Netflix expected to launch paid sharing by March to crack down on millions of viewers sharing accounts and passwords

By labbott@thekmgroup.co.uk (Lauren Abbott) Netflix is preparing to crack down on the ‘millions’ of account holders who it says are still sharing passwords. The streaming service first revealed in October that it was exploring how it could put a stop to multiple people piggybacking off one account with plans to charge viewers who were caught sharing a package with people they don’t live with. And in a letter released to shareholders this week the American-based company has confirmed that a wider roll-out of its ‘paid-sharing’ scheme is now firmly on the horizon. While sharing passwords has alw…

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