Customers have six weeks to begin using the updated guidelines.
It is no longer acceptable to share a Hulu account with acquaintances and members of one’s family. In accordance with an amended subscriber agreement, Hulu is implementing a stricter policy regarding the sharing of passwords outside of the “primary personal residence” of the account holder, just like Netflix and its sibling provider Disney+ did before it. Unless the activity is “permitted by your service tier,” which indicates that consumers may be able to pay additional fees to share their membership with individuals who are not members of their household, this is the case.
According to The Verge, Hulu has begun communication with its users, informing them that they would be required to comply with the new guidelines by the 14th of March. The firm has been sending letters to users notifying them that it is “adding limitations on sharing your account outside of your household,” although it is not clear how Hulu intends to monitor this particular aspect of the service.
Netflix was the first big streaming service to take action against the practice of password sharing, and as a direct result, the company has witnessed an increase in the number of subscribers it has. In the latter part of the previous year, Disney+ followed suit, and it should come as no surprise that Hulu is also moving in the same direction, considering that Disney will soon control the sole ownership of Hulu.