Netflix wants to cash in earlier: The price shock is imminent
Netflix is getting more and more expensive and the ominous extra fee for particularly smart savers is getting closer and closer. For those who have previously shared their Netflix account with friends and acquaintances, it could become more expensive in a few months.
Update from May 11, 2022: According to a recent report in the New York Times, Netflix would probably like to introduce the said additional fee for viewers as early as October, should a subscription then be used beyond one’s own household (Source: The New York Times). Saving foxes have to worry and should be cashed in soon. The question remains whether this is only the case in the USA or whether Netflix will strike worldwide.
Also in the fourth quarter, according to the report, the rumored ad-supported variant of Netflix start – cheaper, but also associated with restrictions and advertising.
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It is actually forbidden according to the terms of use and yet many Netflix customers have been using the trick for years. You simply give your access data to friends and acquaintances who are not at home, and they can watch for free or contribute to the original costs. It will be cheaper for the actual customer, but Netflix will get nothing and cannot generate any more subscriptions.
Netflix calls extra fee for viewers away from home
It is understandable that one would like to take action against this. So far, warnings have been limited in this regard in the USA, but this has usually not had any direct consequences. This will change because e.gIn the future, one would like to ask the onlookers or generous account lenders to pay up straight away and basically charge them an extra fee – to put it more diplomatically, one makes them an offer (Source: Netflix).
Incidentally, the recent Netflix price increases were not quite right, more on that in the video:
Users should then pay around a third of the regular fees for such Netflix access and will receive their own profile and separate access. Of course, the actual account owner pays the extra fee on paper first. However, it should be possible to later convert these shared accounts into full accounts – Sooner or later, Netflix would like to win the viewers as full-paying customers.
Netflix will test the new model initially in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru and enable the users there to share their subscriptions accordingly – officially and legally. Converted, the service then costs about 3 euros per month. The question arises: when will the bargain hunters have to pay here in Germany?
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When do we have to expect that in Germany?
Netflix has not yet given a concrete answer, they would like to gain experience first, quote:
“We recognize that people have a wide range of entertainment choices. So we want to make sure that any new features are flexible and useful for our members, whose subscriptions fund all of our great TV and film offerings. We are working to understand the benefits of these two features for members in these three countries before making changes in other countries.”
To put it comprehensibly: If the offer is accepted accordingly and is a success, then you can count on it being introduced on a broad, international level. Bad news for Netflix watchers and bargain hunters.
