Modern day ethics issue

[Lean L]

Okay, I am curious as to atot's ethics here.

Hypothetically my roomate paid for a sub to netflix. He offered to share the acct at no cost to me. I declined atm. Later I ask for it and get the response that he was at his device cap. He gives me the pw later to use to set up our htpc. I got bored and decided to login from my personal pc and look at the devices. He is maxed at his cap. I choose a device that has not been used since February and deactivate it. Now the question is to use or not to use. I won't be losing any sleep over this either way and I honestly don't think it matters to him much either way. It is an interesting ethics question though.

 

[Numenorean]

404 ethics question not found.

 

[vshah]

pay for your own damn subscription or split the cost with him.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Okay, I am curious as to atot's ethics here.

Hypothetically my roomate paid for a sub to netflix. He offered to share the acct at no cost to me. I declined atm. Later I ask for it and get the response that he was at his device cap. He gives me the pw later to use to set up our htpc. I got bored and decided to login from my personal pc and look at the devices. He is maxed at his cap. I choose a device that has not been used since February and deactivate it. Now the question is to use or not to use. I won't be losing any sleep over this either way and I honestly don't think it matters to him much either way. It is an interesting ethics question though.

I swear, your threads get more retarded each time you make one.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

making changes to his account without his permission or knowledge is a shitty thing to do

 

[Lean L]

I swear, your threads get more retarded each time you make one.

I swear you respond to my threads quicker each time I make one. Learn to use the ignore feature.

 

[edro]

What device did you deactivate?

 

[HardcoreRobot]

I swear, your threads get more retarded each time you make one.

his old username was not a lie, i'll say that much

 

[HAL9000]

404 ethics question not found.

This.

 

[HAL9000]

his old username was not a lie, i'll say that much

Are you saying he is an idiot? :sneaky:

 

[dpodblood]

How much is a netflix account? $8 per month? Just get your own account. Problem solved.

 

[Lean L]

What device did you deactivate?

I just found the one with the oldest last use date. Chances are he logged in from a random computer to watch... idk though.

 

[dpodblood]

k...

 

[darkswordsman17]

Is this a neckba, whatever ATOT refers to him as dupe account?

 

[Lean L]

How much is a netflix account? $8 per month? Just get your own account. Problem solved.

Yeah I don't think I'll be using this account. I had my own before he did. I cancelled when I realized that I didn't use it too much. Now where does the ethical wrongdoing lie for you? Messing with his account? Screwing over Netflix? or other?

 

[airdata]

I didn't know there was a device cap. Is that why the other day when i tried playing stuff on my phone, it loaded the video but said "volume unavailable" ?

my netflix is being used on : tivo, ps3, computer, 2 different iphones

 

[SonnyDaze]

I won't be losing any sleep over this either way

Oh I beg to differ. When roomie finds out you deactiviated one of his devices without his permission he is going to wake you and rape you. D:

 

[Lean L]

I didn't know there was a device cap. Is that why the other day when i tried playing stuff on my phone, it loaded the video but said "volume unavailable" ?

my netflix is being used on : tivo, ps3, computer, 2 different iphones

You're under the cap. I don't think I've ever had issues when i had my acct. I probably had like 5 billion devices on that acct too. As long as you don't stream to all the devices at the same time it just deactivates devices as you go along when you meet the cap.

 

[Texashiker]

I won't be losing any sleep over this either way and I honestly don't think it matters to him much either way. It is an interesting ethics question though.

You should be losing sleep over it - you abused a privilege.

Did your friend tell you it was ok to change his account? Do you always take advantage of other people and their kindness?

I will tell you like I tell my kids - "if its not yours, do not touch it." Its not "your" account, so do not go around making changes without permission.

 

[edro]

It won't hurt him at all.
At the worst, he will have to unregister your device and re-register his device.

I'd say this is a perfect example of easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

He gave you his username and password!

 

[TuxDave]

First of all, you already failed ethics since you changed his account without his permission.

What you should've done (since the HTPC is beneficial to both of you since you did say it was "our htpc"), is ask him if all the devices on his account is still needed and if he can free any up. If he says no, you're done and you should just get your own account.

 

[slag]

I swear, by the moon and the stars in the sky.... I'll be there. For better or worse, till death do us part, I'll love you with every beat of my heart, I SWEAAAARRRRRR..

FTFY

 

[Lean L]

It won't hurt him at all.
At the worst, he will have to unregister your device and re-register his device.

I'd say this is a perfect example of easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

He gave you his username and password!

Yeah the way I figured it. There would not even have to be any interaction with the account settings to add the device back. He just needs to login so what I did was transparent... not that it's right...

I think I'll just ask him for permission to use it in the future... although it will most likely add up to 3 hrs total in a month haha.

 

[Wyndru]

Yeah, I have a few people on my account, and all you do is just deactivate/reactivate. There is no limit, I've had around 20 different devices activated on my account and I've never had an issues.

Most standalone devices with netflix devices don't even require that you deactivate anything, it just boots the oldest on on the list and activates the new one (that's what my sister's TV and my PS3 do)

 

[Murloc]

lol this isn't much about ethics.
Just ask him if he minds you using it.