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 pay for x number of simultaneous streams it shouldn’t fucking matter who the hell are using it, it’s still x number of simultaneous streams.
But hey streaming was good while it lasted and a VPN is cheaper after all.
And I’ll keep enjoying my lifetime Plex pass.
Plex go brrr
Rumors are out that they’re gonna try to enshitify Plex too.
Not saying run away, but maybe keep Jellyfin handy.
I store my media library on a truenas server, all I have to do is boot up a jellyfish VM and point it to the same filepath.
I will be experimenting with it to see which I prefer and so I have a backup if plex goes to shit
Same but unraid.
Plex is better at figuring out naming issues.
JF lacks a global lookup so you have to sort your own DNS.
But then again, JF doesn’t sell your watching habits
I have em in parallel ATM.
Really as long as plex doesn’t try to crack down on locally hosted media, I’m not worried.
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.
Kodi goes brrrrrr
And this is why I’m using Plex more
They don’t realize that they don’t have the power of Netflix (who this unfortunately worked for)
Every company out there is talking about record values with their enshittification I’m just over here like, I haven’t had a streaming service subscription in 3 years now unless you count YouTube premium and a few subscriptions to content creators on Twitch but I don’t really count them cuz it’s not a subscribe to get access to content Styles subscription. Like there’s only so much the everyday person can take before they just start canceling Subs and then they get no money out of them
Do so, because the ones who do want it will cancel, and the others will keep paying. its to stupid to not react on these kind of stuff, like we do, and keep paying to watch series that last 2-3 season max + ads + price increase and no password sharing. Don’t you see it?
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
What do you do with a drunken sailor?
Interestingly enough, 2/3 of those are subs I dropped within the last year or so based on a lack of quality/content for what they cost (never bothered with ESPN, NHL games are easy to find). Seems like streaming is starting to collapse a lot quicker than TV did.
Likewise, just cancelled Disney+ and Hulu last month, along with Paramount+, and Netflix.
Only still have AppleTV+ because it’s still cheap. And then Max because it’s included in our cell service, and Amazon for the shipping, but I don’t really use either, and am looking into the feasibility of dropping Prime, if I can convince the wife.
AppleTV+ is still cheap where you live? Here in Europe it went from 4,99€ to 6,99€ and I think they just raised it to 9,99€. They have some great shows but VERY little content all in all. And at a doubled price which now matches all the other services (all around 10€ each) it is just not worth it IMO.
I might get it for one binge-month in the future just to watch Severance season two though. Or… just get it elsewhere…
Not sure. It’s $9.99 normally but I think she’s got a discount somehow (teacher? Or some kind of bundle?)
Good luck.
