For just over a year, Netflix began preparing its users for a radical change in its platform: the end of shared accounts. Now, as announced by the same company through a statement, its plan began to be carried out with its first three victims in Latin America: Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. “Love is sharing a password” does not exist anymore.
Netflix accounts will only be able to run on the primary devices with which the service was contracted and only at the original address of the primary household. Those who want to play content outside these borders will have to pay an additional amount for the service.
In fact, from FayerWayer we made contact with the company’s service center, as clients in Argentina, and an agent told us that shared accounts will not have the option of reproduction in other countries.
In other words, those who want to pay that additional amount because they have a relative in another country will not be able to access this service. “If they are in another country they will not be able to open, if they are within the country they will get an announcement that they can add an extra member quota,” they explained from the Netflix attention center.
How much is the additional payment?
The amounts depend on the conditions of each country. For example, Netflix determines an additional price for Argentina, which must include taxes related to currency restrictions established by the current national government.
In the case of Mexico, the additional price for sharing accounts other than the address where you live will be MXN $69.
For Colombia it is an additional 8,900 Colombian pesos. While for Argentina it is 699 Argentine pesos, which with taxes is 1,230.24.
And the rest of the Latam countries?
There are no additional details on when these measures will appear for the rest of the Latin American countries. However, since Netflix announced at the time that this was something that was going to be applied to the whole world, it is a matter of time before this same eventuality appears in Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, Ecuador and Bolivia.