Team Clark Survey Results: Password Sharing
Earlier this week we asked if it's OK to share streaming passwords with family and friends. Although 62.0% of you said yes, most people in that category said "immediate family only" or "only with those in the household." Another 28.5% said no, with many in that camp considering it stealing. And 9.5% said maybe, with most leaning upon the terms and conditions for guidance. Here are some of the responses. - David in Georgia: "With immediate family (elderly parents and kids), yes! Friends and extended family, no."
- Lisa in Georgia: "Yes. I'm paying for it so it's my choice if I want to share. I'm sharing with my grown kids to help them out. Also, I travel internationally and don't want any hassle about using my own account from a different 'home base.'"
- Rhonda in Georgia: "No. Because in the long run, it just makes the service more expensive for the ones who are actually paying for the service."
- Frank in Florida: "Absolutely NO! There's no free lunch. You play you pay. Otherwise, it's called theft of services."
- Joyce in Ohio: "No. Humans will want whatever they can get, but a business usually cannot survive if you pay for something once but it gets used 5 to 10 times. What I worry about is how they determine what is sharing and what is not. For example, my husband and I travel. Are they just tracking devices being used repeatedly, or locations (computer using hotel Wi-Fi, VPN for security)? Perhaps count devices used and set up a range/price like virus protection for computers. Then you can disconnect an old computer subscription and add a new computer. You'd be in control. You could share with family up to a certain amount."
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