Netflix Wants You to Pay for Your Freeloading Friends

Time to call your ex-boyfriend’s cousin’s mother to let her know that her free access to your Netflix account is coming to an end. The streaming giant is going to start cracking down on password sharing early next year. Netflix did warn you this was coming. In April, as the company was losing subscribers and its stock plummeted, executives revealed that, by their own estimate, around 30 million households in the US and Canada were accessing Netflix through shared passwords. Now, after testing a handful of approaches to curb account sharing, they’ve announced new features that they hope will encourage… Read Full Article