Netflix decided to delay your plans for block the ability to share passwords. The announcement was made through the financial report published this Tuesday by streaming platform.
The end of shared accounts in the United States now will arrive sometime before july. The platform announced that it was “changing the release of the feature from the end of the first fiscal quarter to the second”.
In early 2023, Netflix committed to change your password sharing policies more broadly and established new rules in countries like Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain. The platform expressed that they are “very pleased with the results” of the implementation of the functions to share the account through an extra payment. Even, believe that the user base in Canada is “growing faster than in the US” Thanks to this change.
In this countries, as in some Latin American countries where this system began to be testedthe users they must pay extra if they want to share their Netflix account with people who are outside “the main house”. In Canada, the price is about $5.97 per month, per person.
Netflix added about 1.75 million subscribers in the first fiscal quarter of 2023, accumulating to a total of 232.5 million worldwide. In the first financial report following the departure of CEO Reed Hastingsthe platform announced that they would shut down their DVD shipping service after 25 years.
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Share Netflix password: What will happen in Argentina?
Argentina was part of the tests of the “Add a house” modewith a system similar to that of “Extra Member” that charged an additional to the chosen plan for each house that wanted to be added to the account. Adverse user reaction led Netflix to discontinue this feature: “After listening to consumer feedback, we decided to discontinue ‘Add a Home’ features in Argentina.El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and the Dominican Republic”.
Despite this, the platform made it clear that they are working on finding an alternative for users who want to share their account with other people. One could be the “Extra Member” mode and it could arrive during the first half of 2023.
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Netflix: how they will prevent the sharing of passwords
The firm estimated that more than 100 million users People around the world use the service through shared accounts, so this change should bring them a boost in new revenue. In the new setupthe app clarifies that accounts can be shared, as long as it is inside the home.
He verification method of Netflix will start block the devices that don’t connect at least once a month to the Wi-Fi network associated with the main account. Also, if the user is far from main location for an extended period, the device may be bricked.
Source: Ambito
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