NTA. You were told she wasn’t using it, so I’m not sure what the husband can be pissed about here. Signing out and deleting an unused account is the right move when suspecting unauthorized access anyway. Netflix might even terminate your account, they’re not meant to be shared between different households, let alone continents.

NTA

She literally asking for you to pay for her Netflix. The basic one here is €10. How much cheaper could yours be? She can pay for it herself.

NTA. I thought Netflix was cracking down on account sharing? It would be pretty obvious to them if your account was being used in two different countries. Either way, if she wants access that badly, she can pony up the money for it.

NTA. It goes against netflix terms of use. Also it was meant to be once off. What is the point of having an account if you can not watch a show?

I feel like all those saying YTA or ESH are currently mooching off someone else’s streaming service.

NTA. I have a pretty simple rule if I do ever allow someone to share something of mine. It better be available when I want to use it, if I’m the one who bought or paid for it.

The last thing I had to put my foot down about was the phone charger I keep stashed at work. I finally drew the line when my phone would start getting unplugged in the middle of a recharge. Now nobody is using the fucker but me. The offending co-worker was all pissed about it, but I have no problem being the bad guy in your narrative because your freeloading ass went from appreciation to entitlement. Once you cross that line, you’re done.

My country is in ASIA, Netflix already imposed some kind of restrictions to avoid people from sharing accounts. Heck even my new TV needs email confirmation every time I want to watch something.

Back to your story, NTA if the story is true based on the above reason. It’s a correct action anyway before they start an IP ban on your country

NTA.

Ask him why he’s upset with you. Remind him that it was HIM that told you she wasn’t watching. So what else were you to conclude other than someone was using that account to steal your netflix? Ask him if you were supposed to just NOT watch Netflix while some hacker or whoever out there just took over your account.

Nope. NTA. She needs to get her own. 

NTA.

Tell that ungrateful nasty freeloader to piss off and pay for her own netflix account

NTA

Why do you pay for her ? If she’s minor, she has parents to pay for. If she’s an adult, she can pay for Netflix.

NTA you’re the one paying. You don’t mind once but 3 times is a bit unfair that you were unable to watch because of her.

Not sure why your husband is pissed, he said she wasn’t using it.

Netflix has also taken a stand against sharing your account with anyone

NTA. Doesn’t have Netflix have policies against this already? I tried to access my account from another city (same country) when I was visiting family and was told to register a new account, LOL.

NTA
But why can’t your husband pay for a more expensive package. I still wonder how there is only one screen, even with my with ads I get two.

NTA. It’s rude to use someone else’s subscription and not get off when they are ready to watch. As others have pointed out you could have lost your subscription entirely if Netflix had caught on that someone was using it beside you. Your husband should not have lied about her being on and getting mad after being caught in the lie should get him banned from enjoying access as well.

Fuck the leech

NTA.

I had a similar issue, except it was my sister. Either we couldn’t watch anything because her and her ex-husband were using it or, we started watching something and they would kick us off.

Needless to say, I kicked them off and changed the password.

Her entitlement is through the roof. NTA. She can get her own account, and pay for it.

NTA. I had a similar problem with my sister a few years ago. I let her borrow my login since she was struggling and with three young boys at home, they needed entertainment during the summer when not with their friends. I even upgraded to two screens so I didn’t have to give it up. After a few weeks I kept trying to watch things and I couldn’t. Then I got a couple of emails saying my plan had been upgraded to four screens. With extra profiles to go with mine. That annoyed me off as my sister didn’t tell me. Guessed she didn’t know I got the emails when something about my account changed. I called and asked her about it and she said she gave the login to a couple of friends. I immediately changed my password and logged out of all devices. She was angry but backed off when I told her no more free babysitting from me and lending her money every month if she tried to take advantage of me again.

NTA I don’t know what country she’s living in in Europe anyway, but I doubt she can use an account created and set up on another continent. Generally when switching between EU countries (e.g. Italy and France) it asks over and over again to confirm if you are on holiday (and thus only last a few days) or to change your country of residence (and thus also the tariff you pay).

Nope, I have Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and YouTube premium, and the only people allowed to use them and have their own profile live in the same house as me. They don’t have passwords for any of the accounts. I log them in on whatever device they want them on, and I don’t have to worry about any of my passwords being compromised.

nta but interestingly enough, i recently found out that netflix offers “extra” accounts that stem from someone’s main account which only costs $7.99/month (california, usa) and i asked my brother if he could open one of those accounts for me (i would pay the $7.99/month) and he said that he needed to ask his wife first because the account is hers and i said okay but he never answered me about it again so i just decided to open my own account.

I don’t think that you are being petty. You are paying for a service that you can’t use yourself.

And didn’t he say that she hadn’t been using it? So why is she complaining? And why can’t she pay for her own account? She sounds very entitled

Netflix used to turn a blind eye to account sharing but this blatant bs is why they had to crack down. Licensing in one area is different than from other areas so they’re going to get in trouble. She’s going to get you rightfully banned. 

Your husband lied to you, what does he have to be angry about? Except getting caught

NTA, the way the title read, I thought you hacked into her account and deleted everything. I was going to say why didn’t you just stop paying, but no, she was using your account, and you deleted her profile.

NTA, based on info presented. Its not petty to do exactly what you should have done for suspected unauthorized access. If SIL hasn’t used it in two weeks then why the sudden immediate need for it back? Husband and sis is super sus.

Tell your husband he can pay for her account then if he wants to be a liar.

NTA – I don’t see anything petty in cutting off someone who is preventing you from using something you pay for and they don’t.

I would be concerned as to why your husband is taking your SIL side and not yours.

NTA. People are WILD on their levels of blatant entitlement. Wow.
Not to mention: Sharing across CONTINENTS?! I’m surprised Netflix didn’t intervene already! But that’s irrelevant. You don’t owe her anything. If ANYTHING, if you want to be super nice, upgrade to the 2-screen plan and make her pay the difference. If she’s unwilling… she can eat a bowl of you know whats.

NTA, I dont see a problem with your action. And seriously, why is ur SIL so cheapskate. Why cant she just get an account of her own if she want to watch Netflix. What a leech and a freeloader.

Your husband is the AH too for getting pissed.

NTA. Hubby said it wasn’t her…. 🤷🤷

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NTA, Netflix is already notorious for being harsh with password sharing. That’s why I don’t share my account with anyone outside of my household and told my roommates that it’s off limits to share with friends or family.

In your case, there was evidence that she shared the password with someone else without your permission, which is a breach of privacy AND can get you in trouble with Netflix. If your husband wants to risk it HE can pay for her Netflix on a separate account.

NTA, if she wants to watch Netflix, she can pay for it herself.

I am always confused as to how folks feel like they might be assholes for ending access to an account they pay for.
Why would you be the asshole? Its your money. They are just mooching/leeching on your wallet.

This is bizarre. The lowest price Netflix plan costs less than a sandwich where I live. Tell her to stop being so cheap and get her own account. 

NTA

Get her to pay the upgrade to multiple screens. That would benefit everybody since you and your husband could then watch at the same time too.

NTA. SIL found the cheapest way to get Netflix. No matter where you live, Netflix is always cheaper if you are using someone else’s account.

Why the hell would anyone EVER share a ONE screen Netflix account? That’s just asking for trouble. Put that on your husband.

NTA.

NTA. SIL can make her own damn account.

NTA and not petty either.

Ima go with NTAH here..

NTA. She’s a grown ass woman and can get her own damn Netflix.

NTA- I’m petty enough that if my husband did this, I would be getting my own account so he can’t screw with it.

~apparently~ She was pissed?
Because you haven’t talked to her, only your husband has?
Same dude who told you she wasn’t using it?
You sure it’s his sister…?
Nah, keep dumping those extra accounts, and boot any out of household users anytime you wanna use your own netflix account – and change the password every time too.
He’s gonna get your account suspended if he keeps giving her the password…

NTA delete your current account and create a new one. Do not tell your husband about it. He can crate his own and share with the sister. Her entertainment is not your responsibility. You are allowed to have things of your own.

NTA

Different countries have different content. So the financial side of things could have been one reason or it is just the content you are getting versus what she is getting in her country.

Either way, she is in the wrong and your husband too. 

NTA nothing else needs to be said!

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Nta. If it’s still cheaper in Asia, have someone else buy her an Asian account and have her pay for it or upgrade it on her dime.

NTA

NTA. Tell her you are sorry she is so broke but she needs to figure out a way to pay her own bills. 

She can pay her own damn Netflix.

NTA

NTA There are multiple websites and apps all free to watch movies and shows from let her use one of those! 

NTA

NTA. Let him create and pay for an account for her.

NTA

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if your sil wants to watch netflix she should afford the membership

They are clamping down on sharing. She needs to get her own account. NTA

NTA

NTA.

NTA They both lied and you acted accordingly. Now if your husband said to you, “I want to pay for extra screens so that we can have SIL on our account.” That would be a conversation starter. Until they start the conversation… you can’t have the conversation…

Not petty. It was free for her. Now she has to grow up and wear big pants like the rest of us. She could have asked husband to make it from the start.

Whenever I try shenanigans like that (I.e. setting up an account and or the payment, I will fully offer the pay in advance the subscription fee AND extra for just the hassle…)

NTA I bet she did not turn it off so it was still in use. Your SIL is being very presumptuous and I think you can come to an understanding. Your husband should have communicate the rules first and your SIL should do the right thing and let you have 1st choice since you are paying for it.

Nta…we can’t even share accounts in America anymore, but it’s still annoying when too many people are trying to use the same subscription

Fuck the leech

NTA but I think your problem is your husband not your SIL.

NTA

And she could have gotten your account banned. Streaming services get cranky when folks are literally several countries away from each other

Tell your husband he can pay for her to have her own account.

NTA. it’s like $20? let her get her own account to share with God and Country.

NTA hubby confirm to you himself she was not the one using it. You did the most logic thing then and deleted her account cause he said she is not using it. Then guess she was using it cause she got mad. Hubby can pay his sister a Netflix account if he wishes to. But she has to understand that by using it, she’s making you unable to use it when you want to. SIL can also pay herself for a Netflix account and you then won’t be able to block her.

It’s your account, you can do whatever you want lol. NTA

NTA

You pay, your account. She can get her own. NTA. You should never be inconvenienced when someone is leeching off you

NTA, let him pay for her account. She doesn’t get to use yours and you two barely speak.

NTA. She was usingvyour account without your permission. She was an unauthorized user and was stealing. Did she even offer to give you the money to pay for the new account for her? You have no obligation whatsoever to let her use your account or pay for her to have one. If you all don’t get along or like each other anyway she shouldn’t even have asked. She definitely should have asked if you would share the account before using it multiple times. She would have had to save your info to use it more than once. She was planning on using it multiple times. And by the way your husband lied, she may have told him. If she didn’t, then he had no reason to know that it wasn’t someone who hacked in. I shared my Amazon Prime with a roommate and when I moved out she accidentally ordered a movie. She forgot to sign out of mine, but she paid me. She wasn’t mad that I changed the password. The only reason anyone would be mad is if they were getting it for free then didn’t plan on telling you.

NTA

NTA

NTA. Your husband was the one who lied. And you are the one paying it, if she doesnt comply, bye.

NTA, she was using it and your husband told you she wasn’t. He’s TAH. Let her know if she would like to be added to your account, she can pay for the difference for the next level usage. This way more than one person can be in at a time and it would be less than getting her own account.

I don’t think you were petty at all, OP.

You want to use the service that you pay for.

You did nothing wrong here, imo.

NTA

You asked. The answer was essentially – some stranger is accessing your Netflix. You were smart to take action.

SIL can pay for her own account or to upgrade yours to multiple screens.

NTA, if it is cheaper, ask her to pay the difference in the upgraded account. You two will also benefit from having an additional screen to use the account on. Any other “oh just let it be” affects you as the actual consumer, don’t bend on that.

**NTA**

SIL’s use of your Netflix acct was preventing you from using it.

Your husband also confirmed (truthfully or not) that SIL was not using the account.

You acted normally and secured your acct.

You pay for it, and a leech is preventing you from using the account you pay for? NTA.

NTA This screams entitlement. I have all the streaming services. I do not like sharing with anyone other than our kids. Shoot i don’t like it when I try to sit down and watch Friends on Max and there are too many people watching that i can’t. it’s my comfort show and Momma pays the bills so one of them if not all of them log tf out lol. They know not to mess with my Friends time.

NTA SIL shared your account with all her friends. You did the right thing.

NTA.  In north America Netflix is really cracking down on this.  How about offering to let your sil stay on if she prepays the difference in cost between one and two screens for a year? Assuming, of course, that your part of the world isn’t experiencing the same crack down on sharing accounts.

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NAH. if we’re not voting AH for people being passive aggressive, everyone here is chillin lol.

NTA you are paying for it so you can watch it. I wouldn’t give her the details any longer. If she isn’t watching it then she is giving someone else access.

Is it not just £5 for a Netflix account with adverts now ? I have one off of my friend’s account because Netflix stopped me from signing in and I pay £5

NTA.Id his sister wasn’t using the account, then someone else was, so you did the responsible thing.

NTA

Your sister in law is technically stealing services. Your husband is either felusional or permitting it.

Netflix will eventually catch on and either terminate the SIL for being out of continent where the account is registered, or they will start to charge expensive fees for 2 accounts.

So unless hubby is paying for his sister’s, get her off and keep her off. If she stays on, get 2 screen accounts.

NTA… I’m not sure how your husband justifies his anger but he doesn’t have a leg to stand on in this

NTA, you can open her own account in your country and have her pay you for it .

NTA. I pay for several different streaming apps that 2 relatives use as well, but I’ve told them that since I am the one paying, if it ever tells me I can’t stream due to too many people being on, I’ll be logging all devices out so I can get on. It’s rarely happened, but a few times I’ve had too.

I would have done the same.

NTA. Your husband can open his own Netflix account and share it with his sister.

You can’t share on Netflix anymore without paying extra. Your SIL absolutely cannot share a basic account. It will switch the account over to her country. To share it has to be an account with 4 screens and you still have to pay extra for the additional profile. But sharing is within the same country. You cannot share across countries. NTA. Your SIL is really cheap.

Edit: Per the comments you can share across countries but still have to pay extra.

NTA. You were not petty, your SIL is a leech and at this point you should not give your husband the password. He will just pass it on to her.

NTA – Your husband didn’t even discuss it with you. You only have 1 screen that you & your husband already discussed.

Also your not married or owe anything to his sister! She claimed she hadn’t used it and sounded like you wanted to make sure someone also wasn’t using your info! She can pay for her own or if your husband wants to be a kiss ass he can pay for it which i think is stupid!!
Or he can upgrade it and she needs to split costs with you guys . That’s not fair you can’t even use your own thing!!

NTA.

She can create her own account. It’s not like it’s thousands of dollars a month.

NTA she needs to pay for her own Netflix.

Sounds like a whole bunch of not your problem. NTA!

I don’t mind lending out my password for some folks, but when it’s my turn to watch, I sign everyone out and don’t give an F. Def NTA. I create on all my video streaming an account called “Moochers” and everyone needs to either use it or they don’t get to use my account 🤷‍♀️

I’d expect the same from anyone else I was mooching off of!

NTA

Your SIL is not entitled to a subscription you pay for. If you’re uneasy about other people having access to your account without consent, it is completely within your right to revoke access.

NTA.

You shouldn’t be sharing your nextflix account with anyone. The IP address for your SIL is different than yours, and multiple logins will be shown. Your SIL can get her own.

My adult children, when away at uni, can no longer use my (up to 5) multiuser Netflix account .
They count as extra households as they aren’t home each month to log in devices at home at my IP address (that they use elsewhere at uni).

So your SIL shouldn’t be using your account in a different country as not a part of your household- Netflix will catch on. They are already cracking down.

Besides that, you have an only one user at a time Netflix account.

You pay for it equally with your husband. So your viewing takes precedence, even IF you were allowed to share either other households (which you aren’t)

I don’t blame you for logging out all other devices, so you can watch the streaming service you pay for. I would have done so too. SIL is out of order here to even slightly complain!!

Your sister can buy her own Netflix account. And she should. You are 100% right to watch what you want to watch on Netflix on your paid for account and log out anyone mooching off of you to prevent that. Your husband is wrong. You are more important here.

NTA. Netflix isn’t that expensive, she should be able to afford it if she really wanted it..

NTA. If your SIL wants to watch it, she can pay herself or contribute towards a plan that accommodates more viewers

NTA – your account, your money. Netflix might eventually catch on and knock her off anyway. They were cracking down on account sharing earlier this year. My son who lives so close I can actually see his house shared his account with me. Netflix caught on and locked me out. I signed up for my own account but will probably drop it as I’m not using it that much.

NOPE!!!!! She sounds like an asshole, and needs to get her own account!

NTA. She wants to use it, she can pay for it and set up her own account.

The only reason that she would want an account in a different country is because she probably gets different programming, but that’s still not a you problem, and you shouldn’t have to pay for it.

Your SIL needs to pay for own stuff. As for your hubby, he needs to see that his sister is an adult that needs to pay for her stuff too. I would have deleted as well.

Your husband is a weenie and your SIL is insufferable. NTA

NTA. You didn’t agree to her using your account for free permanently.

NTA. Tell her to get a job and get her own login. Side note- bold move on her end exposing her show choices- I probably would have called her out on some d-list shows first and then cut her off. Tell your boyfriend he ain’t seen petty yet.

NTA. SIL is committing theft of services. In the US, Netflix is cutting off people who share passwords and don’t pay extra. Don’t share.

Nta. They lied to you

NTA – you pay, you make the rules

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You pay for it. It’s your account to do what you will.

You agreed to share with your hubby, you didn’t agree to anything else. If the goalposts are moved you’re allowed to say you don’t want to play anymore.

NTA! She can pay for her own Netflix account. You’re not petty, because that is YOUR Netflix account and if they find out they will charge you more or cancel your account. There is no more password sharing like before. It is your account and if she’s not signing out so you can watch, well you had every right to do what you did. Even if she wasn’t doing this, you still had the right to delete her profile and change the passwords.

I’m confused. I was letting my little bro and sis use it in Kenya and about 8-9 months ago they weren’t allowed to anymore because of Netflix not allowing sharing internationally. There’s even articles about it because we were trying to figure out what happened. So how can she even access your stuff?

Even if you did sign out of all devices there’s a high chance it wasn’t you and it’s them not allowing multiple users internationally.

NTA

NTA. You did them a favour allowing it as a once off. Sounds like they just don’t want to pay for their own account.

Tell your husband that you said yes as a one off and that you won’t do it as a long term or regular thing as it’s breaking the terms of use and Netflix could close your account for breaching the terms.

NTA. A little confused why your husband is upset when hes the one who told you his sister hadn’t been using your account recently. Resetting your password seems like a pretty natural response to me

NTA, and you weren’t even petty, wtf? It’s your Netflix account, not hers. You can do whatever you want with it, and it’s none of her business. Also, there’s no way Netflix is THAT much cheaper in your country. She just wants free Netflix, and I don’t understand why that’s yours or your husband’s responsibility.