Disney Plus password sharing ban is coming, and you better get used to it

Netflix caused quite an uproar among subscribers earlier this year when it implemented the password-sharing ban that had been in the works for months. Some of the company's most vocal customers quickly canceled their subscriptions once the Netflix password-sharing ban was official, but I told you that was the wrong take. There are ways to deal with the ban and keep sharing your password without paying for extra access. And it turns out people were willing to pay. That's why I'm not surprised to hear that Disney is working on a Disney Plus password-sharing ban of its own.

Despite the backlash, the Netflix password-sharing ban worked, at least in the short term. The streamer registered an uptick in subscribers after it started sending out those annoying prompts about sharing passwords. That proved the test succeeded, suggesting others might try replicating Netflix's move.

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