Netflix knows you’re sharing your account and may start charging you

Netflix is testing a surcharge for account sharing.

You know how all your friends and your away-from-home college students are currently using your Netflix credentials? Netflix knows it, too, and is testing a new way of allowing account sharing, but for an additional fee.

The streaming giant is currently testing a pair of new features that, while enabling memberships outside the main account household, will also add a little surcharge.

The “Add an Extra Member” feature allows those on Standard and Premium plans to add “sub accounts” for up to two people living at a different address (think friends, distant relatives, or someone studying interstate). For an additional fee, these sub members will get their own ID and passwords, profiles, and personalised recommendations.

For now, this test is contained to Chile (2,380 CLP), Costa Rica ($2.99), and Peru (7.9 PEN).

The second feature allows you to transfer your profile to one of these new Extra Member accounts or to a new account. In either case, the viewing history, list, and recommendations remain the same.