
Prices across all plans have gone up steadily in recent years, though, with the latest hike in January. In 2010, Netflix introduced its first streaming-only subscription plan for $7.99 per month. So if they were paying for the $17.99 rental plan (allowing them to rent three DVDs simultaneously), they could also stream 18 hours of content per month. When Netflix launched its streaming service in 2007, subscribers received one hour of streaming credit for every dollar they were paying for Netflix’s DVD rental service. Netflix subscribers in the US can use their account on one, two, or four screens at once and prices reflect the number of screens available-ranging between $9.99 and $19.99. Mensah said the rule leaves her “wondering what’s next.” What are pricing and password-sharing rules in the US right now? and other parts of the world seemed to take the news to mean that they might soon be subject to stricter rule crackdowns.

Even then, users would need to opt in to be subject to the rules, a Netflix spokesperson tells TIME.

The streaming giant said that it is currently only experimenting with charging for password sharing in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru. Who is affected by Netflix’s new limits on password-sharing?
