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NETFLIX WILL START CHARGING SUBSCRIBERS FOR SHARING THEIR PASSWORDS!
The days of swapping Netflix passwords may be coming to an end soon. The streaming service has started testing a new feature that will charge users for adding additional profiles to their subscription.
Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru are testing the program. It is unknown when or if the feature will be implemented in other countries. Netflix's head of product innovation, Chengyi Long, said in a statement that the company "has always made it easy for people who live together to share their Netflix account," allowing people to create distinct identities on a single subscription. "Accounts are being shared between households," Long added, "which is limiting our capacity to invest in exciting new TV and films for our members."
Subscribers who share their accounts with up to two people outside their home will be charged for the new capabilities. In Chile, subscribers will be charged $2.98 per month, $2.99 in Costa Rica, and $2.12 in Peru. Last year, the company launched two-step verification, a less obvious method of preventing password sharing. However, the new fee will be the company's toughest assault on the practice yet.

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