Netflix’s efforts against account sharing have intensified significantly in recent years. The last great suggestion is to offer a plan with ads, Lower price it is intended to attract those subscribers who, for one reason or another, cannot or do not want to pay higher price levels. However, the ideas of the platform did not end there.
According to Hollywood Reporter, Netflix will let you transfer your entire profile to a new account. The transfer also includes your activity on the service, so you won’t lose your history of content you’ve already seen or those saved on your list to watch later. You also take your personal playback-related settings with you.
While Netflix doesn’t mention it, this feature is meant to make it easier to create an account for those with the same account. And the fact is that some people refused this step because they could not transfer their activities and settings. At least in this sense, there will no longer be a reason.
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The problem, of course, is that not many people will be interested in paying for a subscription just for this new product. The big hurdle to get out of a shared account has nothing to do with the lack of a migration system, but it prices are already too high in many regions of the world.
Netflix is aware of this situation, so it is going to launch its “cheap” subscription with ads. Although it was originally supposed to arrive within the next year, the company turned on the accelerator to get it ready as soon as possible. It didn’t take long for them to partner with Microsoft to roll out their advertising infrastructure and then shut down a few advertisers.
If Netflix’s strategy goes according to plan, ad-supported memberships will be available in Mexico from November 1 for $99. In Spain, for its part, it will arrive on the 10th of the same month and will have a price €5.99. Be careful, remember that the rest of the plans will remain intact; level with ads does not replace any of the existing ones.
For now, these will be Netflix “friendly” deals, so that users using shared accounts will be asked to subscribe individually.
Of course, there are countries where the platform takes strict measures to prevent the exchange. In Guatemala, El Salvador, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru, to name a few territories, Netflix has launched a test for fee for each home where a shared account is used. This practice has, of course, been heavily criticized by affected users.
Source: Hiper Textual
