Streaming giant Netflix has said that updated measures to crack down on users sharing passwords were posted by mistake.
The approach, which is testing in parts of South America costs the equivalent of an additional £2-£3 per month.
Netflix said that a help page about about paid sharing being brought in in other countries went live elsewhere "for a brief time", and had since been taken down.To enforce the new rules, company wants to treat devices using your account as trusted, which in practice means using them on your wifi network at home regularly.
But despite pushback from users, it's expected that the streaming firm will take sharing logins more seriously this year. Despite pushback from users, it's expected that the streaming firm will take sharing logins more seriously this year.Faced with competition from the likes of Amazon Prime and Disney+, and squeezes on households during the cost-of-living crisis, the firm seeking ways to grow is subscriber base - which stands at over 230 million - and boost revenue.
But the prospect of password sharing coming to an end hasn't gone down well with users, with a tweet remerging in which Netflix proudly proclaimed: "Love is sharing a password."
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