“Chau Netflix”: boycott in networks for changing the rules for sharing accounts

The news that Netflix will start charging extra for sharing an account in different households it was not at all well received in Argentina: After the announcement, thousands of users flooded networks with the slogan Hello Netflix as a boycott against the streaming platform.

As part of a new strategy to offset economic losses from declining users, Netflix announced on Monday changes that will affect the new feature’s subscriptions. “Add a house”.

From August 22Accounts will include access from home where you can continue enjoying the platform’s content on mobile phones, tablets, computers and Smart TVs.

The fee increase will be implemented in cases where a Netflix account located at one address is used in an additional home. In this way, those who share it outside the home have to pay $ 219 per month for extra home.

The members of the basic plan ($ 429 pesos plus VAT) can add an extra home; those of Standard plan ($ 799 plus VAT), up to two extra homes and those of the premium plan ($ 1199 plus VAT), up to three extra homes.

Therefore, if you are subscribed to the Premium plan ($ 2,086.26 with taxes included) and want to use the service in three extra homes, the user must pay a total of $ 2,743.

#ChauNetflix, trending on Twitter

A few hours after the news spread, the hashtag #ChauNetflix they became trending on Twitter, accompanied by messages of rejection and anger and even memes. Some users have stated this They’ve already canceled the service.

Others have even called to look for the contents of the big “N” in the pirate services and some of these, like Cuevanait has also become a trend in the 140-character social network.

SL