Password parasites , we bring you bad news . Netflix hasannounced plansto tramp out a test that will institutionalise account owners for share passwords with people who do n’t live in the same household .
Netflix is first locomote to trial this dodge in three countries : Chile , Costa Rica , and Peru . If an account is being spread across multiple households , reader will be prompted to bring an extra user to their package at the reduced cost of $ 2.99 in Costa Rica , S/7.9 in Peru , and 2,380 Mexican peso in Chile . mass who have been forced off the accounting can transfer all their data to a unexampled account or an extra penis sub - account to ensure they still have their view story , personalized recommendations , etc .
The technical school society said they would look to see how this trial goes in these three countries before have changes anywhere else in the world .
The reason for the task seems well-defined : money . Netflix says they support hoi polloi who live together to divvy up their score , but prolific parole sharing between multiple household is taking a toll on their multi - billion dollar profits , apparently .
“ news report are being shared between households – impacting our ability to invest in great novel TV and films for our fellow member , ” Chengyi Long , Director of Product Innovation at Netflix , write in ablog post .
Technically , Netflix does already prohibit password sharing beyond undivided households . In their terms and conditions , it reads : “ The Netflix divine service and any content accessed through the service are for your personal and non - commercial use only and may not be shared with individual beyond your household . ” manifestly , however , these regulation are not tightly enforced
If the watchword - sharing crackdown proves successful and gets the dark-green luminosity , it would be quite a uranium - turn from the stream giant ’s stance a few age ago . Netflix ’s carbon monoxide gas - CEO and Chairman Reed Hastings has antecedently state no care over the issue of countersign cyclosis , argue that it ’s part of what makes streaming services so desirable .
" We have sex citizenry sharing Netflix , " Hastingstold the crowdat CES 2016 . " That ’s a positive affair , not a minus thing . "
