The disk is just a client to the service. There is nothing to stop you having 1, 2, 10 or 500 clients to the service running on every platform imaginable. The snag is you need to log in to use it, and I bet Netflix watches out for multiple IP addresses and concurrent streaming happening on the same account. It may even throw the first machine off when the second comes on. Therefore, sharing accounts is risky business.
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The disk is just a client to the service. There is nothing to stop you having 1, 2, 10 or 500 clients to the service running on every platform imaginable. The snag is you need to log in to use it, and I bet Netflix watches out for multiple IP addresses and concurrent streaming happening on the same account. It may even throw the first machine off when the second comes on. Therefore, sharing accounts is risky business.