Disney to crack down on password sharing?

A report out of India indicates that Disney may be beginning the process of cracking down on password sharing.

Okay, that's India. That's not the US. Why is this a concern here?

Think back for a minute. Netflix cracked down on password sharing. They started small, in other countries. Then expanded, finally cracking down on the US.

Disney's plan comes just as streaming rival Netflix in May started telling subscribers in more than 100 countries they will need to pay more to share the service with people outside their household.

In India, a premium account of Disney+ Hotstar streaming service still allows logins on as many as 10 devices, even though its website currently says "number of devices that can be logged in" is four.

Disney+ Hotstar has internally tested enforcement of the policy and has plans to start implementing it later this year to limit logins at four for such accounts, said the first person.

"Some people will be incentivised to buy" their own subscriptions with new restrictions in place, said the person.

Disney declined to comment.

Now, I don't have a problem with what Disney is doing. If that's how they want to do it, fine. I won't impact me one way or the other.

My Streaming Life does not include Disney+. For those that do, this may be bad news coming down the pike for some Disney+ customers.