Netflix has informed about its new conditions of use of shared accounts and has indicated that it will block those that do not register activity after 31 days of the last connection in that place.

The company has been anticipating a change in the use of shared accounts for months, as it seeks to limit those of users who do not live in the same household, since it is common for some of them to share them with friends outside the family nucleus.

So much so that in August of last year it began to test charging an additional amount for connecting outside the home from a television. Initially, he launched it in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru.

Already in October, during the conference on the financial results of the third quarter, he confirmed the plans to take this additional charge to more countries in 2023. An idea that he has reiterated in the framework of the results corresponding to the first quarter of this year and that also becomes one of the pillars of its growth.

To verify that the connection to the platform is made from the same place, Netflix uses the IP address, the device identifiers and the account activity itself. In this way, it is able to know if the account holder’s home Internet connection is being used.

The platform has recently modified the FAQ section (F

Netflix has now pointed out that to ensure that devices are associated with a primary location, users need to regularly connect to home WiFi and open Netflix, either the web version of the platform or the mobile app.

The company has determined that this registration must be done at least once every 31 days from the main location of the platform subscriber. If not, it suggests that you will block the account that has not had this activity with this connection.

On the other hand, he has explained that when someone logs into his account from a device that is not part of his original location, they may also not be able to play Netflix.

If the company finally blocks its service on the device and the user is away from home (because they are traveling, for example), a temporary code must be requested to access the platform for seven days.

Netflix has not indicated what is the procedure to carry out once this period of time has passed for longer stays outside the home or the times that this code can be requested to access the platform.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project