The service has been offering a "soft" warning to select customers over the last few months, but will be more direct in the fall.

HBO Max warns that its password-sharing crackdown will get aggressive in September. So far, the company has been playing nice but no more.

HBO Max’s password-sharing crackdown is about to get stricter. During an earnings call on Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery streaming head JB Perette said prompts surrounding account sharing will become more persistent starting next month, pushing people toward paying an extra $7.99 per month to add an extra member to their account.