Disney is banning password sharing on its streaming services, following in the footsteps of competitor Netflix.

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.

    • LazaroFilm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      201·
      9 months ago

      I really don’t want to. I work in the film industry. I feel like 🏴‍☠️is like cutting the branch you’re on for me but I can’t afford to keep all those subscriptions, especially when the studios are fuxking us with sand on salaries and making the trikes last all year long. So far, I started soft with movie-web.app for some shows. If they keep on pushing us I will break. It’s not stealing if the other solution is racket.

      • BertramDitore@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        9 months ago

        I don’t like doing it, and I would be thrilled to throw my money at a single service that allows me to stream anything I want at high bitrate 4K. I’d actually be willing to pay a pretty high premium for that. Money is not the issue, it’s the quality of service. I genuinely wish there was a way to pay for a service that benefitted the film industry while providing a quality service to me. Until that’s the case, I’ll continue sailing on a ship that gives me the highest-possible quality content.

        • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          9 months ago

          Hell yeah. I’d pay $300 a month if they provide everything over 6 months old and never take shit out of the catalog.

          I’d be super happy not to have to maintain my own catalogs.

          • sploosh@lemmy.worldEnglish
            7·
            9 months ago

            Yo man let’s not go crazy, $300 a year would be on the high end of acceptable for that. The costs to keep more data available when you own the licenses are quite low as a percentage of total operations, so keeping old content up should be the norm instead of something to be lauded. You don’t get a cookie for base competency.

            • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              9 months ago

              Oh, I’d be willing to pay less. If you have full cable, balls to the wall and most of the streaming services you could get up around that range. It’s ridiculous amount a month to pay for entertainment. But if you look at what you get for that, It’s a 300 lb turd with a couple of gems here and there. If they all put their licensing catalogs together in one place they could probably make a hell of a lot more money than trying to nickel and dime everybody individually.

      • TexMexBazooka@lemm.eeEnglish
        16·
        9 months ago

        Piracy is and always has been a service issue. When a high quality, convenient, affordable service is provided on a consistent basis without endless bullshit, I have no problem paying.

        When it constantly feels like I’m being bled dry for every single cent I have just to watch some TV…. Well, arrrrgh

        I buy the blu ray versions of stuff I want to support

        • LazaroFilm@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          If pirating is easier than paying for it then why am I paying for it? Note I have been paying for Netflix, HBO, Amazon and one/off Hulu and Apple but they’re all pushing the limits and password sharing is the only way to make it worth it. If I can’t share the price (like sharing phone plans) then I won’t pay. I don’t want to pirate, I’m happy to pay them but there are limits.

    • Bogasse@lemmy.mlEnglish
      71·
      9 months ago

      I subscribed to a pack for “most streaming services in my country” because I earn enough money now and wanted to try being honest. But I will very probably not renew it, I pay 50€/month, but still use Plex almost as often :

      1. The web apps suck, the mobile ones are often worse (laggy, contrast changes while watching, lack of features …)
      2. Some shows are not available in a decent quality : in France we have Kaamelott, owned by Canal+, they probably made an intern upload the episodes so it’s only available at 360p
      3. They try to control what you watch : the “continue watching” section of Netflix has been randomly placed between line 1 and 4 for a while now, seemingly just to push their bulshit recommendation algorithms that will me watch yet another cheap copycat
      4. Some “premium” movies are not part of any subscription (eg. Puss In Boots 2)
      5. Some show may not be available anywhere when shady exclusivity contracts expire (eg. “Au service de la France” was only available through piracy last time a friend tried to watch it) …

      Sooooo … I was ok with the services sucking but I can’t be okay with them so obviously not trying to improve.

      It’s also incredible how I was pirating everything else when I was a teenager (video games, books, audio, …) and managed to stop almost immediately when I received my first salary.