This doesn’t seem like that bad of a thing. Like it makes it a pain for local profiles but, their intent was to have each profile linked to a separate person and allows for being in a separate IP address because they removed the same household restriction. It kind of makes sense to have an identifier component, especially since the current route requires everyone to be using the same username/password which breaks IT 101. I’ve actually found it really weird that the mainstream media services didn’t require that already, since most local media streaming alternatives like jellyfin have it a email&password per profile.
So ignoring my opinions of netflix.
This doesn’t seem like that bad of a thing. Like it makes it a pain for local profiles but, their intent was to have each profile linked to a separate person and allows for being in a separate IP address because they removed the same household restriction. It kind of makes sense to have an identifier component, especially since the current route requires everyone to be using the same username/password which breaks IT 101. I’ve actually found it really weird that the mainstream media services didn’t require that already, since most local media streaming alternatives like jellyfin have it a email&password per profile.
If sucks if you want a generic children’s profile or something for guests.