Disney+ takes action against account sharing: Additional member costs 6 euros

Disney+ wants to take action against account sharing, where several people in different households share a common subscription. Like its competitor Netflix, Disney offers its customers the option of adding an additional member to their subscription. The prices have now been set: an additional member costs 5 or 6 euros per month, depending on the subscription.

Additional members are –, as with Netflix –, people who can also use a Disney+ subscription, even if they live outside the main household. In most cases, this is cheaper than taking out a separate subscription. The price of an additional member is based on the subscription taken out.

Additional member for 5 to 6 euros

If you subscribe to Disney+ Standard with advertising, you can book an additional member for 5 euros per month. For Disney+ Standard and Disney+ Premium subscriptions, an additional member costs 6 euros per month. Additional members can watch the entire Disney+ catalog in the same quality as the main subscription.

However, only one additional subscription can be taken out per subscription. This makes Disney+ somewhat more restrictive than Netflix, where you can add two members in the higher subscription levels. In terms of price, the differences are small: with Netflix, additional members cost 4 or 5 euros, but have a few more restrictions than with Disney+ – With Netflix, for example, additional members cannot watch the entire catalog.

Only one stream at a time

But even on Disney+, additional members are not completely free of restrictions. An additional member can only open one account and only watch on one device at a time. According to a blog entry from Disney, additional members are now being activated "in Europe" – The feature can already be used in Germany. You can already invite an additional member via "Profile" and "Account".

The introduction of additional members does not necessarily mean that Disney is already actively enforcing its rules for account sharing. Over the past few months, Disney has repeatedly announced new dates for when account sharing will end. Most recently, Disney spoke of September.

Customers who share their account with people outside their own household can prepare themselves for restrictions in the near future. Like Netflix, Disney will probably analyze IP addresses in order to block people who only stream at locations outside their main household sooner or later.

(dahe)