
Related: Internet Speed World Record Equal To Downloading All Of Netflix In A Second Company co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings explained in 2016: "Password sharing is something you have to learn to live with, because there's so much legitimate password sharing, like you sharing with your spouse, with your kids, so there's no bright line, and we're doing fine as is." Other company statements in the past have acknowledged the practice but indicated that it was not a priority to address. The company has never been proactive in policing that rule, though, partly because it becomes a bit tricky to identify what is legitimate sharing and what is not and partly because it has never viewed the issue as being particularly serious. Netflix, which has made it easier than ever for users to view content, has subsequently told a number of outlets that it is running a test to determine if individuals using certain accounts are authorized to do so.Īlthough Netflix's Standard and Premium plans allow for an account's use on two and four different devices, respectively, its terms say that users must be from the same household. Recently, some users have reported seeing a screen that asked them to confirm if they were the account holder. Netflix is considering a clampdown on the sharing of passwords among friends and family members in different households.
