EntertainmentStreamingShare your Netflix password with friends or family? Well, prepare for painNetflix is looking at introducing an extra payable fee for sharing Netflix accountsWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
EntertainmentStreamingShare your Netflix password with friends or family? Well, prepare for painNetflix is looking at introducing an extra payable fee for sharing Netflix accountsWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Netflix is looking at introducing an extra payable fee for sharing Netflix accounts
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Netflix)
(Image credit: Netflix)
For those who have got used to sharing theirNetflixaccount with friends or family who live in other households, there looks like bad news is coming down the line.
That’s because it has been confirmed thatNetflixis looking at introducing a new system that automatically detects if a password is shared outside of the registered account address and then asks for an extra payable fee to unlock the service.
Right now, Netflix’s most expensive subscription tier allows for four streams to be used at once, which means that theoretically the account owner could share their account with three other people/households without having their own viewing interrupted.
That practice, though, now seems to be facing the beginning of the end, with Netflix appearing to be moving to charge for such activity. These secondary accounts will be officially designated as “sub accounts” and cost the account holder extra money.
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Right now it is unknown when and if Netflix will roll out these new sub-accounts and fees in other territories, as well as what the fee will be in the USA and UK (we’re guessing it will be $2.99 / £2.99 at T3.com). However, with Chengyi Long, Netflix’s director of product innovation coming out and stating that, “accounts are being shared between households - impacting our ability to invest in great new TV and films for our members”, we can’t see this new plan for chargeable sub accounts being shelved.
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