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Malcolm McMillan

HBO Max's password crackdown is getting 'aggressive' — your free ride is over

HBO Max logo on a TV.

HBO Max has been discussing a crackdown on password sharing for months. The streaming service first announced it was following Netflix's crackdown with a Max password-sharing crackdown of its own back in April.

Then, in May, it revealed even more details, with Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming executive JB Perrette warning that the password sharing crackdown would hit "full steam" in the next "12-18 months."

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