With the Netflix soon starting its system to suppress password sharing, many subscribers are complaining and threatening to cancel their plans on the streaming platform. Fortunately, there are still services that still don’t care whether or not you share your password with someone who doesn’t live in the same household.
It’s important to mention that while there are services that allow you to share passwords, it doesn’t mean they really want you to. Like it or not, there is a great loss for companies due to this practice. But as long as these platforms don’t take drastic measures to prevent this, they remain an excellent alternative to Netflix.
Streaming services that still let you share passwords
HBO Max
HBO Max has canceled several productions, yet the platform continues to be widely used, mainly because it is cheap and allows password sharing. The subscriber can live in a city in the state of Minas Gerais and share with someone from Santa Catarina, for example. However, the company warns that you can have up to 3 simultaneous transmissions at most.
Price: Currently, HBO Max costs BRL 27.90 per month. But there is the 3-month plan, which charges R$74.90 (equal to R$24.97/month), and the 12-month plan (equal to R$19.99/month).
disney+
Disney Streaming Services President Michael Paull spoke in 2019, in interview with TheVergeabout sharing Disney+ passwords saying:
We’ve created some technologies that are in the backend that we’re going to use to understand the behavior… and when we see behavior that doesn’t make sense, we have mechanisms that we put in place to deal with it.
Fortunately, the back-end technology mentioned during the Disney+ debut ended up not becoming a reality, even with the streaming platform having completed three years of life. According to the Business Insider website, the service allows simultaneous transmission of up to 4 devices and supports up to 7 user profiles. This scenario is perfect, as it is possible to share the password with people from different locations in the country, the final value for each one is extremely low, considering the equal division among the participants.
Price: BRL 27.90/month
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon’s policy says that to share access to your account with other people, you must add them to the “Amazon Household”, a feature that serves to share all the benefits of Prime by linking the accounts. But this sharing is limited to only two adults, four teenagers and 4 children. However, this functionality is not currently present in Brazil, although this does not make much difference, as sharing passwords is completely possible without the need to do this procedure.
Amazon Prime Video allows simultaneous streaming from up to three devices with a single Amazon account. That is, you can share the subscription fee with up to 3 people by sharing your password.
Price: BRL 14.90 (amount paid for Amazon Prime, which includes access to Amazon Prime Video as a benefit)
Paramount+
Paramount+ is another service that has not been conscientious about sharing passwords with friends, family or acquaintances. On this streaming platform, it is possible to simultaneously stream up to three devices.
Price: BRL 19.90/month
