Disney has now launched a ‘paid sharing program’ to allow Disney+ subscribers the option to share their subscription with people who live outside of their household. This change is part of Disney’s wider attempt to crack down on the use of password sharing.
Disney’s paid sharing program appears to work a lot like Netflix’s Households and Extra Members program. Essentially, Disney+ subscribers can now pay a minimum of $6.99 more a month to add an ‘Extra Member‘ to their subscription. This price is specific to the U.S., with the cost of the Extra Member add-on dependent on location.
At present, the ability to add additional members is limited to subscribers in the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.
The $6.99 price also only applies to those signed up to the Disney+ Basic plan. If subscribed to the Disney+ Premium tier, the cost of adding an additional member is an additional $9.99 a month.
Regardless of the plan, Disney+ is only allowing one additional member to be added to a subscription. For those hoping to add more than one member, Disney recommends starting a separate subscription.
It is also not possible to add any Extra Members to a Disney Bundle subscription, or to any Disney+ subscriptions billed through third parties.
With the paid sharing program now seemingly in effect, it stands to reason that existing subscribers can soon expect to be presented with a warning message when accessing the service outside of the usual ‘Home’ network.
If only temporarily away from home, or have permanently switched home networks recently, Disney+ does allow subscribers to update their subscription to reflect the change.
Of course, if updating the location, the old ‘Home’ network will be removed from the account, resulting in any future connections from the previous network being flagged as ‘outside the home network’ and subject to the new Extra Member fee.
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