Netflix claims it accidentally published strict password sharing guidelines
According to reports, new Netflix regulations that would have prohibited users from sharing their passwords are invalid and do not now apply in the US.
Reportedly a mistake, the new Netflix restrictions that would have limited password sharing are now not in effect in the United States.
Netflix has planned to limit the practise of having several users share a single paid account for some time now. It has already implemented a method for users to effectively block other users from accessing their account.
However, it seemed like the corporation went the extra mile by including a new set of guidelines in its help pages.
In general, the service may be used by anybody at the subscriber’s physical location. However, the subscriber would have to verify once every 31 days that an away-from-home user, such as a student at a remote school, was indeed a member of the household and so entitled to the same rates as other members.
However, you won’t find those restrictions on Netflix anymore. The Streamable reports that Netflix has admitted the whole thing was a mistake.
A Netflix representative explained that the piece was only meant to be seen by customers in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru, but it was accidentally made public yesterday. We’ve revised it since then.
So, only those nations have adopted such regulations. However, Netflix predicts that 100 million of its viewers will not pay, and the company expects to lose 200,000 members in the first quarter of 2022 alone.
Thus, Netflix has announced that it would prohibit the sharing of passwords beginning in early 2023. These regulations, or ones like them, are thus likely to be implemented shortly, whether this was a mistake or a test of public response.
Separately, in November 2022, Netflix introduced a new, cheaper $6.99/month Basic tier with advertisements, in an effort to reduce the loss to non-paying users.