My Suggestion to Netflix to Have Everyone Enjoy Profiles NOW

I recently cut the cord and I enjoy the great selection of movies and TV shows available online (or via OTA channels). Even though I have a nice Blu-Ray collection and Crackle offering decent movies for free, I find myself mostly using Netflix. But there’s something that’s driving me crazy… Having my roommates’ “recently played” and top picks on my Netflix account.

Last month, Netflix released profiles, an easy way to share your account with your family or roommates, without having to get suggestions based on their tastes.

This is a great addition to a wonderful (and cheap) service, but… It’s only available on a few devices as updates are slowly rolling out. So far, PS3, Xbox and Apple TV users can enjoy this new feature. But what about Android and/or Roku player users?

Too bad for me I guess, since I’m using 2 Android devices (Nexus 4 and Toshiba Thrive tablet) and a Roku 3 to stream my favourite movies.

Even worse, they released “My List” last week. A NEW feature, again! Can we at least get the profiles up and running on all devices before releasing new features?!

I reached out to Netflix on Twitter and also spoke with a customer service rep and release dates are still unknown.

So I came up with an idea on how they could “fix” this and have anyone use profiles, even on yet-to-be-updated devices: using email “aliases” like Gmail has.

For example, if my email is example@gmail.com, I could use example+netflixprofilename@gmail.com.

Or maybe add a secondary or alternative email address to an account could be a way to let users use profiles until updates roll out.

I know this might not be an appropriate solution, but if this can help people brainstorm and have Netflix come up with a quick fix I’d be more than happy… because I can’t stand my TV suggesting romantic comedy movies all the time.