No more account sharing on Netflix. From now on, we will have to pay more to add people outside our home, and as expected, this has not been well received by users.
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The #AdiosNetflix hashtag has become a “trending topic” on Twitter, thanks to the number of people saying they will close their Netflix account due to the new measure. And you’re probably considering doing the same, if you haven’t already. But does it make sense to stop paying Netflix for it? To verify this, it is important to review how Netflix accounts are after the change, and how much more we will have to pay.
This is what Netflix accounts look like
To start, something obvious but maybe a lot of people didn’t understand: if you don’t share your account with outsiders, these changes don’t affect you. In other words, if you are the only person using your Netflix account, or if other people are using it inside your house, all of this should not matter to you.
The key is in what Netflix considers a “home”. The company hasn’t explained the technical details, but everything points to Netflix looking at two details: your IP address and your device’s unique identifier.
Users connecting to the same router are considered to be from the same house
For the vast majority of people, the IP address is the same for all devices connected to the same router; There are exceptions, but as a general rule, all members of your family or community who connect to the Internet in the same wayare considered to be from the same house by Netflix.
To this must be added the identification of the devices. Netflix clarified that we can continue to use the service on our mobile from anywhere, even if we are not physically at home; this is because Netflix saves your device’s unique ID when you log in, and thanks to this, you can continue to use the account even through another IP address.
Therefore, many people really will not be affected for this change. The key is knowing if you need other people to log into your account from outside your home, or if you will need to in the future. In this case, you will have to pay for what Netflix calls “additional subscribers”.
What is an Additional Netflix Subscriber
Basically, an additional subscriber account is almost identical to a normal account, except that its owner is not the one who pays the monthly fee. These accounts are associated with the main household account and have the same functionality plus additional limitations, although they have their own username and password.
Netflix defines additional subscribers as those who live outside of our home.
Therefore, an additional subscriber can access the same content, view it with the same quality and access it from any device that we could use with the main account. So you can use TV, mobile or any other method to enjoy Netflix.
However, additional subscriber accounts have important limitations:
- They can only use Netflix on one device at a time. Thus, the person cannot share his account with a member of his family, for example.
- they can only download content to one device at a time; again, this prevents additional followers from sharing the account with more people.
- They cannot create more than one profile, having to use the one they had in the main account or create a new one from scratch.
- They must create the account in the same country as the main account.
Basic with ads and Basic plans: No more sharing
If you have one of the two basic diets, you are one of the most affected. It’s not just that you can no longer share your password with third parties, it’s that you also cannot add additional subscribers.
Indeed, Netflix has made sure that the cheapest plans do not have the possibility of adding an additional subscriber. It would be the cheapest option if it existed, but Netflix didn’t even consider it an affordable option for account sharing, which would be very useful for students or families.
Therefore, there is no change to the Basic with ads and Basic plans, and they continue to cost $5.49 per month and $7.99 per month respectively.
Standard Plan: only one more person
The Standard plan is the cheapest that allows us to add an additional subscriber, who will have the same Full HD image quality limitations that we have in the main account.
The Standard plan allows us to use Netflix on two devices at the same time, to which must be added the additional device of the additional subscriber. it costs 12.99 dollars per month, and one can add an additional subscriber for an additional 5.99 dollars per month.
For convenience, the additional Netflix subscriber is independent of our account
Therefore, the final price remains at 18.98 dollars per month; if we split it between two people (assuming the other person pays us), it would cost 9.49 dollars per month for each
Premium plan: up to three people sharing an account
Finally, the Premium plan is the one that allows more people to share the account, but it is also the most expensive. It’s also the only plan that offers access to 4K content and new Netflix features like Spatial Audio.
The Premium plan costs 17.99 dollars per month and additional subscribers cost an additional 5.99 dollars per month for each. Therefore, if we split the account between three people, the final cost would be 29.97 dollars per month; assuming the other two people pay us, the cost would be split between three to $9.99 per personpractically the same as the cost of the Standard plan divided by two.
On the other hand, if you opt for the Premium plan and only share it with one person, it is much more expensive: 13.99 dollars per person.
Therefore, if you are going to share the account, the Premium plan is much more recommended to do it with two additional people, because of the quality of the image and the number of devices that we can use in the main account (four ).
This is how Netflix accounts and their limitations remain
In the end, the question of whether it is still worth paying for Netflix is something that will depend on each user. What is clear is that now it’s much more expensive, especially if you were already paying half the bill with someone else; in that case, that’s the worst news Netflix could have given you.
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