Netflix to begin charging for password sharing in five more countries
nme.comNetflix have announced they will charge for password sharing in an additional five countries, as the streaming giant continues to crackdown on the practice.Today (July 22), news broke that Netflix have asked customers in five more countries – Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and the Dominican Republic – to pay additional fees if they are sharing their password with viewers outside of their household.
The additional fees vary between countries but users can expect to pay no more than an additional US$2.99.According to IGN, the extra cost won’t affect the use of the streaming service from mobile devices.
The move comes after Netflix introduced an “add extra member” feature for Chile, Peru and Costa Rica back in March.The entertainment service has been attempting to limit password sharing for some time.
Back in 2019, Netflix had said they intended to implement new rules for the sharing of passwords, but would do so in a “consumer-friendly way”.In 2021, Netflix rolled out a verification system in some countries, whereby programs began with a warning: “If you don’t live with the owner of this account, you need your own account to keep watching.”In research published earlier this year, it was estimated that at least 27 per cent of Netflix’s then-14.9million UK subscribers alone shared their accounts with other members of their household.
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