It was a decision expected but feared by many. Netflix announced on Tuesday that its account sharing restrictions would now apply in France. Therefore, a person outside a household can no longer take advantage of the service’s catalog of movies and series. Unless you pay a new option of 5.99 euros per month.
If you share your codes with someone who does not live with you, you will receive an email with information on how to share the account. The company reminds you that an account should only be used by members of the same household. It therefore invites you to check who benefits from your subscription (Tech&Co explains how to do it here), but above all to transfer a profile to a new subscription or add an additional subscriber.
To help you choose whether Netflix detects suspicious use of your account, Tech&Co explains the differences between the options the streaming service offers.
What is an additional subscriber?
The new Netflix device to encourage the 100 million free riders to pay to see its catalog of movies and series consists of a new option: the additional subscriber. Allows a person outside of a household to continue using a third-party subscription with their own access codes. An option at 5.99 euros per month is billed directly to the holder of the shared account.
Although its price is identical to that of the cheapest offer on the platform (Essential with ads), additional subscribers will save the distribution of ads, indicates the Netflix help center. In addition, they will be able to download content to access it offline. What the Essential offer with ads does not allow.
However, limitations are provided for additional subscribers. They will only be able to create a profile and watch shows on one screen. Also, they must be located in the same country as the person who invited them.
Who can share your account?
For account holders who so wish, only two offers allow the incorporation of a foreign person into their household. Netflix specifies that a standard formula authorizes the addition of only one additional subscriber. The Premium formula allows you to attach two additional subscribers.
Subscription holders can invite additional subscribers from a browser or TV. The management of these additional profiles will then be done in a browser. Thus it will be possible to change the additional subscriber, cancel or reactivate this option.
For shared account holders, the main difference will be at the invoice level. They are the ones who will have to pay the 5.99 euros per additional subscriber. However, adding a person who does not live in the household is not available as part of a subscription obtained through a package or third-party partner. By switching to this offer type, additional subscribers to an account will be automatically removed.
Source: BFM TV
