Netflix says making it harder to share your password has boosted its business

• Netflix said its move to rein in users freely sharing passwords has paid off for the company.
• The streamer said it’s added more users than it lost, according to its latest earnings release.
• It’s now expanding that policy on password sharing to nearly everywhere else, the company said. 

Turns out, making it harder to share your password was good for Netflix.

Users might not have loved it, but Netflix says it’s paid off for the company to make users shell out an extra $8 a month to share their accounts with those not living under the same roof.