Netflix's anti-password sharing will force you to sign in once a month – or get blocked [not official]

butterscotch · 2 February 2023 04:17

Netflix’s website had a new password sharing policy revealed. The page has since been taken down and reverted back to the original page. The new page revealed a new password sharing policy. If true and implemented, it will require users to log in to their home wifi to watch something every 31 days or be blocked. Accounts will not be allowed to be shared outside the household.

I just got Netflix for the first time last week. This shouldn’t affect me since I don’t share my password and I use my home wifi to stream shows, but we’ll see.

New details of Netflix’s anti-password sharing measures have appeared online, revealing how the platform plans to crack down on users.

The newly found information was discovered on Netflix’s US Help Center and confirmed by The Streamable (opens in new tab) on January 31; however, that page has since been taken down. As of this writing, the Help Center has reverted back to its previous state. Fortunately, a copy of the rules can still be found on the Wayback Machine (opens in new tab), a website that takes “screenshots” of the internet for the sake of posterity.

According to the reports, “Netflix accounts are still shareable, but only within one household.” Anybody from outside your home won’t be able to use that account and will be told to create with their own.

The platform will also require users to log into their Netflix account via their household’s Wi-Fi, open the app, and “watch something at least once every 31 days.” Doing this will register your device(s) as “trusted”. It’s unknown exactly what will happen if you don’t log in once a month, but judging from the wording, the implication is your account will get blocked. And if this happens to you, you’ll have to contact Netflix for help.

Bruce · 2 February 2023 07:22

The day they block my account is the day I cancel my sub.