Netflix Password-sharing Crackdown Hits The U.S. Next — Here's What You Need To Know

The Netflix password-sharing party is coming to a close in the US shortly after the streaming giant said it was “pleased with the results” from its expanded experiment that began in February.

In its letter to shareholders today, the company mentioned that the second quarter of the year will see a broad rollout of paid share and that the US will be part of this next phase (via MacRumors). This means that US Netflix subscribers should expect the new policies to be in place by the end of June.

If you don’t share your password with anyone outside your home (or use the password of someone you don’t live with), it won’t affect you at all. For those who use both password sharing terminals outside of one’s home, there will be a new fee if you want to continue using Netflix.

While Netflix hasn’t revealed US pricing for additional members yet, we do know what the options will look like based on the current version. Users on Basic with Ads and Basic will not be able to add any additional members outside of their home. The Standard plan will allow one additional out-of-home member, while the Premium plan folds up to two additional members. If we had to guess, we’d project $7.99 per additional member, matching Canadian pricing.

Subscribers naturally weren’t happy with the transition from Netflix, but any hopes that the new plan would lead to plenty of cancellations for the company to continue rolling out have been dashed at this point. We expect Netflix to share final details of the show in the US in the coming weeks, and if you don’t like it, the good news is that it’s easy to cancel Netflix and there are plenty of great free streaming services out there.