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As the streaming service is preparing to charge users for sharing their logins, Netflix will formally outlaw password sharing in 2023.
Netflix password sharing will come to a stop in 2023. As a streaming service, Netflix has had a turbulent year. Netflix announced a significant decline in subscribers not long after the first fiscal quarter of 2022 came to an end. Since then, Netflix has experimented with a variety of various subscriber-growth strategies, one of which was the debut of a lower-tiered, ad-supported subscription tier in November of last year. Another suggestion made was to prohibit password sharing among users, which may now be becoming more popular.
In 2023, Netflix says it will stop password sharing, so the dreaded practice is finally about to end. According to the Wall Street Journal, Netflix intends to put in place procedures that will charge customers for sharing their credentials with devices that aren't inside their homes. This mechanism, which prompts users to enter a validation code on screen after signing in and expires after 15 minutes, is already being tested by Netflix in Latin American countries' versions of the service. The primary account holder has the option to add up to two users if users do not wish to go through this process while logging in.
It is still unknown exactly how they will accomplish this for Netflix's US-based service.