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Chrishell Stause and Maya Vander on "Selling Sunset."
  • Netflix's password-sharing crackdown has been a huge success.
  • New data from Antenna shows a big spike in new subscribers in May, June, and July.
  • Netflix's new ad tier also seems to be gaining share.

This could come as unwelcome news, but it's becoming clear that Netflix's password-sharing crackdown has been a resounding success.

Netflix on May 23 began charging US subscribers $8 to add an additional user to their account, if that person lives outside the household of the account holder.