Prime Video roasts Netflix over password sharing crackdown

Amazon Prime Video roasts Netflix over its password sharing crackdown. Seriously, Netflix can’t catch a break.

This week, Netflix rolled out its new and restrictive password-sharing scheme to more global regions including the UK and the US, and it’s fair to say that it’s not gone down well with subscribers, to say the least.

In a nutshell, if anyone accesses a Netflix account outside of the primary household Wi-Fi, the account risks being blocked. So if you were on holiday or a long commute and you fancied watching something on your travels, unless you’ve got permission from Netflix, you could end up in trouble.

There is a workaround to this, and that is you must contact Netflix prior to your travels to request a temporary code which will be valid for seven days. What’s more, if let’s say, you shared your account with your parents who live elsewhere, it could also end up getting your account blocked. Unless you pay an additional monthly fee of £4.99/$7.99 on top of your standard subscription.

This is in contrast to other popular streaming services such as Amazon Prime Video or Disney Plus. Which at the time of writing, allows you to share your account with a family or friend outside of the primary household. Obviously, you can only have a certain amount of profiles per account, otherwise, it would get a little silly.

That being said, it’s nice knowing that my parents can have access to my Disney Plus account and so too Prime Video if they were otherwise subscribed. Not missing the opportunity to roast its competitor, Prime Video took a humorous jab at Netflix over its newly implemented restrictions.

Prime Video shared an image featuring six profiles each with a singular word as well as an emoji. Collectively, the image reads: “Who’s Watching? Everyone Who Has Our Password ❤️”.

Better still, Prime Video’s tweet was in response to a Netflix tweet from 2017 which reads: “Loving is sharing a password”. Oh, and it gets even worse for Netflix because even Blockbuster Video is taking the p***.

However, there is something more concerning for Netflix, and that’s the thousands of subscribers that have cancelled their accounts in protest. Ouch!