Disney+ Continues Its Crackdown On Password Sharing, This Time For Us Subscribers

Better get ready to start forking over some cash every month.

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Those of you in the US using your friend’s Disney Plus account will soon have to get your own account, as plans to crackdown on password sharing have been set in motion.

“You agree not to impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, including using another person’s username, password or other account information, or another person’s name or likeness, or provide false details for a parent or guardian,” the new agreement terms read. The email also explains that the streaming service is “adding limitations on sharing your account outside of your household, and explaining how we may assess your compliance with these limitations.”

To help define what household means, in an article on the UK Disney Plus site, it apparently means “the collection of devices associated with your primary personal residence that are used by the individuals who reside therein.” So, your brother Timmy can watch it on his iPad, but your cousin Jimmy from down the road can’t watch it on his telly. It’s annoying, it’s silly, and unfortunately, it works , meaning this is probably going to be the same for every streaming service under the sun. There’s always DVDs, at least!