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Netflix estimates 100 million households are sharing passwords and suggests a global crackdown is coming

Netflix has been willing to turn a blind eye toward password sharing when it was growing subscribers, but losing customers can change behavior quickly.

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Netflix has been willing to turn a blind eye toward password sharing when it was growing subscribers, but losing customers can change behavior quickly.

Highlights

  • Netflix warns global crackdown on password sharing is coming.
  • Netflix estimates 30 million U.S.
  • and Canadian households are using a shared password to access its content.
  • The streaming video company says it wants the millions of households sharing passwords to start paying.
  • Competition from Disney, Warner Bros.
  • Discovery, Paramount Global, NBCUniversal, Apple TV+ and other streamers are eating into Netflix’s growth.