I locked my ex-girlfriend's new guy into kids mode on my streaming account.
By @bensorta · Internet
Instead of kicking him off my profile, I set parental controls so he can only stream cartoons and baking shows on my dime. My brother says I should just reset the password like an adult, but I think making him watch talking tractors is fair rent.
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I pay for the four-screen 4K streaming plan. My ex-girlfriend moved out five months ago and I never changed the master password because honestly, I didn't care enough to log into the desktop browser to reset every device. Then two weeks ago I notice someone renamed the guest profile to a nickname her new guy uses, and my algorithm starts feeding me historical documentaries and golf highlights I would never watch. I was about to kick all devices off the account and call it a day, but that felt too clean. Instead, I left him logged in and changed the maturity ratings on the whole account to TV-PG. Set a four-digit PIN on anything rated TV-14, TV-MA, or R. So now every evening around 8 PM, he can only watch children's cartoons, baking competitions, and wildlife specials. I checked the watch history yesterday and someone watched three straight episodes of a cartoon about talking tractors, followed by twenty minutes of a cupcake championship. He literally watched tractors instead of asking her to buy their own $15 account. My brother says it's childish and I should just change the password like a normal adult. But I pay the $23 every single month on autopay. If a grown man is going to freeload off his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend's login, he can earn his movie night by watching animated farm equipment. I'm leaving the PIN on until he figures it out.
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