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Did Netflix goof on Facebook integration?

Mad Mike · 2012-01-10 11:06:20

I don't use Facebook but the only choice I was offered was to sign up via Facebook. I really wanted to try Netflix so I went to my wife, who does use Facebook, and asked her to sign up for me. On her computer however the only choice was email. A non facebook user is offered Facebook only and a Facebook user is offered…

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I don't use Facebook but the only choice I was offered was to sign up via Facebook. I really wanted to try Netflix so I went to my wife, who does use Facebook, and asked her to sign up for me. On her computer however the only choice was email.

A non facebook user is offered Facebook only and a Facebook user is offered email only. What gives? It only offers you one or the other. There doesn't seem to be a way to change it.

I assume it uses cookies of some kind to determine whether or not you use Facebook and I am sure someone may have logged into Facebook on my computer at some time in the past but how come it didn't detect that my wife is a regular Facebook user?

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