In a shocking turn of events, Netflix subscriptions rise after password-sharing crackdown

Well, this might not come as a surprise, but Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown already appears to be working in the US. According to the data analytics company Antenna (via The Wall Street Journal), Netflix saw a huge spike in subscribers in the four days after it notified users about its paid sharing policies on May 23rd.

While average daily signups rose to 73,000 during this window, marking a 102 percent increase over …

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