A few months ago, Netflix began an intense fight against account sharing, which was previously unofficially turned a blind eye to. Users who share accounts contrary to the regulations, . It’s clearly profitable for Netflix.
There are many myths surrounding what is currently allowed and what is not on Netflix. So, we explain how website verification works and what can and does result in account banning.
What is a Netflix household? It doesn’t matter who you live with
Let’s start with the fact that account sharing has not been banned by Netflix at all. The problem is that permitted sharing can only take place within one household. What is this household? as “a collection of devices that share the same internet connection where you most often use Netflix.”
In practice, Netflix asked whether a particular TV was in the household. All other devices using the same account and connected to the Internet via the same Wi-Fi network are then automatically connected to a given household. For Netflix, it does not matter whether the user lives alone, with his family or with a group of friends. What matters is that you use the website where you live.
Of course, it’s not like we won’t use Netflix outside of home Wi-Fi. A given device remains within one household until it connects to the Internet at home at least once a month (this is what it looks like at the moment). People who travel frequently must therefore come home at least once every 30 days so that Netflix does not ask for additional verification (then you can select the “I am traveling” option and confirm with a temporary code).
How to use Netflix after the changes? Relocation will not be required
There are basically two options. The first is the ability to transfer a subaccount to a completely new (or another, existing) account while retaining the settings, “my list” and viewing history. The second is to add an “additional user”. Netflix has made an exception to the rule and allows you to add a person (or a maximum of two) who does not live in the account owner’s household. Of course not for free.
In Poland, such pleasure costs PLN 9.99, which must be added to the monthly subscription. The person added to the account can therefore use the same package as the account owner, even if he or she lives hundreds of kilometers away.
However, there are three conditions here. First, such a user must be “activated in the same country in which the owner of the main account created his account.” Secondly, the subscription must be paid by the account owner (and not, for example, by the operator as a “freebie” for the telephone subscription). Third, this feature only works with Standard and Premium plans. This option is not available in the cheapest Basic package and the ad-supported plan, which is still unavailable in Poland.
Source: Gazeta
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