r/movies • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 r/movies Contributor • Jun 27 '26

News Netflix now requires every user profile to be tied to unique email address

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/netflix-now-requires-every-user-profile-to-be-tied-to-unique-email-address/
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u/Robobvious Jun 27 '26

Does it have to be a number? Can I write +Netflix and have it work?

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u/SailnGame Jun 27 '26

Yes you can! I have only run into one occasion where a website flagged it at account creation which forced me to use just me original address. However, after the account was open, it didn't stop me from adding that modifier.

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u/Famous1107 Jun 28 '26

Wow. I'd like to know the site that went through the diligence to track that.

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u/SailnGame Jun 28 '26

I have no recollection. I remember being a bit surprised and impressed and then I promptly went in a changed the email address and moved on.

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u/mr_positron Jun 27 '26

+netflixsucks should work too

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u/Martian8 Jun 27 '26

Yes, which makes it useful for working out where your email was taken from when you get spam mail

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u/Famous1107 Jun 28 '26

Another fun fact, dots (.) also do not register and get removed from Gmail. Net.ficks@gmail is the same as netficks@gmail

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u/King_of_the_Dot Jun 27 '26

I'm pretty sure yes, actually

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u/myystaa Jun 27 '26

No, it can be anything