What you need to know
- Netflix is rolling out its account sharing crackdown in the United States and more countries this quarter.
- The service initially launched paid account sharing in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain earlier this year.
- The new policy demands a fee from users if they want to share accounts with people outside their households.
Netflix enforced new restrictions on password sharing earlier this year in a handful of countries, but the end of Netflix account sharing is gradually picking up steam in more regions, with the United States and more territories following suit starting in the second quarter of 2023.
The streaming giant revealed plans to expand its crackdown on password sharing to additional markets in its first-quarter 2023 earnings report (opens in new tab), charging users to add subaccounts for streamers mooching their Netflix access. In the United States, the platform will soon start charging fees for subaccounts when users from different households use the same account.
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