UAE: Netflix restricts password sharing; residents plan to downgrade package, switch platforms

UAE: Netflix restricts password sharing; residents plan to downgrade package, switch platforms

The streaming platform clarified that an 'account is meant to be shared by people who live together in one household'

Published: Sun 23 Jul 2023, 4:23 PM Last updated: Sun 23 Jul 2023, 4:55 PM

South African expat Sarah Tiry finds Netflix a family affair and shares an account with her sisters in Cape Town. Although the password-sharing ban is yet to be enforced in her household, she anticipates it will take effect soon. And when it does, Sarah doubts she will sign up for the platform, "I don't think I will get my account. While I watch it quite often, I know I don't use it enough to warrant subscribing for myself."

Sarah is one of many Netflix customers thinking about switching streaming platforms or downgrading their plans after the company's new crackdown on password sharing, which launched in the UAE over the weekend.

This is an extension of the streaming giant's crackdown in different parts of the world and several UAE residents have received notifications asking for confirmation on their primary devices.

According to Netflix website, it has been clarified that an "account is meant to be shared by people who live together in one household" and that those living in different households