Password crackdown articles
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Netflix: Profits soar after password sharing crackdown
The streaming giant said it added 9.3 million subscribers in the first three months of the year.
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Netflix looks to drive growth with games after boost from password crackdown
Netflix has bought game studios and made other investments, but it's playing at a "high-stakes table" with rivals like Sony and Microsoft.
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Netflix password sharing crackdown may have resulted in millions of new subscribers
Last year, Netflix made a particularly risky bet by pushing users who share passwords to create their own accounts — but it’s paid off. Netflix, the dominant player in streaming, added more than 9 million subscribers in the first three months of the year, hitting a record high of 269.6 million subscribers. “It added more subscribers than many analysts, myself included, expected,” said eMarketer senior analyst Ross Benes. “This signals that password sharing was even more common than...