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Using Someone Else’s Netflix Password Is Likely to Get Harder

March 17, 2021

password sharing

The Wall Street Journal

Password sharing costs companies a lot of money. U.S. streaming platforms lost an estimated $2.5 billion in revenue in 2019 because of password sharing, and that amount is expected to increase to $3.5 billion in 2024, according to Parks Associates, a research firm.

From the article "Using Someone Else’s Netflix Password Is Likely to Get Harder" by Lillian Rizzo and Joe Flint.

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