Netflix would possibly supply cheaper, ad-supported plans within the coming years. In the corporate’s most up-to-date earnings name, co-CEO Reed Hastings mentioned the corporate is engaged on the providing, and it’ll finalize particulars for these plans “over the next year or two.”

The service misplaced round 200,000 subscribers within the first quarter of 2022, a improvement it blamed on stiffer competitors, incapability to develop in some territories on account of technological limitations and pesky account sharing. It additionally misplaced 700,000 subscribers in early March after its resolution to droop service in Russia.

To deal with account sharing, Netflix has examined a characteristic in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru that allowed subscribers so as to add two “sub-members,” who’ll get their very own log-ins and profiles, for $3 — a lot lower than the everyday subscription price. Netflix executives famous on its incomes name that this mannequin might develop to different international locations. We’ve put our account-sharing dad and mom and kids on discover.

— Mat Smith

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