Shared accounts have their days numberedthat is a true truth. Netflix was the first streaming platform to restrict account sharing, raising some controversy, but it has been a beneficial move for the company. The rest are following suit: Max was blunt even before his landing in Spain.
The next to apply this usage policy is Disney+was an open secret. It started in Canada, and in our country it already warned in the last update it made to users. Now, the head of The Walt Disney Company’s streaming platform has given a date when they will get serious about this aspect.
In a few weeks, goodbye to sharing Disney+ account
After warning that ads could come to all of its plans, Disney+ CEO Bob Iger continues to leave interesting words in his appearances. As we read in The Verge, Disney Plus will restrict shared accounts very soon.
It is not news that the platform is going to control the use we make of our subscriptions, not in vain, they have been warning about it for months. However, Disney+’s way of proceeding has been quite confusing so far: the first warning came to Canadian users via email, a statement that was later sent to users in the United States. Spanish usersBut nothing has changed since then.
Now, as we were saying, Bob Iger has confirmed that September is the month in which the platform will begin to take the restriction on shared accounts “seriously”However, we still don’t know what solution will be given for these shared accounts: something similar could happen to Netflix, which makes us pay for an additional profile on the shared account.
Apparently, Disney+ has not received any complaints about this matter: “We have not had any negative reaction to the notifications that have been sent and the work that we have already been doing,” Iger said. Let us remember that, in addition to this change, the platform is going to increase the price of its subscriptionsThe price increase in the United States is a preview of what will happen in other regions.
The CEO is “not worried” about losing subscribers due to the increase in the price of the plans, but users will see their wallets somewhat reduced at the end of the month. Regardless, Disney+, Hulu and ESPN Plus are all posting profits for the first time this quarter: the company will surely seek to maintain that cost effectiveness although some complaints arrive.
Via | The Verge