Netflix's plan to block password-sharing is a mess!

Earlier this year, Netflix took some nasty steps to stop password sharing among users living in different locations. The company, which is struggling to retain customers in the market and recently lost customers for the first time, has started testing a new feature in Chile, Peru, and Costa Rica that forces customers to pay extra to share their accounts with others. However, it seems that Netflix's plans to curb this practice have become rather confusing, even for the company. Read the details below!

According to a recent report from the Rest of the World, the initial rollout of Netflix's new feature allows users to add two additional accounts for extra money. The publication spoke to various Netflix subscribers in Peru and determined that they had not received a uniform message or notification from Netflix about the new feature.

It is said that after Netflix started charging people extra for additional accounts earlier this year, some users canceled their Netflix plans outright. On the other hand, some continue to share their passwords with family members without receiving any notification from Netflix, while others who receive the notification simply ignore it and continue to share their accounts without results. Some even get confused about what the word "household" means when it means people living in the same place.

Gabriela A, a user from Lima, Peru, says she shares her account with two friends who live in different places. After the new change, Gabriela received no notification when her friends asked her to verify her account. However, they chose to ignore the incident and use Netflix. In fact, Gabriella was not charged extra for continuing to share her account. He says, “I want to continue using my‘ pirate ’account as long as possible,”

Moreover, an anonymous Netflix customer service representative spoke to the Rest of the World and said that the new changes are even confusing them. The representative made it clear that when a customer calls them and says that one of their family members is using a shared Netflix account from another location, the delegates are asked to search further and then allow the practice after a simple verification by code. Anonymous Netflix employees continue to share their accounts with friends outside the family and have not yet been notified of any additional charges.

So, it turns out, that Netflix is ​​having trouble implementing a plan to prevent password-sharing, and the process needs to be smoothed out before global changes can roll out. If you do not know, the OTT platform is expected to extend this feature to other regions, but we do not know when this will happen.

So, what do you think about it? Are you willing to pay extra to share your account with people outside of your family?