Disney+ users may have just months left to avoid being booted out of accounts
If you've been enjoying watching Shogun or Taylor Swift's Eras Tour film using your friend or family's Disney+ password, your time to enjoy other boxsets and blockbuster movies may be running out. The major streaming platform is following Netflix's footsteps and will be cracking down on password sharing in the next couple of months.
Speaking in an interview with the American network CNBC, Disney's chief executive, Bob Igor, said the streaming platform will start taking action against password sharing from Junes in some countries, with a 'full roll out' following in September, as the Bristol Post reports. Password sharing already goes against the platform's rules, but there isn't currently anything in place to stop it.
Disney's decision comes after fellow streaming giant Netflix attributed a recent jump in subscribers to its own recent crackdown on password sharing. Shortly after it stepped up its action against the issue, the company reported a major spike in new users signing up for the service and has seen revenues rise since.
Once launched anyone caught watching via another account is likely to see a warning asking them to pay a fee to keep viewing, as the Mirror reports. It's also thought that users will be able to add other family members for additional money although there's no word yet on how much extra it will cost.
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