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
    3·
    8 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
      2·
      8 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
        1·
        8 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
          2·
          8 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.

    • TexMexBazooka@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      8 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