New Delhi: In the US, Netflix is now going after customers who share their login information with friends and elsewhere. The streaming service began its campaign against password sharing in a few Latin American countries before expanding the experiment in February to include Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain. Due to the company’s intense concentration on growing its user base in India with its ad-supported plans, it is not accessible there.
Users in the US will now have to pay an additional fee if the primary account holder wants to share the account with friends and relatives. The business states in a blog post that “the Netflix account is for use by one family. (Also Read: 9 Most Popular Mobile Phones Of All Time,
Every member of that family can access Netflix from anywhere, whether they’re at home, traveling, or on vacation, and they can benefit from new tools like Transfer Profiles and Manage Access and Devices.
According to Netflix, users can share their Netflix accounts with people living in the same household. For this, users will have to pay $ 7.99 (about Rs 661) every month. Readers should be aware that this pricing applies to the US market only, and that Netflix will use different marketing tactics depending on the market.
According to The Verge, customers who subscribe to one of Netflix’s two cheapest plans, Basic or Standard with ads, which cost $9.99 (Rs 830) or $6.99 (Rs 589) per month, respectively, can add a second account. unable to.
An additional member can be added for $7.99 per month if the user has the Netflix Standard plan ($15.49 or Rs. 1,290 per month). For the same $7.99 per month, anyone with a Netflix Premium subscription that promises 4K playback can add up to two more people.
Users in the UK will also be able to access Netflix, but they will have to pay GNB 4.99 (around Rs 510).