Disney+ is now charging for password sharing and Canadians aren’t too impressed with the additional costs.
The streaming service announced on Wednesday that it has expanded its paid sharing program to Canada, as well as other countries in South America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
The program is meant to crack down on users illicitly using the service outside of the account holder’s household, providing an alternative paid option. It comes almost one year after Disney+ announced it would be implementing policy changes and restrictions that would no longer permit password sharing.
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Subscription holders looking to share their account passwords with friends and family members beyond their household can make use of the Extra Member add on. An Extra Member profile will cost an additional 6.99 per month for Basic subscriptions, and $7.99 for Standard and Premium. Only one Extra Member slot is available per account.
Users who aren’t willing to dish out more dollars for the add-on are expected to pay-in-full for their own subscription.
Currently, subscription prices for a Basic plan with ads cost $7.99, while the ad-free plans cost $11.99 for Standard and $14.99 for Premium.
Canadians are reacting to the announcement, many describing Disney+ as “greedy” for the added costs. Some are also vowing to never use the streaming service again, annoyed that it’s begun following suit of others like Netflix, which began restricting password sharing in early 2023.
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“6.99 to share a password is crazy,” one user posted on X.
“Alot of families have teenagers siblings away from house for college,” another user said. “It’s disgraceful.”
“Won’t go back to Disney, nor Netflix,” one user stated. “Want to be greedy fine, not hard to watch stuff elsewhere.”
“Not to sound dramatic, but there isn’t much that’s enjoyable about life anymore. Everything costs something and it’s exhausting,” another X user wrote on the platform.
