Phil Nickinson/Digital Trends
Netflix announced today that it will start notifying US subscribers who share passwords that it’s time to pay: $8, to be exact. The world’s largest streaming service says it is sending emails to “members who share Netflix outside of their home” detailing their options.
Known as “extra member slots,” an additional $8 will allow former free users to watch Netflix on one device at a time and download content to one device at a time for offline viewing. They will also have their own profile, but cannot create additional profiles. (The profile can be transferred from the main account, also known as the “starter account”.) And the additional member must live in the same country as the start account.
Another catch: To purchase “additional member seats,” Netflix will have to bill you directly. If you’re paying through your wireless provider or some other system, you’re out of luck.
“We recognize that our members have many options for entertainment,” Netflix wrote in a press release announcing the long-awaited change. “That’s why we continue to invest heavily in a wide variety of new movies and TV shows, so no matter what your taste, mood or language, and no matter who you’re watching with, there’s always something on Netflix to satisfy you.” .”
The reduction in account sharing comes months after Netflix first said it was ending its longstanding policy of nodding and winking (if not outright condoning) account sharing, aka “share password”, with someone who is not actually in the person’s home. is the owner of the account. While there are certainly cases where this could be considered legitimate, such as an adult child heading off to college and not having the income for a full Netflix account, over 100 million accounts were shared around the world, and it became too much a number so large that Netflix could ignore it for longer, especially since streaming services can no longer sit back and watch their revenue streams increase each quarter.
Netflix ended the first quarter of 2023 with 232.5 million subscribers worldwide.
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