It seems that Netflix has started charging its customers for sharing passwords with friends. This is not surprising, considering the company already announced the change in its policy in March. The announcement made it clear that Netflix no longer wants people to share the account password with others, and that it will start asking people to pay extra if they want to share the account with more people.
Following this, it conducted a test in Peru, Chile, and Costa Rica to crack down on password sharing. But, the company’s effort to prevent password sharing is not working the way it planned. A report from Rest of the World is claiming that Netflix is asking users to pay extra for infringing the policy, which states that the account shouldn’t be “shared with individuals beyond your household.”
But, users simply chose to cancel the subscription when the popular video streaming service charged a few customers for going against the policy and sharing the password with other people. While Netflix has already announced its new policy of charging extra for account sharing, it has still confused many people in Peru.
The cited source spoke to thousands of Netflix users and found that people were not officially informed about the additional charges that are being levied or about the new policy. Some users are still sharing accounts and haven’t received a notification for additional charges. Following this, a Netflix spokesperson told the Rest of the World that the rollout of the new policy is in progress and that different subscribers might be charged differently.
Is Netflix's new policy also applicable to India?
As mentioned above, Netflix plans to prevent password sharing and this is currently being done in only Peru, Chile, and Costa Rica. This doesn’t mean that the new policy of charging extra to customers won’t come to other countries, including India. The company is just testing this in some places to see how this will turn out for them and then expand this to more countries. As of now, there is no word on when this policy will be made applicable to India. So, Indian users can relax for now.
What is NETFLIX ?
Netflix was a breakthrough app in online streaming when it was launched. It is an American media service provider that caused many households to cut cords with their cable connection.
With a wide array of television shows, documentaries and movies available, this streaming giant now operates in over more than 190 countries.
While it originally started as a DVD service, Netflix launched online streaming in 2007. This boosted its popularity, giving birth to many similar competitive services like Hulu, Amazon Prime, YouTube TV etc.
A significant name in online entertainment, Netflix is arguably the premium streaming video service provider as of now. It has consistently seen an exponential growth, with a whopping 158 million paying subscribers worldwide!
How does it work ?
With an established name in video streaming, Netflix usually comes preloaded smart TVs as an app. Moreover, you can download the application in the phones as well and all you need is a subscription to get started.
Considering Netflix is ad free, subscriptions are the primary way it earns its big bucks. Netflix offers three different plans to the audience, who then pay monthly membership fees to continue enjoying the service.
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