JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Here's a sound that may soon be a memory for millions of people.(SOUNDBITE OF NETFLIX STARTUP SOUND)SUMMERS: Netflix plans to end password sharing, and as NPR's Neda Ulaby reports, many fans feel betrayed.NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: It's going to be like that scene in Netflix's "Stranger Things" when the heroes are trying to break into a top-secret facility.(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "STRANGER THINGS")DAVID HARBOUR: (As Jim Hopper) Give me the code.ULABY: Your Netflix code, or password, is going to fail.(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "STRANGER THINGS")HARBOUR: (As Jim Hopper) The code is wrong.ULABY: There will be havoc. There will be recriminatory phone calls.(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "STRANGER THINGS")BRETT GELMAN: (As Murray Bauman) I suppose it could be wrong.HARBOUR: (As Jim Hopper) How could it be wrong?GELMAN: (As Murray Bauman) The code is a number, a famous number.ULABY: But the only number that matters to Netflix is 100 million people. That's how many of us around the world are not paying but watching Netflix anyway. Among them are three people beloved by Michael O'Connor of Ireland. He shares his Netflix password with his mom, his sister and his partner.MICHAEL O'CONNOR: My first response was, I'm probably going to cancel my account.ULABY: O'Connor was already irritated with Netflix. First, he says, it's way more expensive than the other streamers if you're paying for the ad-free tiers. Second, Netflix has a habit of canceling his favorite shows.O'CONNOR: "The OA," "Warrior Nun" - oh, "The Dark Crystal" was really - it's really bad business.(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE")UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) I see many endings lain before us.ULABY: Previous password sharers will set up their own accounts, predicts Steven Cahall. He's an analyst for Wells Fargo Securities. The pool, he says, of brand-new subscribers has shrunk. And remember; this is not easy for Netflix, either.STEVEN CAHALL: Streaming services actually don't love to crack down on password sharing. They like people engaging with the content.ULABY: He says, try to see things from the point of view of Netflix and their shareholders.CAHALL: What they have to be worried about is a challenging ad market, a rising cost of capital, the decline of pay TV, the rising costs of sports, the slowdown of streaming and a writer's strike.ULABY: Do not be shocked, Cahall says, if other streaming services follow suit. But we may be losing something culturally meaningful, says Jessica Halem. She's 51 with a good job, but she uses her parents' password for HBO - I mean, sorry, Max.JESSICA HALEM: I do not need their financial support. But there's something about the gift - every time I log in to watch something knowing that my parents are paying for it - there's just something really sweet about it, right?ULABY: Just ask Carrie Bradshaw.(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SEX AND THE CITY")SARAH JESSICA PARKER: (As Carrie Bradshaw) As soon as I typed in love, there he was.ULABY: It's not uncommon for people to share passwords with their exes, a little intimacy and access into the life of someone you love. Meanwhile, our Irishman, Michael O'Connor, says the whole situation might drive him back to reading.O'CONNOR: (Laughter) The books are usually better anyway.ULABY: And cost nothing to give away. Neda Ulaby, NPR News.(SOUNDBITE OF THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET'S "UNSQUARE DANCE")
When logged int Netflix:
[1] After selection loading never completes.
[2] During playing of a selection playing stops and attempts to load and never starts again.
[3] When trying to select, changing selection takes > 30s.
[4] Unable to change selections.
Before proceeding, may we know if this is the only channel affected by this? If so, are there any error messages prompted on your screen? Since you've performed all the possible troubleshooting steps provided on this thread, we highly suggest reaching out to the channel provider themselves (Netflix Support) for further assistance and clarification, as they are the ones who provided and maintained their channel on the Roku streaming platform. Their channel may need an update from them.
Could you please specify if this issue is only with a particular channel or specific content? We suggest trying a system restart by going to Settings > System > Power > System restart to see if that resolves the issue. If it doesn't, we recommend following the troubleshooting steps provided in this support article on how to resolve a channel playback issue.
May we know what troubleshooting steps you have taken so far? Also, when did you start seeing this issue? Alternatively, upon exhausting the provided fixes, were you able to communicate with the channel provider to inquire further and ask for additional troubleshooting steps? If so, what were your findings?
Following up on this as well... let's see if I can be relatively organized and systematic in how I describe the issue and steps already taken (although assume anything basic like remove/reload app was tried ages ago).
My Netflix "jams up" for lack of a better term, like others in this thread. Mine manifests as such: starting most any program on Netflix will begin for a short period of time, within 30 seconds, the show will start lagging, the audio will drop out (captions will keep running for a bit), then it'll buffer and eventually overload and the app will reset, or it'll just overload and I'll manually have to press the home button a few times for it to "crash" the Netflix app. Immediately going back into Netflix and trying again, yields the same result. Waiting until later, usually yields the same result.
2) I have four active Roku devices two stream bars, one stick, and this TCL/Roku TV. The only device where this is an issue is the TCL/Roku TV. I have not contacted Netflix as this issue does not appear to be any other devices. Just one specific piece of hardware, this TCL/Roku TV.
A simple search of this thread, and then this forum, shows there's no lack of "Netflix and Roku" issues. Is Roku currently acknowledging the volume of recurring/similar issues? Is Roku currently working on fixing this issue?
Hello, you: Joe Goldberg is donning his baseball cap for one last misadventure in You season 5. That's right, one of the best TV shows ever made is returning to our small screens sometime this year, and filming is currently underway in New York City, so Joe is coming our way sooner rather than later.
In short, we've taken notes and have gathered so much information that even master stalker Joe would be proud. Below is everything you need to know about You season 5, from the latest casting updates to plot theories and our best guess at a release date.
You season 5 is coming to Netflix in late 2024. While we don't have anything more specific to go by just yet, there tends to be a gap of around 18 months to two years between seasons. So, based on season 4's February 2023 release, we can expect the episodes to drop toward the end of 2024.
The last batch of episodes was released in two installments, with our You season 4 part 1 review and You season 4 part 2 review being written one month apart to follow the series' release pattern. Whether season 5 will follow the same model remains to be seen.
But considering how all the best shows on Netflix have recently been getting the two-part treatment (looking at you, Bridgerton), we are pretty positive we'll get two a repeat release formula of season 4.
As is typical in a season of You, there was quite a lot of movement in the cast during season 4 after Joe slowly killed off several characters. However, by the season finale, there were a few notable stars remaining, and it seems almost certain some of them will be back for more episodes.
Probably the biggest unknown about a potential season 5 of You is the plot. The fourth season ended with Joe embracing all sides of his killer self as he moved to New York City. Living with Kate, he's reclaimed the narrative about his life, telling his version of the truth about surviving Love Quinn.
It seems he's managed to avoid all of the consequences of his time in London by framing Nadia. However, a few people still know the truth about him. One of these is Marienne, who we saw in the finale sitting in her Paris apartment reading a news story about Joe and Kate. While she managed to escape his clutches, our money is on Marienne hunting him down to pay for his crimes very soon...
Each season, the show does like to mix things up in new locations, so we could be heading anywhere. But, as it seems from the finale that Joe will be back where he started in New York City, perhaps there are some ghosts still lingering in that city?
Netflix has confirmed that a sequel to Adam Sandler's 1996 golf comedy "Happy Gilmore" is on the way. "Happy Gilmore is back!" a post on Netflix's X account said. "Adam Sandler will reprise his iconic role in a brand new movie coming to Netflix."
"Here's a quick intel," McDonald said in an interview on 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland in March. "I saw Adam about two weeks ago and he says to me 'McDonald. You're going to love this.' I said 'What?' And he says 'How about that?' and he shows me a first draft of Happy Gilmore 2."
However, Sandler's previous comments suggest the film was relatively early in development, and the script had not yet been completed as of April. He said on the "Dan Patrick Show" that he would be working on the screenplay with Tim Herlihy, his co-writer on the original film.
"I'm shooting this movie now, and then when I get home in a little while, I call up Herlihy, we get in a room and jam and jam and jam," Sandler said in April. "We've been jamming and writing. We have a million ideas already. We've just got to make it a movie and make sure we're excited about people enjoying it."
But while speaking on the "Dan Patrick Show," Sandler said he would "love" to get Drew Carey in the movie after his "Price is Right" predecessor, Bob Barker, appeared in the original. Barker died in 2023. Carl Weathers and Joe Flaherty, who were in the first movie, also both died this year.
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