Technology

59152 readers

2279 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

154

Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ will start cracking down on password sharing | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

47 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ will start cracking down on password sharing | CNN Business::Disney is banning password sharing on its streaming services, following in the footsteps of competitor Netflix.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I think that would pretty much end them.

I think we're in for pre-roll ads. More invasive pushes to get us to purchase content from partners. Theyre already selling what and where we're watching. My guess is the different streaming services will be really interested in where our eyes are if we're not their customer.

My biggest worry is plex seeing when we're watching stuff before it's available. Let's say the streaming companies continue to decline and piracy continues to increase, If the MPAA decides to renew its fight against piracy they might very well have a database of what and when we're watching everything.

Right now there's not really anything they could do about it at least in the US. But right now isn't 5 years from now on this data is going to live on.

It's not that hard to picture a change of events where you're watching a Netflix exclusive show and they line up that you don't have a Netflix subscription. Putting numbers to intellectual property sale losses without paying is a pretty good way to get laws made.