A few days ago, Netflix qualified its plan to start with limit the use of shared accounts and, after much bickering, it all revolved around the location of what they understand in the service to be the house he himself hired for. A plan full of cracks that, at least for now, Netflix said.

As we’ve reiterated, Netflix’s idea to determine whether or not an account is shared would use a method that combines IP addresses, device identification, and account activity from the devices used. Basically nothing out of the ordinary, except for trying to implement some of the most confusing locks and temporary codes, and considering the nature of a service like the one offered by Netflix, counterproductive.

Generally speaking, Netflix would understand only one is the main address from which the account was arranged and everything that came from there – the aspect determined by the IP connection – was omitted, subject to re-identification every month through specific codes for each user and device, which allowed its use in them for no more than a week.

Let’s say you sign up for Netflix and the service understands that the main place is the house where you spend most of your time. But it turns out that if you live in that house during the week and go to another address for the weekend, then it no longer counts and you would have to: first connect at least once a month at the main address with the device from which you use Netflix at the secondary address or, if this is not possible, for example if we are talking about a TV, then use the above code.

The nonsense that arose criticism across the internet and it caused the VOD giant to back downAt least for now, it should be noted that the company is still determined to punish those who share their account in order to force them to checkout. Both this threat of blocking and the option previously considered to allow those who share an account to create it independently and pay extra have not been used, with the exception of three countries: Chile, Costa Rica and Peru.

The truth is that it is not difficult to spot a Netflix trap from afar, because if the first step is to force users to create their own account and pay an additional amount, the gradual increase in price is more than guaranteed in the short and medium term. They are not fooling anyone, just keep going. It should be noted that Netflix is ​​by far the most expensive and limited video-on-demand service on the market.

For now, what the intention to implement verification codes is preserved even more intensely than anticipated, although it remains to be seen how far they will tighten the rope and pass the discomfort on to their clients. If we go by what it says, it’s not a move that would work for Netflix, but the company will no doubt be the first to consider it and assess the costs.

The same week, consulting firm Barlovento published a study on the impact measures such as those announced by Netflix would have among Spanish users of the service, a total of 9.6 million, of whom 61.3% regularly use it from various locations and of which , 58, 7% would opt out immediately if blocking and restriction policies were applied.