Netflix and their shared accounts are in the past. At least, that is the reality that is already lived in Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Portugal, the first four countries affected by the new measures of the streaming service.
Since Thursday, February 9, 2023, users of the platform in these territories have had to accept the recent rules of the company, which has identified that more than 100 million households share their accounts to watch series and movies.
Do you want to know more about it? In the following lines, we reveal the price, restrictions and what you should know about the strategy of Reed Hastings and co-founder Marc Randolph that would soon reach the whole world.
THE REASON WHY NETFLIX HAS PROHIBITED ACCOUNT SHARING
On February 8, an official statement from the brand was released: “We’ve always made it easy for people living under one roof to share their Netflix account with features like profiles and multi-screen viewing. Although they have been enormously successful, have also caused some confusion about when and how you can share Netflix”start the text.
Then, it is explained that the large number of shared accounts today would reduce the company’s ability to “invest in the creation of great stories, told with series and films of the highest quality”.
Finally, the platform ensures that they will perfect the new functions based on the comments of their subscribers, in order to “continue to improve Netflix in the coming years.”
The streaming service has prohibited sharing accounts (Photo: Netflix)
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO CREATE NETFLIX “SUBACCOUNTS” IN SPAIN?
However, Netflix has proposed an alternative. From now on, subscribers to the Standard or Premium plans from Spain can add “subaccounts” For two people, maximum, with whom you do not live.
Each of them will have a profile, personalized recommendations, their own username and password, for a cost of 5.99 euros per month per person.
It is worth noting that Portuguese users will also “benefit” from this option. Although, unlike their neighboring country, they only have to add 3.99 euros more to your monthly payments.
The new measures that affect Netflix Spain from February 9, 2023 (Photo: Netflix)
OTHER NETFLIX RESTRICTIONS IN SPAIN
Netflix has implemented new functions with which it promises that you will be able to “better control your account”. We detail them below.
- Main Location Settings: Subscribers must set up a “central home” so they can use their account Netflix everyone who lives in your home.
- Account access and device management: Users will be able to control who accesses their account on the new “Manage access and devices” page.
- Profile transfer: Now, anyone who uses an account can move their profile to their own paid account, keeping their personalized recommendations, viewing history, “My List”, their saved games and much more. You can know more about it from this link.
- Watch Netflix when you’re on the go: Subscribers will be able to see Netflix on your personal devices or sign in on another TV (at a hotel or vacation rental, for example).
Netflix has started testing its basic ad-supported plan, but it’s not working for you. (Photo: Pixabay)
