4 streaming apps that also allow you to share passwords free of charge

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Netflix cracks down on password sharing, whereas Peacock, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Amazon Prime Video permit it.
Peacock & Paramount+ provide a number of simultaneous streams for straightforward sharing with household or pals.
Apple TV+ auto-shares inside Household Sharing group; Paramount+ is best to share.

“Love is sharing a password.”

Contemplating Netflix was the primary main app to crack down on

sharing passwords
, it is onerous to consider that they really tweeted this assertion eight years in the past, and the put up is definitely still live to this day.

Although you won’t be capable of share your

Netflix
password anymore, there are nonetheless a couple of apps that permit customers to share accounts as freely as (apparently) their love. The record could also be dwindling, however as of 2025, listed below are the most important streamers who do not thoughts if you happen to give your cousin, your aunt and even your sweetie your password.

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4

Peacock

The entire household can watch The Workplace

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Peacock

Subscription with advertisements: $7.99
Premium Subscription: $13.99
Simultaneous streams: 3
# of profiles: 6
Originals: Sure
Stay TV: Sure

For fairly a very long time Peacock was the app my household used to look at The Workplace and that was principally it. Nevertheless, I’ve to present NBCUniversal some props as there may be much more content material these days on the streamer. From blockbuster motion pictures like Depraved: Half One and Nosferatu to enjoyable unique sequence like The Traitors, there’s truly fairly a bit to look at on the streamer, and with the app permitting for 3 concurrent streams no matter location, everybody can discover one thing to look at on the app collectively.

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3

Apple TV+

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Apple TV+

Worth: $9.99 per 30 days
Free trial: 7 day free trial and three months free if you happen to purchase an Apple gadget
Simultaneous streams: 6
# of profiles: 6
Originals: Sure
Stay TV:: Restricted (There are dwell sports activities and a few add-on channels provide dwell TV)

Apple TV+ truly lets you share your account the second you log in, as subscribers will routinely share their account with their household group, which is nice if, like me, you may have a big group of individuals in the identical Household Sharing group. Nevertheless, in case you are seeking to share your Apple TV+ account with pals or acquaintances, it may be just a little little bit of a problem to share your Apple TV+ subscription, because it provides entry to your full Apple account, which can embrace cost and subscription particulars. You possibly can nonetheless give people your login particulars, simply know that the potential is there to present entry to extra than simply the latest season of

Severance
.

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2

Paramount+

F is for pals who do stuff collectively

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Paramount Plus

Subscription with advertisements: Sure
Premium Subscription: $11.99
Simultaneous streams: 3
# of profiles: 6
Originals: Star Trek: Discovery, Mayor of Kingstown
Stay TV: Sure, however restricted variety of channels

Of all of the streaming apps on this record, Paramount+ is definitely the simplest to share with a good friend because the app particularly permits for 3 alternate gadgets and person profiles exterior a single family. So regardless of whether or not you need to watch SpongeBob SquarePants, Star Trek, and even the most recent Transformers film, if you happen to’ve obtained a buddy with a Paramount+ subscription, you are in enterprise!

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1

Amazon Prime Video

Welcome to the household

Amazon

Amazon Prime Video

Simultaneous streams: 3
# of profiles: 6
Originals: Sure
Worth: $8.99 per 30 days by itself or $14.99 per 30 days as part of Prime

Amazon Prime Video will not be the world’s most-watched streaming service, however it’s the one

most likely to show you ads
, which is maybe why the streamer would not actually thoughts if you happen to share your account. As a way to get essentially the most out of sharing a Prime Video subscription, customers can merely add one other grownup to their Amazon Household family and so they’ll be capable of stream all of Amazon Prime’s unique content material, together with Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy, Hazbin Resort and The Wheel of Time.