Netflix has made it clear that only people who live in the same household can use an account opened on its service, and that if it detects that this requirement is not met, next year it will start charging the user an additional amount.
The technology company dedicates a section on its Help page to account sharing, where it makes it clear that people who do not live in the same household “will have to use their own account to see Netflix“.
How will you find out?
The company verifies the household requirement through the IP address, device identifiers, and the account activity itself. With this information, Netflix You can tell if the account holder’s home Internet connection is being used.
In the event that the user connects from another network, or from a different device outside the home, for example, because he is traveling, the company will carry out a verification of the device, to verify that he is authorized to use said account.
The purpose of all this is to prevent other users, even if they are friends or relatives, from using the same account, a phenomenon that in recent years has made it possible to share expenses, for example, by activating an account that allows the simultaneous use of four devices, the cost of which can be shared among four people.
Netflix is blunt in this regard: “Only people who live with you can use your account.” And if it detects sharing, it warns that it will charge the owner an extra, as you have already tried in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru, as a subaccount. This approach will begin to be implemented in all countries at the beginning of 2023, as reported by the company in the financial results of the third quarter.
It also clarifies that said payment will not be automatic. To give users options, it recently announced the ability to transfer configured profiles to a new account. Although it will also allow you to create ‘sub-accounts’ for extra members, paying an additional amount.
Currently, Netflix offers three subscription plans: Basic ($10), Standard ($15.5) and Premium ($20), which support the use of the account on one, two and four devices simultaneously, in addition to progressively improving the quality from image.
On November 10 this offer will be extended with the Basic plan with ads, which will cost $7 per month In return, show an average of four or five minutes of ads per hour, which will be seen at the beginning of the series and movies and during their reproduction. (EuropePress)
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