ADR-0005: Household Sharing Is Out of Scope
Status
Accepted
Context
Multiple people in one household may want to share a device or a membership's benefits (e.g. a family sharing one stream player). Modeling household-level sharing as a first-class concept adds complexity to the ownership and entitlement model.
Decision
Household sharing is out of scope. The registered owner's membership is what counts for entitlement purposes; ownership transfer (Super Admin-only, see ADR-0004) is the supported workaround when a device effectively needs to move between people.
Alternatives Considered
Not recorded in source material.
Consequences
- The entitlement model stays simple: one owner, one membership basis, no shared-access graph to reason about or secure.
- A household that wants to share a device across multiple memberships has no direct mechanism to do so — they must rely on ownership transfer, which is a heavier, Super Admin-mediated operation not designed for frequent use.