Spain has been hit hard by Netflix’s move to outlaw shared accounts. Social networks burn, and the competent man has been silently rubbing his hands together up until this point. We don’t know what their American employers would say, but Prime Video Latin America was the first to mock Netflix directly.
Last week, Netflix abruptly terminated free shared accounts in a few nations, including Spain. You can no longer share some plans with more than 1 or 2 persons who are not at home without paying an extra 5.99 euros for each additional person.
When you consider that HBO Max costs 5.8 euros per month or Disney+ costs 7.5 euros per month when you share many accounts, and that the plan with 4K, which is the one given by the competitors, is okay at 18 euros, he comes out at 30 euros per month. For only 4.16 euros a month, Prime Video.
The opposition to Netflix smirks
As may be expected, this decision has sparked a storm of criticism and claims that Netflix has cancelled accounts on social media. We’ll have to wait and see how many of them materialise.
Also, there are a tonne of memes celebrating the decision made by Netflix, Disney+, and HBO:
It is clear that this choice by Netflix has a significant positive impact on the competition. But up to this point, they have refrained from comment or shown respect for the ruling. Before now.
Prime Video Latin America was the first to publicly parody Netflix, according to HobbyConsolas, with a tweet that used the TV show The Office as a punchline and had the message: Love is sharing.
As we can see, Prime Video uses several guises of the legendary Dwight Schrute to imply that Prime Video is the one paying, his friend, ex-partner, and even the new ex-partner can all be seen on the service.
It must be acknowledged that Prime Video benefits from the fact that your account is linked to a credit card, via which you may make purchases and even receive payments. The sharing of a Prime Video account is not that easy.
According to HobbyConsolas, Prime Video Latin America was the first to openly mock Netflix with a tweet that used the TV show The Office as a punchline and included the message: Love is sharing.
As we can see, Prime Video makes use of the illustrious Dwight Schrute in a variety of guises to suggest that Prime Video is the one funding the content; his friend, ex-partner, and even the new ex-partner are all available to watch on the service.
The fact that your account is connected to a credit card, via which you can make purchases and even receive payments, must be recognised as a benefit to Prime Video. It’s not that simple to share a Prime Video account.
The termination of the shared accounts is a plunge into the unknown that can cost Netflix a lot of money. Not so much the idea of paying extra for additional members as it is the fact that Netflix’s 4K plan currently costs three to four times as much as the competitors. And this disparity gets wider when there are more paying subscribers or when annual contracts aren’t discounted. We’ll see what transpires over the upcoming weeks.
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