New Delhi: Netflix on Thursday announced that it is bringing additional restrictions on account and password sharing in India. The streaming service giant has been cracking down on password sharing globally for some time now, restricting users from sharing passwords with people other than their family.
“A Netflix account is for use by one household. Everyone living in that household can use Netflix wherever they are — at home, on the go, on holiday — and take advantage of new features like Transfer Profile and Manage Access and Devices,” reads the Netflix statement.
The company will start sending out emails, informing users that the account is meant for a single household and members outside the household can transfer their profiles to a new account and get a separate subscription.
It is quite common for users in India to share their Netflix account with their friends, splitting the cost of the account between two to three users. The new measures by the company will now put an end to this.
It is noteworthy that Netflix had however announced paid sharing, allowing users to pay an additional amount to share their account with other users in markets like the US.
