{"id":19152,"date":"2026-04-16T21:09:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T04:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/2026\/04\/16\/maybe-its-time-to-cancel-hbo-max-subscription\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:09:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T04:09:32","slug":"maybe-its-time-to-cancel-hbo-max-subscription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/2026\/04\/16\/maybe-its-time-to-cancel-hbo-max-subscription\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybe it\u2019s time to cancel HBO Max Subscription"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>HBO Max has been \u201ccracking down\u201d on account sharing for quite sometimes now. I first got the message some months ago, even though I technically did not share my account. I do however watch HBO Max at the office, where I have an Apple TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also occasionally watch HBO Max at a home office at my friend\u2019s house which we often do work on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to that I also use my iPad and iPhone to watch some HBO Max.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently HBO Max system is flagging my account as being shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_1552-1024x665.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-19150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_1552-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_1552-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_1552-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_1552-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_1552.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">HBO Max, warning to subscribe to keep watching.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_1553-1024x665.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-19151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_1553-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_1553-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_1553-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_1553-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_1553.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Verify Your HBO Max Household<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The worst part is now I kept getting this message whenever I\u2019m launching HBO Max app at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s time to cancel the subscription. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBO Max has been \u201ccracking down\u201d on account sharing for quite sometimes now. I first got the message some months ago, even though I technically did not share my account. I do however watch HBO Max at the office, where I have an Apple TV. I also occasionally watch HBO Max at a home office &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/2026\/04\/16\/maybe-its-time-to-cancel-hbo-max-subscription\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Maybe it\u2019s time to cancel HBO Max Subscription&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Maybe it\u2019s time to cancel HBO MAX Subscription","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[3717,406,1030,2009,2511,936,3048],"class_list":["post-19152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-rants","tag-3717","tag-april","tag-entertainment","tag-media","tag-resources","tag-tech","tag-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_1551.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcNtU-4YU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}