Netflix has finally revealed details about its plans to block people from sharing their family plan passwords, a practice that violates its terms of service and hurts its overall revenue.
The streaming platform has updated its Help Center to say that only accounts within a household will be shareable. To ensure devices are associated with the primary location, Netflix will ask users to connect to Wi-Fi once every 31 days.
The details have been compiled by The streamrevealing that freeload users can transfer their profile history to a new account without losing preferences, likes, dislikes and other personal data.
Traveling and playing Netflix on a device away from home will require the user to request a temporary code to log in, giving access to the account for seven days. Interestingly, these details aren’t available to access in markets outside the US and Canada, suggesting that Netflix may only be rolling out the change for the North American region for now.
Here is the complete set of questions and answers:
- Who can use a Netflix account now?
- Can you still share Netflix with someone who doesn’t live with you?
- Can other users on your Netflix account save their profiles?
- Can you still use Netflix while traveling?
- How can you stop Netflix from locking your devices?
- How will Netflix know if you are not in your main home/location?
- How many devices will Netflix allow you to use simultaneously in one location?
Netflix accounts are still shareable, but only within a household. To ensure your devices are associated with your primary location, Netflix now requires users to connect to Wi-Fi in your primary location, open the Netflix app or website, and watch something at least once every 31 days.
No, accounts should only be used within a household. Netflix will ask users who try to access your account elsewhere to sign up for their account and block their access until they do.
Netflix will NOT start automatically charging account holders whose information is used outside of their homes.
Yes, Netflix offers users a profile transfer feature that will allow them to migrate their show recommendations, viewing history and more to their account if they decide to create one. This will give those sharing the password the opportunity to preserve their profile if they sign up for their own Netflix accounts.
Accessing Netflix outside your home may block your device from Netflix. This may prevent you from accessing new devices while traveling, but Netflix has come up with a workaround.
Travel users who want to use Netflix on a hotel smart TV, business laptop, etc. can request a temporary code to the service when accessing. This will allow them to access their account for seven consecutive days.
Logging into your home Wi-Fi at least once every 31 days on your devices will make them “trusted devices,” which Netflix will remember and leave unblocked.
If your device has been blocked incorrectly, you will need to contact Netflix to unblock it.
Netflix uses information such as IP addresses, device IDs, and account activity to determine if a device connected to your account is connected to your primary location.
If your device is being used outside the home by someone you don’t authorize, you can sign in to your account and sign out on all other devices, then change your password.
It all depends on the plan you are subscribed to. Netflix offers four distinct pricing tiers, and the number of simultaneous streams varies based on the tier you subscribe to.
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