Netflix's password sharing crackdown: What price an additional user?

Pricing announced for the US, UK, and Australia.

Netflix’s paid sharing option, launched to curb the volume of password sharing on its service, rolls out from today in the US. It’ll cost users US$7.99 to add an extra person to their account.

What I find interesting is that at $7.99 per month extra, that prices it at one dollar more than the $6.99 per month charged for its ad-supported service and just…