Netflix customers are being warned the streaming giant will begin its crackdown on password sharing within the next few months. The streaming giant has updated its users on when it will introduce its new policy to make it more difficult for people to share their passwords.
The tighter restrictions will be introduced in the US first, then other countries during the same quarter of the financial year.
In a statement, Netflix said: "We learn more with each rollout and we've incorporated the latest learnings, which we think will lead to even better results. To implement these changes, we shifted out the timing of the broad launch from late Q1 to Q2.
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"We are planning on a broad rollout [of the password sharing crackdown], including in the US, in Q2.
"We're pleased with the most recent launches of paid sharing, and while we could have launched broadly in Q1 [the first three months of 2023], we found opportunities to improve the experience for members."
Under the current rules subscribers are told they're not supposed to share their passwords with people outside their household but many still do. But the streaming giant is now looking to clamp down on this.
Netflix first confirmed plans to “monetize” paid-for account sharing globally in a letter to shareholders in October 2022. The subscription service introduced fees for password sharing in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain last month.
Netflix hasn't said how much it plans on charging in the UK.
Canadian subscribers can add an extra member as a "sub account" for CAD$7.99 (£4.78) and in New Zealand the charge is NZ$7.99 (£3.97).
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