What's the password? Millennials leaders in getting ...
What's the password? Millennials leaders in
getting streaming TV for free
23 August 2018, by Rex Crum, The Mercury News
But, even more than millennials, those in the 18-to-21 age bracket like to stream their TV shows with the password of someone paying for the service, with 27 percent of the group, which Magid calls "Adult Plurals," doing so.
Jill Rosengard Hill, of Magid, said the high rate of streaming TV password sharing among millennials is indicative of what she called the "shared economy," in which participants of a group try to save money and help out their friends at the same time.
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"For them, it's no different than having their parents pay for their insurance or their cell phone," Hill said. "What many do is: Someone will subscribe to Netflix, while someone else will subscribe to Hulu, and they will swap passwords with each other. That way, they can say they are each paying for something."
It's no secret that people would rather get
Hill said the concept of password sharing is
something for free than pay for it. And faced with definitely more in vogue with younger streaming TV
the possibility of paying $10.99 a month for Netflix viewers. The Magid study showed 10 percent of
or getting it for nothing, it should come as no
Gen Xers, those between the ages of 41 and 51,
surprise that someone might want to use another share streaming TV passwords, while just 8 percent
person's password to log in and binge on the latest of Baby Boomers do so.
season of "Orange Is The New Black."
One of the ongoing questions involving password
And when it comes to password sharing for
sharing is how much money the likes of Netflix and
streaming TV services, millennials lead the way in Hulu are losing in the process. Netflix allows for five
getting something for nothing. That's according to individual profiles with one paid account, while a
the results of a study on streaming video-watching Hulu account can have up to six profiles. However,
habits from media and entertainment research firm the multi-profile feature is intended to be used by
Magid.
different members of the same family so that they
can watch shows they prefer. Sharing passwords
The 2018 Magid Video Entertainment Survey,
with friends, or others not under the same roof, is a
which included 2,000 Americans from the ages of 8 different matter.
to 64, showed that when it comes to millennials, 26
percent of the group uses the password from
"How much money is it worth?' asked Hill. "It's
someone else's account to watch shows on a
really hard to say. But it's going to be a bigger
streaming TV service such as Netflix, Hulu or
question as more and more streaming TV services
Amazon Prime Video. Magid defines millennials as become available."
consumers between the ages of 22 and 40.
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