Netflix is planning to take over your shared account in 2023. The company is making the move in order to improve its own service and make it more user-friendly. Netflix has been working on this plan for a while, and it’s finally coming to fruition. In order to take over your account, you’ll need to provide your email address and password. You won’t be able to use any of your other accounts with Netflix, so be sure to keep all of your information safe! If you’re not comfortable with this plan, you can always choose not to have Netflix take over your account. However, this option will likely have a negative impact on your overall experience with the company. So be sure to think about what you want from Netflix before making this decision!
The streaming service announced in a letter to shareholders that it would be monetizing password sharing starting in early 2023. If you currently borrow a friend’s Netflix account, the company wants you to either move to a subscription of your own or pay for using your friend’s subscription.
Whenever this system does roll out, the person sharing their account will be able to set up a “sub-account” for you for an extra fee, which will work with its own separate login. And if you want to get your own, full account, you’ll be able to transfer your existing profile to a different account soon.
This is the same account-sharing system that’s currently being tested in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru. Netflix tested out a different system that prompted users to pay for extra “households” in Argentina, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic, but it looks like Netflix will not go through with that one.
This new measure will follow the rollout of the service’s cheaper, ad-supported tier, giving Netflix users, or borrowers, more options to enjoy their favorite movies and shows for cheaper while still supporting the company’s business. As for a concrete date on when this will roll out, we don’t have one, as Netflix is stopping at “early 2023.”
Source: The Verge
