Netflix has ended account sharing outside the home in several countries, including Portugal, a measure that came into effect on Wednesday, the streaming platform announced.
From now on, members with the ‘standard’ or ‘premium’ plan will be able to “add additional member’s secondary accounts, for up to two people outside their residence”, with an additional monthly cost of 3.99 euros, Netflix announced in a statement.
“A Netflix account is designed to be used in a home and members can choose between several plans, with different features,” he stressed.
The “streaming” platform stressed that it has always sought to “make it easy to share the Netflix account between people who live in the same house”, with features such as “different profiles and the possibility of watching Netflix on several screens simultaneously”.
“Despite their success, these features have created some confusion about when and how Netflix can be shared. Today, more than 100 million households share accounts, which impacts our ability to invest in high-quality series and movies,” the company stressed in the press release.
The measure that puts an end to the sharing of accounts came into force today in countries such as Canada, New Zealand and Spain, as well as Portugal, with the focus on allowing customers to “control who has access to their account”, explained the platform of “streaming”, which has been in Portugal since 2015.
For people using an account, you can now “easily” transfer a profile to a new account, keeping “your personalized recommendations” or “view history” among other options.
Netflix further explained that “members can continue to watch Netflix on their personal devices or sign in to a new TV, for example, in a hotel room or vacation home.”
Source: TSF
