The hashtag #CancelNetflix is growing on social networks after the streaming giant has implemented a tightening, also in Italy, of its password sharing policy.

Users – as the BusinessInsider website writes – express dissatisfaction with a service that requires an extra cost to allow a user outside their home to access content, by posting their cancellation notification and inviting others to do so as well.

Many users on Twitter are sharing a 2017 post by the American company, whose slogan at the time was ‘Loving is a sharing password’ – thus encouraging people to share access to the platform – communicating that they have closed their profile.

Others write that they canceled their account in record time after seeing the cost soar; still others complain that the increase is unjustified in light of the bills to pay these days and the content offered by Netflix. UK sites report that Google searches for Cancel Netflix account in the UK have increased by almost 3% since the streaming company began sending warning emails to users who share passwords outside the networks. their families.

In February, the streaming platform began charging users in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain an additional fee if they wanted to share access to their account with people outside their household. Then the novelty gradually spread to other countries, including Italy.

Linked to this issue, the security company Check Point Software reports an IT scam relating to the alleged sale of subscriptions: some Telegram channels offer access to Netflix‘s monthly premium plan for just over 2 euros, in reality the plan is connected to Cybercriminal portals offering compromised or hacked account credentials.