“Extra user with advertising” also arrives in Italy, an additional service dedicated to users of Netflix who want to extend the possibilities to take advantage of their subscription also to people outside the domestic nucleus. It is not an absolute novelty, but compared to the traditional and already known “extra user”, limitations are detectable, in the face of a smaller cost.
The famous streaming platform introduced this extra option for the first time in 2023on the occasion of a tight towards those who shared their subscription with friends or relatives who did not reside in the same home as the owner. To regulate this habit that was losing important revenues, Netflix introduced “extra user”: in this way, at a cost of 4.99 euros per month, it was granted to the Abbonato to share access to the platform services also to people who were not part of the family unit.
In this perspective it also arises “Extra user with advertising”which at the reduced cost of 3.99 euros per month, offers similar services but with limitations. In fact, those who activate this additional service can access the programs made available to their users by Netflix, but on a single device supported at a time, and with a limit of only 15 downloads per month. In addition, the economic option does not allow you to watch television programs at a resolution greater than 1080p in full HD or to take advantage of the space audio.
The additional option provides a single profile, which, however, cannot be set as a “children” type and, as the name says, can work as long as you “suffer” short advertising interruptions. Finally, it is necessary to register on Netflix, so to share with the streaming platform sensitive bakes as a genre and date of birth.
Not all subscribers to Netflix, however, have the opportunity to activate the option, reserved exclusively for owners of standard or premium plans: this means that this is precluded to users with standard plan with advertising of 6.99 euros per month, i Which cannot even activate the traditional “extra user” option and not just the one with advertising. Not even users who pay through partners such as Vodafone, Tim or Windtre, have the opportunity to activate the extra service.
The maximum number of people who can take advantage of these services depends on the type of subscription: the standard version allows you to open the subscription only to a person, the premium makes two extra slots to arranges.