Looks like Netflix is finally going to ban sharing accounts

One article I read said it would cost about $3 to add an additional household to an account. I'd pay that to share.

I just wonder how it is going to affect people using Netflix when travelling. DH and I have a shared account, as we live together, but he is often away from home and so logging in from a different location. Will Netflix think that is an ‘additional’ user?

From what I read, subscribers will be able to log in on mobile devices like phones, tablets, and laptops - just not on other televisions.

Well this will suck. I watch mine at my daughter's house more than at mine(but also at mine) because I watch the gbaby at their house through the week. Sometimes I watch something while she naps.

Currently my Netflix is off though because it got hacked and they changed the primary language for emails and such to Spanish and gave theirselves an upgrade to the biggest plan.. went round and round trying to get it fixed with this totally awful guy in their CS department that I just had him shut it down. At one point I asked to speak to someone else and he literally asked me "who?".. as if I know their names? But really he was awful. I've been meaning to sign back up though.

me too

I can understand why they are doing this as I know someone that has shared with all their friends and whole family in the tune of over 14 users on one account.  Just wrong. Had people not done that, maybe my bill would not have trippled over time. But some of the shared ones mentioned here seem very reasonable and should be allowed.

We have a farm shop that is about a half mile from our house. We have a nice loft that we watch TV and have parties. If I have to pay extra to have my Netflix there, I will not be happy, and I will not do it. We have it on our smart TV.

A lot of vacation rentals we use require you to log into your own accounts. If true, this will be annoying.

I think they are going to run into some pushback with this from people that do have legitimate situations like some of the peas have said here. I house sit for my mom when she goes on trips several times a year and log into my Netflix account from her firestick. Her house is about a mile away but it's still me watching Netflix, not another person. While I understand the crack down on password sharing for people that just give out their password to anyone they know, Netflix is going to have to come up with some kind of solution for these situations.

Doesn’t this mean that only one person can be logged onto a 1-person account? So for me and SO, he can’t be logged in if I am. If you are at someone else’s house or traveling, you can use your own account as long as no one else is also using it. At least, that is my interpretation.

Yes. Only the number of people who you pay for can be logged in at one time. This is what prompted my family originally to get the 4-person account... We had the original 2-person one and for awhile it was fine with me and ds. Then dd got old enough to want to watch things where I didn't need to supervise so we started having trouble -- mostly because I often keep a Netflix tab opened on my laptop when I'm binge watching something. So that automatically took up one of the two who were allowed to log on.

Now in the case of this crackdown I don't entirely understand how they'll police it. I mean, if we still had our 2-person account but I gave our password to my cousin in another state would they still be able to use it if only one person here at home was using it? I have no idea. lol

this is what i was wondering. I pay for 1 account, i think i is 2 devices allowed at a time? but each member of my family has a profile...

This is what I found about enforcement on CNET...

Netflix says that if your account is accessed persistently from a location outside your household, or if someone signs in to your account from a device that isn't associated with the household, Netflix may ask the primary account owner to verify. Netflix does this by sending a link to a four-digit verification code to the email address or phone number associated with the main account. This code must be entered into the device within 15 minutes or you'll need to request another one. 

However, Netflix may change this process as the account-sharing program rolls out. 

This is from their account page:

Only people who live with you may use your account

I take this to mean that having an existing profile will not be allowed unless they are in the same household.

I share my account with my mother in Florida. It would be great if I can add her on for 3.00 a month and if not, I'll just pay for her own subscription and appreciate the years I didn't have to do that. I'm surprised they let it go this long.  But I do hope they clarify things for people who travel using mobile devices and fire sticks.