Netflix to charge subscribers for using their accounts on TVs outside of their primary ‘home’ | TechNave

to bring ad-supported subscription plans as part of its initiative to curb password sharing among users. Now, the popular streaming service is also doubling down against password sharing byuse their accounts outside of their primary household for over 2 weeks.

Currently being tested in South America, the new measure is in place in Argentina, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic. In these test areas, subscribers will have one primary ‘home’ where they can access Netflix across any devices in the home, as well as travel and use Netflix support page in Honduras

, users will be prompted to pay an addtional fee of USD2.99 or ~RM13.33 per home each month for every account on a TV or TV-connected devices outside of their primary location. Moreover, the test will allow users to purchase additional ‘homes’ which they are able to choose to either add or skip to use the service on TV screens.

As it’s currently being tested only in the aforementioned countries, it is uncertain whether Netflix will be rolling out this measure to other regions. Well, let’s hope not as this sounds like a rather troublesome and restrictive measure for users. What do you guys think? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below and stay tuned to TechNave for more trending tech news.

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