Key Points
Netflix is restricting users to sharing their passwords with other people and is trying to monetise sharing..
Recently, Amazon Prime Video UK took a jab at Netflix's password crackdown policy and reshared an old tweet of the company..
Going way back to 2017, Amazon Prime reshared Netflix's tweet from 2017 where it declared "Love is sharing a password"...
Meanwhile, Netflix is sending emails about account sharing to customers in 103 countries and territories, including the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Australia, Singapore, Mexico and Brazil..
So to curb free sharing, Netflix laid out new policies stating that passwords are "meant to be shared by people living together in one household.".
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