If you're sharing your Netflix account with someone, get ready for an email that tells you it's time to pay up if you want to keep access.
Netflix today announced that it’s going to start notifying subscribers in the U.S. who are sharing passwords that it’s time to pay up — $8, to be precise. The world’s largest streaming service says it’s sending emails to “members who are sharing Netflix outside their household” that will detail their options.
Known as “extra member slots,” the extra $8 will allow the former freeloaders to watch Netflix on one device at a time, and download content onto a single device at a time for offline viewing. They’ll also have their own profile, but cannot create additional profiles. And the extra member has to live in the same country as the home account.
Recommended Videos One other catch — in order to purchase the “extra member slots,” you’ll have to be billed by Netflix directly. If you’re paying through your wireless provider or some other system, you’re out of luck. Related “We recognize that our members have many entertainment choices,” Netflix wrote in the news post announcing the long-expected change. “It’s why we continue to invest heavily in a wide variety of new films and TV shows — so whatever your taste, mood or language and whoever you’re watching with, there’s always something satisfying to watch on Netflix.”
The account sharing crackdown comes months after Netflix first said it was stop its long-standing policy of nodding and winking at sharing your account — also known as “password sharing” — with someone who’s not actually in the home of the person who owns the account.
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