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Harriet Morphy-Morris & Aaron Morris

All of the streaming platforms you can password share on as Netflix crackdown commences

With Netflix officially rolling out its crackdown on password sharing across the UK - many freeloaders may be unsurprised to receive a notification on their TV, Fire Stick, games console or set top box as of recent asking to confirm whether the system used is part of a 'Netflix Household'.

Others have recently complained meanwhile, that they have received automatic notifications reading: "This TV isn't part of your Netflix household. Create an account to enjoy your own Netflix today."

While CEO Reed Hastings said that sharing an account was 'a positive thing' for the brand back in 2016, so much has changed over the past seven years - leading the world's most favoured streaming service to cull password sharing altogether. Users who want to allow extra locations on their accounts must now pay an extra £4.99 each month - and that's per person too, so things can quickly tot up.

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