Netflix has already introduced its new one bills anti-sharing system in three South American countries. The first tests were accompanied by several missteps and just as many confusions.
In Chile, Peru and Costa Rica, Netflix’s new anti-account sharing policy is already a reality. It works like this: it is no longer possible to just share the password with everyone. Users who want to share the subscription with two other people outside their household can do so, but pay extra Once you’ve paid the monthly extra, you can split the subscription with two others. Each of them gets access to the subscription with different credentials, so they don’t have to share the password anymore.
Netflix has already announced that this new system will also be rolled out in the rest of the world. For the time being, it seems that the tests in South America are not going so well. This was according to a report from Rest of World, which said most subscriptions would not even be aware of the change. In theory, the tests started in March, in practice Netflix would not have warned the vast majority of its users.
It seems that Netflix cannot enforce its new policy: many users would continue to share their passwords without any problem. One user told Rest of Word that he received a warning that he would soon have to pay extra to continue sharing his account, but that he would ignore the message to no avail.
On the other hand, another user mentioned that he had not received any message at all and that he continues to do so share his password with a few friends without consequences.
However, many users have not understood what Netflix means by “family For example, there are those who believe that this even allows sharing with third- or fourth-degree relatives, such as uncles and cousins. In reality this is not the case: people have to be part of the same core. So children, siblings, parents, spouses and partners. In theory, even friends, as long as they’re roommates. It is certainly not possible to share it with relatives who do not live under our own roof.
Moral? Sharing your membership with friends and acquaintances should cost an additional $2 to $3. But in practice, according to Rest of the World, hardly anyone pays.
Reached out by Rest of the World, a Netflix spokesperson at least partially disputed the purport of the reconstruction, adding that the company is pleased with the results achieved so far:
While we started working on paid sharing over 18 months ago, we’ve known for five years that “a Netflix account is for people who live together in one house.” The millions of members actively sharing an account in these countries have been notified by email, but given the importance of this change, we are slowly increasing the number of notifications within the product. We are pleased with the responses so far.
Update 01/06/022: The news has been updated with the statement that a Netflix spokesperson has given to the Rest of the World site.
Source: Lega Nerd
