I've got a kid in college who is no longer going to have access to our Netflix account unless I pay up.
As a Canadian, I am now going to be among the first lucky people to contend with Netflix’s new rules around account sharing. As a parent of one university student and one soon-to-be university student, I’m also among the first people who will have to tell their kid — in true Canadian style — sorry, no more Netflix for you.
In an email sent to its Canadian subscribers on February 9, the company made it crystal clear right in the subject line: “Netflix is for a single household.” Not, in other words, for a single family, no matter how you may personally define family. At first, I thought I might be able to take advantage of Netflix’s travel allowance to get over this hurdle. The company will let you keep streaming from a remote location like a hotel or Airbnb without penalty. But there’s a catch. It only works on a device that has been previously assigned an IP address from your primary location , and it only works for 30 days. If you’re gone for longer than that, you’ll need to switch your primary location or no more Cobra Kai for you.
I wouldn’t count on that as a long-term solution. If Netflix got wise to the amount of money it was leaving on the table because of password sharing, you can bet it will be keeping a close eye on how many folks have never declared a primary location.
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