Netflix announced on Wednesday Eliminates accounts shared between different households Spain, subscribers will need to set their account’s primary location by linking the device or app to an IP address.
In addition, subscribers who have a second home or frequently travel to the same location, must open the Netflix app on their mobile device while connected to their primary location’s Wi-Fi network once a month then, when they came to the second position, sources from the platform informed EFE.
Chengyi Long, the platform’s director of product innovation, said the plan, which is also being implemented in Portugal, New Zealand and Canada, is based on solutions tested in joint accounts in Latin America last year. company blog.
“With features like profiles and multi-screen viewing, we’ve always made it easy for people living under the same roof to share their Netflix accounts. While it’s hugely successful, it’s also Some confusion about when and how you can share Netflix‘ he pointed.
Thus, from this moment on subscribers they should have “more control over who can access their account” Designed for “one home” and the people who live in it, the note from Netflix is highlighted, so the company “helps configure” each account to create the home location.
With these innovations, subscribers will be able to control who uses their contracts: “Our main goal was to give subscribers more control over who can access their accounts,” they say.
“Sub-accounts” for two people
As before, Standard or Premium plan subscribers in many countries (including Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Portugal) will be able to: add “sub-accounts” for two people, at most, they do not live together. Each of these sub-accounts will have its own profile, personalized recommendations, username and password and are subject to an additional fee of € 5.99 per person per month (in Spain).
Additionally, those who start using their own paid accounts will be allowed to migrate their profiles, keep their personalized recommendations, view their history, playlists or saved games.
With regard to the use of the platform during trips, they guarantee that “subscribers will, as always, be able to watch Netflix on their personal devices or log in to another television (for example, in a hotel or vacation rental)”.
The platform currently reminds “There are over 100 million households sharing their accounts.It reduces our ability to invest in creating great stories told through top quality TV shows and movies.”