{"id":1386894,"date":"2022-03-17T12:53:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T16:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1386894"},"modified":"2022-03-17T16:59:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T20:59:47","slug":"pay-up-freeloaders-netflix-wants-to-crack-down-on-password-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pay-up-freeloaders-netflix-wants-to-crack-down-on-password-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay Up, Freeloaders: Netflix Wants to Crack Down on Password Sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpay-up-freeloaders-netflix-wants-to-crack-down-on-password-sharing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1386894&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Streaming giant Netflix will reportedly soon be testing a scheme to make primary account holders pay a fee for users outside their households to crack down on password sharing.<\/p>\n<p><em>Variety<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/digital\/news\/netflix-subscribers-pay-users-outside-households-1235206575\/\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that Netflix will soon be testing a scheme to charge primary account holders a fee for letting users outside of their household access their account, with the goal to crack down on password sharing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20098026\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1134906259.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">CEO Of Netflix, Reed Hastings\u00a0 (Photo by Juan Naharro Gimenez\/Getty Images for Netflix)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10927442\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/strangerstock1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10927442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/strangerstock1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, and Noah Schnapp in Stranger Things (Netflix, 2016)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The company\u2019s terms of service state that a customer account \u201cmay not be shared with individuals beyond your household,\u201d however, for years users have shared their Netflix accounts with friends and family. Netflix has been aware of this issue but ignored it for some time. Last year, Netflix ran a limited test prompting users to enter their account details to force those using borrowed accounts to pay for their own.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In an upcoming test set to launch in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru, Netflix plans to let members who share their accounts with others outside their household do so\u00a0\u201ceasily and securely, while also paying a bit more,\u201d said Chengyi Long, the director of product innovation at Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>Long wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/about.netflix.com\/en\/news\/paying-to-share-netflix-outside-your-household\">blog post<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ve always made it easy for people who live together to share their Netflix account, with features like separate profiles and multiple streams in our Standard and Premium plans. While these have been hugely popular, they have also created some confusion about when and how Netflix can be shared. As a result, accounts are being shared between households \u2014 impacting our ability to invest in great new TV and films for our members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cadd an extra member feature\u201d will allow members of Netflix\u2019s Standard and Premium plans to add subsidiary accounts for up to two people outside their household for less than the cost of a separate Netflix plan. In the test countries, the cost for adding a sub-member is\u00a0between $2 and $3 U.S. dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/digital\/news\/netflix-subscribers-pay-users-outside-households-1235206575\/\"><em>Variety<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Streaming giant Netflix will reportedly soon be testing a scheme to make primary account holders pay a fee for users outside their households to crack down on password sharing. 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