Netflix began testing its password crackdown last year. That entailed the service charging extra for those who shared their accounts with people outside of their households. Now, Netflix has plans to release this widely as an official feature or condition for the service. The streaming service hasn't shared the complete details for this feature. But the company is looking for ways to "monetize account sharing" after it recorded its deepest subscriber loss in a decade.

We don't know yet how much it'll cost when Netflix brings it here. But it has varied in the countries where Netflix was testing the option. The service will start rolling out the account-sharing fees before the end of March, with a full, global rollout in the next couple of quarters. The rollout will be progressive across markets. Netflix doesn't plan to start charging everyone globally at the same time. Instead, it'll start in a few places and go from there.