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Emma Grimshaw

Netflix to crack down on users who share passwords

If you haven't forked out for your own Netflix account yet - now might have to be the time you start.

A basic account for Netflix only costs £5.99 a per month, yet thousands of viewers don't pay a penny. Instead they use their friend or family member's login - and so far there has been very little repercussions.

But that could very soon change, the streaming giant has revealed its plans to crack down on users who share passwords.

Netflix' chief product officer Greg Peters said at the company's Q3 2019 earning interview last week that is hopes to stop sharing of accounts,  the Mirror reports.

He said: "We continue to monitor it so we’re looking at the situation. We'll see those consumer-friendly ways to push on the edges of that."

But Mr Peters also added that they hope to do this without 'alienating a certain portion of [its] user base.'

So if you're one of those still riding off someone else's account, you need to rethink your options.

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