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Jon Lafayette

BIZARRE: Password sharing crackdown will prompt younger viewers to cancel study - What They Never Told You

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As Netflix begins its password-sharing crackdown in the U.S., a new survey shows that nearly half of all the service’s users currently share their password — and making sharing more difficult is likely to result in cancellations or pushing some users to its ad-supported version.

The study, conducted by SambaTV and HarrisX, found that 51% of all streaming services subscribers share their account with others. For Netflix, the percentage is slightly lower, at 49%. (Disney Plus is at 48%.)

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