Hello readers!
Especially those of you who use someone else’s LOGIN and PASSWORD to watch NETFLIX!
You know that I like to give you the latest Tech gossip way before it actually happens so for all of you out there who are piggy backing your NETFLIX from a friend, your parents or frankly anybody else outside of your home internet environment, big changes are coming your way in March /April 2023.
Netflix is poised to crack down on password sharing outside of households, the online streaming giant has confirmed.
Announcing its Q4 results, Netflix said it would roll out a paid option for those who want to share their accounts
As NETFLIX said, “While our terms of use limit use of Netflix to a household, we recognise this is a change for members who share their account more broadly. As we roll out paid sharing, members in many countries will also have the option to pay extra if they want to share Netflix with people they don’t live with.”
The Netflix password crackdown starts in March
Netflix announced plans to crack down on password sharing late last year, but it didn’t provide a firm date for it to begin.
While a date still isn’t confirmed, Netflix specified the password-sharing measures would come in later in the first quarter of this year, which would suggest you can expect them to be in place by the end of March 2023
There is no news on how much the password-sharing Netflix option will cost, but it is offered in some markets for US$3, so it will be cheaper than buying two accounts.
When Netflix does start to crack down on password sharing, it will be able to tell if you try to carry on doing so.
Netflix collects vast amounts of user data, and password sharing can be detected via IP addresses, device IDs and account activity.
The streaming giant seems determined—Netflix concedes that learning from experience in Latin America, where it has rolled out paid sharing, there will be “some cancel reaction in each market”, which will impact near-term member growth.
“But as borrower households begin to activate their own standalone accounts and extra member accounts are added, we expect to see improved overall revenue, which is our goal with all plan and pricing changes,” it said.
The Netflix ad-supported option
As I wrote in a previous BLOG, last year, https://connectmytech.com.au/are-you-willing-to-view-netflix-content-with-advertising-to-save-you-money-you-now-have-a-choice/Netflix launched an ad-supported tier,
but it hasn’t been that popular.
Only nine percent of new Netflix subscribers in the US opted for the streaming service’s new ad-supported streaming tier last month.
Remember that if you want to “PASSWORD SHARE” with people not in your household using your internet, there will be a small cost to do so and I estimate that to be around the $5 to $6 per month charge based on the overseas markets who have trialed the concept
More on PASSWORD Sharing via the NETFLIX link below