Four months ago, Netflix begin its persecution about password sharing by creating an “additional membership” fee for users who share an account with people they don’t live with. Additional membership fees of around $2 to $3 per month have been implemented in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru, with Netflix saying it will evaluate the rollout before implementing changes in other countries.
This Monday, Netflix announced another fee it charges customers who share the account. The new service requires customers to pay for “outbuildings” and will be charged starting August 22 in Argentina, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
“Starting August 22, 2022, if your Netflix account is being used on a TV outside of your home, you’ll be charged an additional $2.99 per month per outhouse. You’ll only be charged charge when you or someone else using your account chooses to add an extra home — it will NOT be automatically charged”, Netflix speak on its Honduras pricing page.
The fee per extra house is also $2.99 a month in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Guatemala. In Argentina, the fee is 219 pesos per month (about $1.70 USD). Netflix obviously aiming for a broader rollout of account sharing or fees later this year.
As for the expected worldwide rollout, Netflix hasn’t said if it will standardize on a single fee, giving users a choice between additional family fees and additional membership fees. or create some other options. Netflix aims to “think as hard as we can about how we charge for multi-family usage” and “won’t make changes in other countries until we better understand what’s easy.” best for its members,” the company said in yesterday’s announcement.
With revenue growth slowing, Netflix also has a plan create an ad-supported level in addition to streamer’s current ad-free plans.
“TV will be blocked unless you add an outhouse”
ONE “Netflix HouseThe “FAQ clarifies that users” can “watch Netflix on your laptop or mobile device while traveling” and “watch Netflix on TV outside your home for up to two weeks as long as your account has not been used in that location before. This is allowed once per position per year. “
Starting August 22, customers who sign in outside of their home “will see the option to add an outbuilding for an additional fee each month” or use a two-week grace period, Netflix said. . Earlier today, the Netflix FAQ included a sentence that said after the two-week grace period, “TV will be blocked unless you add an outbuilding”, as you can see in this screenshot:
The verdict on TV being blocked has been dropped, but it’s still clear that customers will have to pay a fee to avoid being blocked at another home. Netflix says it detects more homes using “information like IP addresses, device IDs, and account activity.” To avoid the message “too many homes are using your account”, Netflix advises users to make sure “the device is not connected to a VPN, proxy, or any unblocking service”.
Netflix will add an option to user account pages where they can “review which TVs or TV-connected devices are using your account by location and sign out of your account from a location.” .” Signing out of a location will sign out all devices associated with that location.
Netflix will limit the number of additional homes users can add based on their subscription plan. Basic subscribers can add an additional house, Standard subscribers can add up to two outbuildings, and Premium subscribers can add up to three.
Netflix’s Basic, Standard, and Premium plans have monthly fees ranging from $7.99 to $13.99 in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Prices range from $9.99 to $19.99 in the US. The different levels have pre-existing limits on how many people can view simultaneously, but they are based on the number of screens, not the number of locations.
