With the arrival of streaming services, many users take advantage of the advantages that this type of product allows them, sharing the subscription costs among several acquaintances, thus achieving that the final price turns out to be much lower than the official price set by companies such as Netflix, Spotify or Xbox itself with Game Pass.
This type of practice is not only widely established in Netflix, but it is also known by the company, so much so that it seems that it intends to put an end to them. Today it is known that Netflix plans to end account sharing in the way that can most affect users who make use of this practice: creating a new price.
Netflix Will Prompt Subscribers to Pay for Users Outside Their Households in New Password-Sharing Crackdown Test (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/N8YSKIunyT
— Variety (@Variety) March 16, 2022
depending on the medium Variety, Netflix plans to end shared accounts outside the homeestablishing an additional fee for all those who carry out this type of practice, something completely prohibited by the Netflix terms of service, despite having spent years ignoring it.
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Apparently, Netflix will launch this test in three countries soon: Chile, Costa Rica and Peru. According to the company, they will allow members from outside households to share accounts “easily and safely, while paying a little more”, In the words of Chengti Long, director of product innovation at Netflix.
For now, it is unknown whether or not this new tarida will expand to the rest of the countries in which Netflix is present. Everything will depend on how it works in the countries mentioned, but it is more than likely that in the future we will see this type of rate in Spain.