The dilemma

Maria's message lands at 8pm. The platform is cracking down on account sharing, the extra fee is $18 a month, and she's splitting it six ways at $3 each. Your own profile says you've logged 700+ hours this year. Maria adds that one of the other four has logged twelve, and the rest have been quiet for months. She signs off cheerfully: "no stress, everything else stays on me." Reply by Friday.

Your options

1. Send $3. A deal's a deal.
2. Reply: "I use it most, I'll pay $8 and the rest can split the other $10."
3. Suggest the group try usage-based splitting instead of flat.