Using Your Friend’s Netflix Account? Here s What Might Upset You If you don t live with the owner of this account, you need your own account to keep watching, the pop-up reads Unsplash Associated Press (AP) 2021-03-13T10:02:21+05:30 Using Your Friend’s Netflix Account? Here s What Might Upset You outlookindia.com 2021-03-13T10:16:58+05:30
Netflix is testing a way to crack down on password sharing.
The popular streaming service has been using popups to ask some users to verify their account via email or text, or to verify later.
If you don t live with the owner of this account, you need your own account to keep watching, the screen reads, according to Streamable.com, which first reported the test.
Why Netflix No Longer Offers a Free Trial to New Subscribers
On 1/19/21 at 11:12 AM EST
Netflix is the world s largest streaming service, with 183 million subscribers (as of March 2020) paying monthly to watch shows like
Stranger Things, The Crown and the rest of the streamer s extensive movie and TV catalog. Until recently, it also had one of the most generous free trials of any streamer, with new subscribers able to get a whole month of the service free.
However, in October 2020, the service removed its free trial in the U.S., with a spokesperson for Netflix saying, we re looking at different marketing promotions in the U.S. to attract new members and give them a great Netflix experience.