As a result, Warner Bros. Discovery expects the account-sharing crackdown to lead to more paid subscriptions in Q4 and next year. HBO Max introduced paid account sharing in April, enabling a subscriber to share access with an “extra member” for an extra $7.99 per month. It reported adding 3.4 million subscribers to HBO Max in Q2.

If you’ve been watching HBO Max through someone else’s password, the current gentle encouragement to change your behavior get serious.

HBO Max password sharers may be forced to pay up. WBD's streaming head said they're finding moochers so they're "putting the net in the right place."

Warner Bros. Discovery's efforts to limit password sharing on HBO Max will start to get "aggressive" next month, a top exec said Thursday.

Have you been enjoying sharing your HBO Max account with family members who live in a different state, city, or even just a different house than you? Well tough shit. That’s done. It’s 2025 and if you have even a few pennies left to squeeze out,

HBO Max’s password-sharing crackdown is about to get stricter. During an earnings call on Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery streaming head JB Perette said prompts surrounding account sharing will become more persistent starting next month, pushing people toward paying an extra $7.99 per month to add an extra member to their account.

HBO Max is planning to crack down more aggressively on password sharing, according to Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming CEO JB Perette (via

HBO Max warns that its password-sharing crackdown will get aggressive in September. So far, the company has been playing nice but no more.

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