Everyone knows it - Netflix. The world's best-known streaming service will ban sharing accounts outside of one's own household in the future. But why? And how will Netflix control it?
Netflix has announced on their website that they will make it harder to share accounts that do not live in the same household. According to Netflix, this prevents the company from investing in great TV shows and movies (Despite a total profit of $5.1 billion in 2021).
The company is already testing two principles in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru. The first test will try to add additional members. They will then have to pay extra if they do not live in the same household as the account owner. The amounts would be: 2380 CLP in Chile, 2.99$ in Costa Rica and 7.9 PEN in Peru. All amounts are worth the equivalent of about three dollars.
The second test of Netflix is transferring a profile to a new account. However, they will then have to pay the above amounts. It should be in the settings then: My List, personalized suggestions and viewing history. Netflix has not written anything more about this.
But before Netflix applies these principles worldwide, they will still analyze the usefulness of the two tests in these three countries.
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