The end of account sharing hovers over France. Netflix is accelerating the implementation of its new domestic policy and chooses Spain and Portugal to debut in Europe. With more than 100 million free riders, the American platform says it is forced to charge members who do not belong to the household.
Soon in France ?
After tackling the account sharing market in Latin America, Netflix is starting to apply its recent rules in four new countries: Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and finally Spain. An acceleration of the schedule announced several months ago by company executives. A step that precedes the application of the new regulation to other countries “In the coming months.“French users could soon be affected.
“We’ve always made it easy for people who live together to share their Netflix account with features like profiles and multi-streams. Although they were hugely popular, they also created some confusion about when and how to share Netflix.“, says the company in a blog post published Wednesday, February 8.
6 euros extra per month in Spain
Netflix users in these new countries are asked to define their main place of residence, where the streaming application will be used the most. They will also need to manage access to their account on their various devices, to ensure that only authorized people can access their profile. With the function “Profile Transfer”THE “squatters” of Netflix account, will be able to transfer their series, films, and viewing preferences to a new account.
On the move, customers will be able to continue to use the service, on a temporary basis. Finally, if the owner of an account wishes, he can pay an additional “7.99 Canadian dollars per month per person in Canada, 7.99 New Zealand dollars in New Zealand, 3.99 euros in Portugal and 5.99 euros in Spainto continue hosting an additional member. A feature that will not be available to customers with a Standard or Standard with archyde news plan.