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Fortune
Chris Morris

After Netflix put an end to password sharing, signups to the streamer began to spike

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Netflix’s crackdown on password sharing seems to be having the effect the streaming network had hoped for.

Data from third-party analyst Antenna shows there has been a big surge in new user signups since May 23, when Netflix said it would begin curbing the long-accepted practice. Nearly 100,000 people signed up for accounts on both May 26 and May 27, Antenna said.

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