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Max Is Charging an Extra $8 in a Password-Sharing Crackdown


David Zaslav only gets richer.

If you have friends or relatives mooching off your Max account to watch The Last of Us, they’ll probably get an uncomfortable message before tuning into next week’s episode. Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming service announced today that it’s about to start offering “a simple way for subscribers to add on a new member to their account” — a.k.a. Max’s announcement hypes the new policy with inflated encomia like “advancements,” “simple,” and “flexibility.” But none of it is especially novel, and it really just means more money will flow into David Zaslav’s pockets.

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