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Netflix looks at alternative route to charge for password sharing

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This latest test is targeted at customers who are using the same account in multiple households

Lucas Shaw | Bloomberg
Netflix Inc. will ask customers in five Latin America countries to pay a fee if they want to use their account in an additional
home, a test the company hopes will generate additional revenue by getting customers to pay to share their Netflix account.
 
Customers in Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and the Dominican Republic will be asked to pay an extra fee if they use an account for more than two weeks outside of their primary residence, the company said Monday. This won’t affect the use of Netflix on mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets or laptops, nor will

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