I (29M) pay for Sky and TNT Sports. It’s expensive – about £66/month – but I like watching football so I’ve kept it.
About a year ago my brother (25M) asked if he could use my login "occasionally" to watch a match. I said fine.
Except now he uses it constantly. Every weekend, midweek games, Champions League… he watches more than I do. He’s also shared the login with his girlfriend and I’m pretty sure one of his mates has it too.
Last month I got a notification that too many people were streaming at once and I couldn’t watch my own match that I pay for.
I told him it’s getting ridiculous and either he pays me half or I’m changing the password. He said I was being tight and that "family shares things."
I said sharing is one thing but I’m basically funding entertainment for 4 people while paying for it alone. He told our mum who called me to say I’m being petty.
I changed the password yesterday. Now he’s not speaking to me.
AITA?
NTA. If “family shares things”, your brother can share the cost or get his own subscription.
I’d change the password immediately.
nta change the password already
NTA. He’s passing your login info around and abusing what you let him do.
NTA. You pay for it, so you get a say in who uses it. If he wants to share it, he should pay half of the cost.
NTA. Also to add, change anything else you use the same password for too.
NTA sorted this same problem by finding other options. pays for itself in like 2 weeks compared to what sky and tnt cost. boyfriend was annoyed at first but got over it quick when he realised he could still watch everything
change the password. duh.
NTA, he took advantage of your generosity.
There is a lesson in this for both of you.
NTA. It’s one thing to share a login with a trusted person but that person doesn’t then get to go around *also* sharing the login with others. I would’ve changed the password as soon as he started giving it to his girlfriend and friends. You said *he* could use your account, not everyone he knows.
NTA, dead right to change the password. He’s totally taking advantage. He should be contributing to the cost if he’s going to use it so much..
NTA. He abused his “occasional “ privilege. Let him pay for his own.
NTA! He’s a mooch and he’s giving access to other people??? That’s insane. Your mom is enabling him. He can pay for himself and his friends or your mom can
Rookie m0ve. you don’t say anything, you just change the password and they have to ask you if they want to be able to log in again. you dont inform them at all
NTA. It’s one thing to share with him, it’s a completely different thing to for him to share it with all and sundry.
I’d give him one more chance but tell him if he shares the password with anyone else, he doesn’t get another shot.