28-year-old feuds with sister, cuts her off from her precious streaming services: 'I can only imagine how furious she’ll be'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Apr 24, 2025 4:00 PM EDT

When it comes to family drama, threatening to mess with streaming service subscriptions should be off-limits. In every conflict, some things should be sacred. For instance, there are strict rules in fencing or wrestling about what you can and cannot do. Violating that fine line is a dangerous move. The same goes for family infighting.

Look, streaming services are expensive. There is a reason why people split the costs among family members because otherwise, these are major monthly expenses. Of course, you can always pick and choose which services are most important to you, but chances are you still need to budget for at least a few of these subscriptions at once. Sharing these services is obviously mutually beneficial, which is why it should be off-limits for a family member to take that shared privilege away from the other. After all, doing so not only deprives your sibling of access to the service, but it also makes said service more expensive for you now that fewer people are using it! Not worth it if you ask me!

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  • The author of this story liked her Max subscription. It was one of the few simple pleasures of her recreational life, so the fact her sister would go so far as to take that privilege away from her was essentially asking for petty revenge in return. Once again, it's worth reiterating the fact that these sisters should agree that streaming services should not be weaponized against one another. Let some things remain sacred and mutually beneficial!

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    So, my sister and I have had an on-and-off relationship for years. At one point, we even went several years without speaking. Although we eventually made a truce-mainly to please our mom ―we only tolerate each other.
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    This past weekend, we were both visiting for Easter and we had a huge fight that ended vi with her physically att ly, ing me (mind you, it's not the first time and we're in our late 20's).
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    Quick context: we all use our parents' accounts for streaming- like Prime and Netflix-and we have a setup where my cousin pays for Max, we pay for
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    Paramount, and we share the passwords. (We live in a country where Max costs about 70 bucks a month alone, which is a lot.)
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    So, the day after the fight (Sunday), she decided to be petty and disconnected my phone and our parents' TV from Max, just to annoy me. It's my
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    favorite streaming service, and basically the only one I actually use. I guess she thought I didn't know the password, since I'd always asked her for it. But later,
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    she came home and caught me watching it anyway, so she disconnected me again-right in the middle of a show. Instead of starting another fight, I just
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    calmly reconnected and kept watching. I figured pretending to be unfazed would have more impact-like, "oh, your plan didn't work."
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    But tonight, now that I'm back home, I noticed that she disconnected my TV and phone from Max once again. This time I took it personal.
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    So here's my petty revenge: I logged into Prime and Netflix and deleted her profiles. That means her watch history, her saved lists, her ratings-everything are gone,
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    wiped out. She had them for a decade and takes watching movies and series, along with creating the perfect algorithm with perfect recommendations, very seriously, so I can only imagine how furious shes'll be :D.
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    She'll also probably delete mine back, but I honestly don't care-l just watch whatever's trending anyway.
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    JAy3k1 10h ago To be fair, I would have deleted her profiles. But then created them again, as if they had not been touched. This would have confused the h I out of her.
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    Everything_6339 • 10h ago If you truly don't care, you could delete your own profiles before she can get to them. Zero satisfaction.
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    troubledindanger · 10h ago My sister's the same way, lol. I had her on my phone plan and she was supposed to be paying me back each month, and she stopped after awhile, I would nag her,
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    etc. At some point when we were arguing she was retorting back at me that she doesn't need anything from me, so I reminded her about the phone plan and how much she owes me.
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    She essentially told me she wouldn't pay and it was my fault for trusting her and having her on my plan. By this time, she owed me at least $500 or $600.
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    I disconnected her phone service. We don't talk anymore.
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    By the way, she's 13 years older than me and in her late thirties. :)
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    . Calm_Researche... • 11h ago Such a first world problem and pettiness to match! I love it!!
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    markgriz 10h ago Wow, you both sound insufferable
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