Netflix has shared more details about its new rules against password sharing, revealing the potential costs of continuing to share an account.
The streaming giant warned last year of an update that will prevent users from sharing passwords across devices, and recently shared the mechanics of the new system on its website.
Apparently, the new rules required a home device to log into their primary account every 31 days or users would be locked out.
However, as the update began rolling out to Canada, New Zealand, Spain, and Portugal, it became clear that users can set up a “primary location” to manage access and add members. additional at an additional cost. [a través de la BBC].
In Canada, subscribers can add a “sub-account” for CAD 7.99 (£4.92), with a limit of two additional sub-accounts per main subscription.
The fare in New Zealand is 7.99 New Zealand dollars (4.17 pounds) for the same service, and it would cost 3.99 euros (3.54 pounds) in Portugal and 5.99 euros (5. 32 pounds) in Spain. .
A profile transfer feature will be offered so that users can keep their existing accounts if they create new accounts due to the changes.
However, Netflix recently said that updated measures to crack down on password sharing were mistakenly released following backlash.
The streaming giant said a help page on “paid sharing” reaching other countries had been activated elsewhere “for a short time” and then taken down.
“Yesterday, for a brief period, an article from the [centro] A help page with information that only applies to Chile, Costa Rica and Peru has been launched in other countries,” Netflix said of the page. “We’ve updated it. day since.”
And tweet 2017 in which Netflix said “love shares a password” went viral again after the announcement.