Netflix is ​​now introducing a new subscription model in Germany. Customers now have a cheaper way to add additional members to their account.

The new subscription level is called “additional member with advertising” and is available for all users who have a standard subscription without advertising or a premium subscription, As the Netflix support website reveals. So far, you had to pay 4.99 euros a month if you wanted to add another person to your account. The new option only costs 3.99 euros a month – but it is an advertising -financed membership.

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In the future, customers can choose whether the additional Netflix access is running with or without advertising. The ad -free variant continues to cost 4.99 euros a month. Additional members receive a separate account with their own password. However, payment runs through the person who belongs to the main account.

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Netflix could soon increase prices in Germany. Among others in the USA, Canada, Portugal and Argentina, subscription prices have currently risen by around one to two dollars. The company justified this step with the enormous increase in subscribers. According to its own statements, Netflix now has more than 300 million customers – just by publishing the second season Squid Game in December 2024, 19 million users are said to have been added.

In Germany, prices were last increased in April 2024. However, it is quite conceivable that Netflix turns the price screw in other countries over the course of the year and that German customers will meet again. The standard subscription with advertising currently costs 4.99 euros a month, without advertising 13.99 euros are due. The premium subscription costs 19.99 euros per month.