{"id":32242,"date":"2022-06-01T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-isnt-going-well-and-thats-good-news-for-you\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T16:16:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T16:16:00","slug":"netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-isnt-going-well-and-thats-good-news-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-isnt-going-well-and-thats-good-news-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix&#8217;s password-sharing crackdown isn&#8217;t going well &#8211; and that&#8217;s good news for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Good news, Netflix subscribers: the streamer&#8217;s clampdown on password-sharing has reportedly gotten off to a rocky start &#8211; and that could mean a delayed rollout of surcharges globally. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the year, Netflix unveiled a pilot program that began charging certain customers in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru an additional fee &#8211; currently around $ 2.99 \/ \u00a3 2.50 \/ AU $ 4 &#8211; for sharing their account passwords with anyone outside of the bill-paying household .  The trial remains confined to those South American countries, but Netflix has been vocal about its plan to expand this password-sharing surcharge worldwide in the \u201cshort to mid-term\u201d.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>But a recent report from <u>Rest of World<\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span> suggests the experiment, at least in Peru, isn&#8217;t running smoothly, with test subjects crying foul over the way said surcharges have been announced, policed \u200b\u200band implemented. <\/p>\n<p>According to the publication, which surveyed more than a dozen affected subscribers, the majority of those involved in the trial have been left confused by Netflix&#8217;s loose definition of \u201chousehold\u201d and frustrated by a lack of clarity over whether they qualify for the additional fee. <\/p>\n<p>In cases where subscribers <em>have <\/em>been charged for sharing passwords with individuals outside of the bill-paying household, some say they were never formally informed by Netflix of the policy change, despite the trial commencing more than two months ago. <\/p>\n<p>The nature of the test also seems to vary on a case-by-case basis.  Other subscribers claim, for instance, that they did receive account verification prompts but ignored them without penalty, while others say the password-sharing fees have taken effect as expected.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"Woman using Netflix on a laptop\" class=\" lazy-image-van\" onerror=\"if(this.src &amp;&amp; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/techradar\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/e6KTTNxqwzPtwp7W7xUpN5-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/e6KTTNxqwzPtwp7W7xUpN5-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/e6KTTNxqwzPtwp7W7xUpN5-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/e6KTTNxqwzPtwp7W7xUpN5-970-80.jpg.webp 970w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/e6KTTNxqwzPtwp7W7xUpN5.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/e6KTTNxqwzPtwp7W7xUpN5.jpg\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Woman using Netflix on a laptop\" class=\" lazy-image-van\" onerror=\"if(this.src &amp;&amp; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/techradar\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/e6KTTNxqwzPtwp7W7xUpN5-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/e6KTTNxqwzPtwp7W7xUpN5-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/e6KTTNxqwzPtwp7W7xUpN5-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/e6KTTNxqwzPtwp7W7xUpN5-970-80.jpg 970w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/e6KTTNxqwzPtwp7W7xUpN5.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/e6KTTNxqwzPtwp7W7xUpN5.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Shutterstock \/ sitthiphong)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In response to the confusion, Netflix gave the following statement to both TechCrunch and The Verge: &#8220;While we started working on paid sharing over 18 months ago, we have been clear for five years that &#8216;A Netflix account is for people who live together in a single household &#8216;.  The millions of members who are actively sharing an account in these countries have been notified by email, but given the importance of this change, we are ramping up in-product notifications more slowly.  We&#8217;re pleased with the response to date. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The need to &#8220;ramp up in-product notifications&#8221; suggests the streamer will be making an active effort to better clarify the parameters of the experiment to those involved, though it&#8217;s clear that the password-sharing surcharges themselves are here to stay &#8211; at least for subscribers in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru. <\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, both Central and South America represent Netflix&#8217;s least lucrative regions when it comes to revenue generated per user, so it makes sense that the company would trial such an ambitious &#8211; and controversial &#8211; business model change in these countries. <\/p>\n<p>However, given the evident confusion surrounding these password-sharing surcharges in their current state &#8211; despite the streamer&#8217;s insistence that it&#8217;s &#8220;pleased with the response&#8221; &#8211; we don&#8217;t anticipate Netflix will move to implement them in other markets for a while yet. <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no knowing just how long that \u201cwhile\u201d might be, but judging by the fragility of the company&#8217;s US subscriber base right now, Netflix needs to be sure that these surcharges are introduced in the most effective way possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good news, Netflix subscribers: the streamer&#8217;s clampdown on password-sharing has reportedly gotten off to a rocky start &#8211; and that could mean a delayed rollout of surcharges globally. Earlier in the year, Netflix unveiled a pilot program that began charging certain customers in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru an additional fee &#8211; currently around $ &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-isnt-going-well-and-thats-good-news-for-you\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Netflix&#8217;s password-sharing crackdown isn&#8217;t going well &#8211; and that&#8217;s good news for you<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YvR8p2uB55fcpDhgTsPAWi-1200-80.jpg?ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YvR8p2uB55fcpDhgTsPAWi-1200-80.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}