Netflix asks Canadians to set a primary streaming location by February 21

Netflix is cracking down on password sharing.

We already know that sharing your Netflix password, inside the similar family, is one thing that Netflix is a-okay with. Nevertheless, it will charge you $7.99 per month, per particular person, so as to add as much as two folks exterior of your family to your Netflix account.

We additionally know that customers can set a major location, and that is how Netflix will know if anybody is utilizing your account from a unique location and a unique I.P. tackle.

Now, as noticed in a brand new Netflix e mail hitting Canadians’ inboxes as we speak, the streaming service is asking subscribers to set their major location by Tuesday, February twenty first. The corporate says customers can set or replace their major location when signed into Netflix from a TV that’s related to their house Wi-Fi community.

1. From the Netflix house display on a TV, press left to open the app menu.
2. Choose Get Assist > Handle major location.
3. Choose Set by E mail or Set by Textual content. A verification hyperlink can be despatched to the account e mail tackle or telephone quantity. Verification hyperlinks expire after quarter-hour.
4. If you don’t obtain the verification hyperlink by e mail or textual content, click on Resend E mail or Resend Textual content. Or you possibly can select an alternative choice or choose Remind Me Later.
5. Choose Evaluation Request within the e mail, or faucet the hyperlink within the textual content message, then Evaluation Request to proceed.
6. Choose Set Major Location.
7. You will notice a affirmation in your TV display and obtain a affirmation e mail. Choose Proceed to Netflix to begin watching.

Within the e mail, Netflix says you possibly can nonetheless use your account whereas travelling (i.e. on trip). “Watch when you journey. You may nonetheless simply stream together with your private units or log into Netflix on a brand new TV, like at a resort or trip rental.” Nevertheless, the streaming service didn’t point out how logging in from an IP not related to your major location would work.