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YouTube has started flagging Premium Family members who live at different addresses – just like Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown (www.techradar.com)
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  • YouTube has started flagging members of Premium Family plans who aren't living in the same household as the account manager
  • A handful of users have reported receiving emails saying that their accounts will be paused, but it's unclear which regions this applies to
  • YouTube's account-sharing crackdown joins a long line of streaming services that have carried out similar measures, and subscribers aren't pleased
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[-] slate@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

Health insurance never cared about your address, and you want to upload your tax returns to watch Netflix? Technically, lots of legal things, like taxes and voting, care about where you spend most of your time when determining your primary residence. So if you don't live with your parents, yet are still filing with their address, that's a problem.

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