Netflix has launched a brand new approach individuals can share accounts — and, therefore, a brand new strategy to curb password-sharing — for 5 Latin American nations. Starting on August twenty second, customers in Argentina, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras should pay for extra “homes” in the event that they wish to entry the streaming the service exterior of their major residence for longer than a brief trip. 

Subscribers can watch Netflix on their telephones or tablets anytime and as a lot as they need even whereas they’re touring or visiting one other place. But in the event that they wish to stream on a TV, they’ll solely entry Netflix at no extra cost for 2 weeks whereas away from their major residence. Further, they’ll solely stream at no cost at a specific location as soon as. After these two weeks are up, or in the event that they return to a location the place they beforehand maxed out free entry to the service, Netflix will ask in the event that they wish to add a house for an extra charge monthly.

Basic tier subscribers can add one additional residence, customary as much as two additional and premium as much as three additional. Netflix says it makes use of info comparable to IP addresses, machine IDs and account exercise to detect properties, nevertheless it’s advising individuals to verify their gadgets are utilizing the identical web connection and are not utilizing VPN or proxy companies in case its system is insisting that the viewer is exterior their major residence after they aren’t. The firm can even permit members to cease paying for an additional residence each time they need and to interchange their added residence as much as 3 times each six months. 

Earlier this yr, Netflix stated it misplaced about 200,000 subscribers within the first quarter of 2022 attributable to stiffer competitors and the abundance of account sharing. According to Bloomberg, password sharing has been particularly rampant in Latin America, which is most definitely why that is the place the corporate is testing new options meant to stop the conduct. In its announcement, Netflix stated the service will price customers 219 Pesos monthly per residence in Argentina and $3 monthly per residence within the Dominican Republic, Honduras. El Salvador and Guatemala.