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Losing subscribers, Disney+ starts fighting password sharing, too


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Like Netflix, Disney+ is getting more stringent about sharing account login information. Disney+'s subscriber agreement already says users can't share account information, but the streaming service on Tuesday informed its Canadian users that it is “implementing restrictions on account sharing.”

As spotted by MobileSyrup Wednesday, Disney+ emailed Canadian subscribers informing them of updates to the subscriber agreement as of November 1, including the addition of an "account sharing" section. Although the rules seem to be launching with Canada first, it's likely they'll eventually roll out to other geographies, like the US. Netflix initially tested its password-sharing crackdown in other countries before bringing it to the US.

MobileSyrup reported the update to Disney+'s Canadian agreement as saying;

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