Prime.
If DSS is no longer using it then I don't see any reason for it to be in his home.
The alternative if you wish him to continue to access it and can afford to, is to get him a TV that either has a port for a Prime TV stick or is a Smart one, and log that into the newly-protected accounts.
Either way, no, you are not being unreasonable to remove the ex from benefitting.
Aquamarine1029 · 01/09/2022 18:18
There is a simple solution to this "problem."
Change the password.
Skipsabeat · 01/09/2022 18:19
Definitely delete the profile and change the password! That’s so cheeky!
purplebells · 01/09/2022 18:21
You may even be paying for them to use it if you have subscribed to one of the more expensive packages! Eg basic you can only watch on one device at a time, but a more expensive package allows you to watch on more than one device at a time... do you even need more than the basic package if your stepson hardly ever watches it?
Tiani4 · 01/09/2022 18:35
I too would change the password and reduce your Netflix package
Netflix are cracking down on household sharing of accounts
It's £6.99 for one device watching at a time
Or £10.99 for two devices in same household
Why would you pay £15.99 for 4 or more when you only need the two profiles (as DSS barely watches it and anyway court watch it in your profile when at your house )
You aren't on friendly terms so why pay extra £6 a month /£72 a year? Save that money !!
theremustonlybeone · 01/09/2022 18:37
she is a CF - so change the password and then remove her account
Lurkerlot · 01/09/2022 18:48
Use a net browser to log onto your account, ensure your mobile is listed as the account recovery password. Set a parental control PIN, on the original SS account, and set age appropriate content, on second account do the same. On second account add a screen limitation time, to say, half an hour. This ensures 1. They get most of the way through watching a programme, when it turns itself off. 2. That you have been responsible and introduced screen time and age appropriate restrictions.
This way, they know you have seen the second account, and they will have to contact you, to get any of it lifted, thereby admitting they have been using it.
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