Srinagar, May 29 -- After nearly a year of warnings and testing, Netflix has finally launched its password-sharing crackdown in the United States.

The streamer had originally planned to introduce "paid sharing" to U.S. subscribers in the first quarter of this year but pushed the start date back to the summer, after seeing cancellations in markets where it had already launched the changes. Under the new rules, U.S. subscribers will have to either kick people off their Netflix account or pay $7.99/month for an additional membership for those outside their main household.

Similar changes will roll out to dozens of global markets in the coming weeks and months.

The company offers tools to make this transition easier, including a way for cu...