The end of shared accounts on Netflix is already more than announced. At least for free, since going through the box you can buy up to 2 additional profiles. And the way Netflix intends to prevent it is establish a house as principalmaking any reproduction outside of this considered contrary to its terms.
The void left by Netflix’s terms leaves us wondering when and how they will start blocking accounts that continue to be shared. However, you should know that if we move or spend a long stay abroad it is convenient to change this main location. And this is what we are going to explain to you in this article.
How to choose a new primary location on Netflix
The first thing to know here is that, according to what the platform itself says, If you’re not watching Netflix on a TV, you won’t need to make any changes.. And it is that in principle it detects it automatically, although if you use a TV with Android TV (or another system) you can and should change the location.
For this you must have the TV already in the new locationalready connected to the Internet by cable or WiFi and follow these steps:
- Open the Netflix app on the TV.
- Open the drop-down menu on the left and navigate to “Get Help” (lower right corner).
- Go to “Manage primary location”
- A message will appear informing that they will send instructions to the associated email account. Just click on the ‘Configure by email’ button.
- Open your mailbox (from your mobile or computer) and open the email sent by Netflix.
- Click on the ‘Review request’ button.
- On the Netflix website that opens, click “Set primary location”.
And voila, once this is done you will have changed the configuration of your main residence and all devices connected to the same network can be used to watch Netflix no problem.
Now we have to point out that They haven’t started blocking accounts for misuse yet.. In fact, even Netflix itself doesn’t say when and how it will do this. And it is precisely that the recent controversy with the locations could be a problem for the platform.
There have been many user reports claiming that Netflix files localize incorrectly. And this is all due to the method with which they establish this location. The platform indicates that it does not geolocate users, but relies on information such as device identifiers, account activity and IP address, being precisely the dynamic IPs that abound in Europe the culprits of the errors.
