Additional information has emerged about Netflix’s efforts to restrict members from sharing passwords outside of their family.
of “Share your Netflix account” page In a help center for the streaming giant Costa Rica, Chile and Peru on Wednesday, it said that “anyone in your household (who lives with you in your primary location)” can use your Netflix account.
Anyone who is not part of a family that Netflix considers family must get their own account. Alternatively, the owner of the account used by the outsider can add them as “additional members,” according to their web page.
The cost of adding an “Additional Member” to your Standard or Premium Plan account is [Netflix’s] Basic Plan” has been added to the help center pages in the three countries. That additional monthly fee will be charged to the owner of the account to which the “Additional Members” are added.
“If someone signs into your account from a device that is not your primary location, or if your account is permanently accessed from another location, that device may be blocked from watching Netflix. there is.
The company says it uses IP addresses, device IDs, and account activity to discover devices linked to key account locations.
A “connection” is required to associate a device with its primary location.[ing] Connect to Wi-Fi in your primary location and open[ing] Netflix app or website and watch[ing] Something at least once every 31 days,” states the Costa Rica help center page. These so-called “trusted devices” allow users to stream content on Netflix without being in a prime location.
You can use the streaming service while traveling or living “between places” by using a temporary access code or by updating your account’s primary location.
In a Jan. 19 letter to shareholders, Netflix said more than 100 million households share accounts and this “undermines our long-term ability to invest in, improve, and build our business with Netflix.” I’m here. The company also said it plans to launch the new paid sharing system “broader” in the first quarter of 2023.
Netflix says that “short-term engagement” means that while the company expands its paid-sharing system, some users choose to stop instead of creating their own accounts or becoming “additional members.” However, the company says it expects engagement to grow “over time.”
Total Netflix subscribers were 230.75 million by the end of the fourth quarter of 2022, compared to 221.84 million reported during the same period in 2021.
