Those who rely on their friend's uncle's Netflix account for streaming the latest content may soon have to bite the bullet and purchase their own.
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Netflix announced on Wednesday that it's going to launch a couple of different options for users to share their accounts with people outside of their household – at a cost.
"We've always made it easy for people who live together to share their Netflix account, with features like separate profiles and multiple streams in our Standard and Premium plans," the streaming service wrote in a statement shared on its website. "While these have been hugely popular, they have also created some confusion about when and how Netflix can be shared."
People who allow those outside their household to use their accounts have affected the company's "ability to invest in great new TV and films for our members."
As a result, for the past year, Netflix has developed ways for users to do this "easily and securely, while also paying a bit more," according to the statement.
One of those options will be "Add an Extra Member" where people with standard or premium subscriptions can add up to two "sub accounts" for people outside of their household, with separate user profiles for $2.99.
The second new option will be "Transfer Profile to a New Account" where people with basic, standard, and premium plans can switch users who’ve been sharing their account over to a new account, or an "Extra Member sub account" which will allow them to hold on to all their personalized watching information.
The company is debuting the new options in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru over the next few weeks.
"We recognize that people have many entertainment choices, so we want to ensure any new features are flexible and useful for members, whose subscriptions fund all our great TV and films," said the statement. "We'll be working to understand the utility of these two features for members in these three countries before making changes anywhere else in the world."
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