Netflix’s ‘Paid Password Sharing’ Tests Start With Chaos

Netflix had taken many different measures in the past weeks, after announcing that it had lost its subscribers for the first time in more than 10 years. The platform, which canceled its projects, changed its policy, and announced that it would introduce a cheaper subscription package with advertisements, was mostly on the agenda with its paid password sharing feature.

The feature, which will prevent more than one person from using Netflix from a single membership and make adding new members a fee, has started to be tested in various regions of the world. In the tests that started in Peru, users experienced some confusion. Newly emerged information about testing that began in March has brought to light issues such as users not being notified about the additional fee.

Users were not notified, new subscriptions continued to be opened even though the feature was released:

According to the information revealed by Rest of World, Netflix has made a big deal after activating the feature in Peru. caused a stir. Many of the users did not receive any informative e-mails or notifications from Netflix about this change. However, some users reported that they still continue to use the platform as before, despite the feature being introduced.

According to the feedback of users, after Netflix activated the feature, some ignored Netflix’s warnings and continued to create members for free, while others continued to share accounts without knowing anything about this feature and had no problems. In short, even though the feature was activated in Peru, it had a problematic and chaotic debut at the moment.

Subscribers who want to add a new member to their account within the scope of Netflix’s new feature will have to pay a fee of $2.99 ​​per new member outside their own home. Of course, this fee may vary from country to country.