Netflix ends account sharing. Started device verification. Amazon laughs

In 2017, he tweeted that “love is sharing a password.” Over the course of several years, he must have fallen out of love and considered it toxic love, because in the last days Netflix has officially launched a fight against account sharing. Another streaming service referred to the mentioned entry on this occasion – . In response, he wanted to show that love still blooms in Amazon. The British branch of the website has uploaded a photo from the login panel, in which there is a question: “Who’s watching?” – and the answer “anyone with the password”, created from .

Recall that Netflix in a Tuesday announcement said that the account is intended for a given subscriber and people who live with him, i.e. for a given person. . From now on, you will be able to share your Netflix account with someone you do not live with only for additional payment of PLN 9.99/month. Poles are already receiving messages about the need to sort out their accounts and possibly transfer them from the subscriber’s account to the subscription they pay for.

Netflix is ​​ending account sharing. Started device verification

In addition, Netflix already asks for verification of devices used by subscribers. “Confirm that the TV belongs to your household” – this type of message appears to Poles on their screens. At the same time, Netflix ensures that devices using the same Internet connection as will be automatically included in the household. For now, you can either confirm your TV affiliation, or select “not now” and deal with it later. There are also the first voices of indignation that Netflix has blocked access to the platform. “I have my own account that I use with my wife. Wife in , I work abroad on a daily basis and use Netflix here. Now I have a blockade because my wife has set the Polish address as home,” one such complaint reads in social media.