Netflix retracted new password-sharing restrictions after significant backlash from subscribers. The streamer had updated its rules to specify that accounts are intended for people in the same household, but then said the information was shared accidentally and only applied to Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru. Netflix has been testing paid sharing in those three countries by charging a fee for additional users outside the account holder's household.
Netflix retracted new password-sharing restrictions after significant backlash from subscribers. The streamer had updated its rules to specify that accounts are intended for people in the same household, but then said the information was shared accidentally and only applied to Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru. Netflix has been testing paid sharing in those three countries by charging a fee for additional users outside the account holder's household.
Netflix retracted new password-sharing restrictions after significant backlash from subscribers. The streamer had updated its rules to specify that accounts are intended for people in the same household, but then said the information was shared accidentally and only applied to Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru. Netflix has been testing paid sharing in those three countries by charging a fee for additional users outside the account holder's household.
Noun - strong negative reaction to a change/decision
Netflix backlash leads to another
password-sharing rule change The Government’s decision resulted in (a lot of) backlash.
to take back (reverse) a decision/statement
Netflix has retracted password-sharing
restrictions that were apparently posted in error adverb - you’re not 100% certain if on its platform. something is true. Apparently we have to work late this weekend. We have to work late this weekend apparently . We apparently have to work late this weekend apparently . Earlier this week, the streamer had updated its rules for sharing passwords on its Help Centre Page. Do You Want To Understand Real English And Sound Like A Native English Speaker In Only 90 Days?
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Please note that I’m out of the office until 3:00 pm. Note that the sales have doubled in the last 2 quarters. to notice something It noted that one’s “Netflix account is for people who live together in a single household”. Netflix further specified that “people who do not live in your household will need to use their own account to watch Netflix”.
The update was met with serious backlash, with
a number of subscribers threatening to cancel their subscriptions.
On Thursday, Netflix responded to the situation
and said the information was shared accidentally. We intended to share the information. We didn’t intend to share the information = The information was shared accidentally. Those rules are only applicable to new employees. short period of Those rules only apply to new employees. “For a brief time yesterday, a help centre article containing information that is only applicable to Chile, Costa Rica and Peru went live in other countries,” a Netflix spokesperson told The Guardian. “We have since updated it.” The Independent has contacted Netflix for comment.
present perfect continuous
Since last year, Netflix has been testing out
“paid sharing” in the three countries where an account holder is required to pay for an extra person (identified as someone who lives outside of the account holder’s home) to access service. In Costa Rica, the added fee costs $2.99 a month.
For people to have “uninterrupted access to
Netflix”, the help document explained that people would have to keep watching something from their home every 31 days. If they don’t, they will be asked to enter a temporary code in order to log in.