comfortablyglum to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agoDisney’s password-sharing crackdown has begunwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1642arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1631arrow-down1external-linkDisney’s password-sharing crackdown has begunwww.theverge.comcomfortablyglum to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square105fedilinkfile-text
It’s now explicitly against Disney Plus’s policies for Canadian subscribers to share passwords outside of their household.
minus-square@A_Random_IdiotlinkEnglish11•1 year agoCant you just set things up with a router to tunnel your disney+ connection through a device at your family members house so you streaming from 1500 miles away looks like its coming from their house?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish27•1 year agoIt’s far easier and more performant to simply pirate what you want to watch.
minus-square@A_Random_IdiotlinkEnglish2•1 year agoEh, still need a VPN for that so your ISP cant send you pissy emails about what you’re doing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoEasy to vpn on a desktop, download, and put things on Plex. Harder to setup a vpn tunnel to another house and configure only your tv to use it.
minus-square@A_Random_IdiotlinkEnglish1•1 year agoYou gave your TV internet access, with how much they are known to spy on you? Blegh.
minus-square@CheatMageLVL99linkEnglish1•1 year agoI was hoping that Disney wouldn’t join the enshittification club so quickly.
minus-square@troopydoopylinkEnglish9•1 year agoYes, but this is too difficult/complicated for 80%+ of users
Cant you just set things up with a router to tunnel your disney+ connection through a device at your family members house so you streaming from 1500 miles away looks like its coming from their house?
It’s far easier and more performant to simply pirate what you want to watch.
Eh, still need a VPN for that so your ISP cant send you pissy emails about what you’re doing.
Easy to vpn on a desktop, download, and put things on Plex.
Harder to setup a vpn tunnel to another house and configure only your tv to use it.
You gave your TV internet access, with how much they are known to spy on you?
Blegh.
Piracy is easier.
I was hoping that Disney wouldn’t join the enshittification club so quickly.
Yes, but this is too difficult/complicated for 80%+ of users