It’s now explicitly against Disney Plus’s policies for Canadian subscribers to share passwords outside of their household.
Begun, the pirating has.
Disney’s password-sharing crackdown has begun
Submitted 1 year ago by ComfortablyGlum@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/27/23893231/disney-plus-password-sharing-ban-canada
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xmunk@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I’ll try pirating, that’s a good trick!
This is where the fun begins.
bobman@unilem.org 1 year ago
It never ended for those with brains.
Why pay for something you can get for free? Lol.
Unless you’re a sucker.
meepmeep@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Personally I value my time above money, as it’s the one thing that you get a finite amount of.
With the ease of streaming going down, and the ease of pirating going up, I’m not back to pirating.
artic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
want to upvote but at 66
bobman@unilem.org 1 year ago
You can stream pretty much anything for free here: fmoviesz.to
Just make sure you have uBlock Origin installed.
If you ever have issues, do an internet search for “free streaming sites reddit” and try one of those.
Ad4mWayn3@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Or if you don’t want to give reddit any traffic, here’s a couple more you can check:
yaps.cc movie-web.app
redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
movie-web.app Especially this one. This is an open source front end for many movie piracy sites. It has no ads and works perfectly for me.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In many countries downloading stuff is not illegal only sharing, do with that information what you will.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 year ago
See you on the high seas matey!
El_illuminacho@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I never found my way to a port. Been out on the sea for so long I don’t remember how land even looks like.
NightAuthor@lemmy.world 1 year ago
*arr stack is too easy, I couldn’t pay for a better experience if I wanted to.
columbus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Torrenting go brrrr…
Sum_1_Random@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If only there was a brrTorrent to add to the *arr stack.
DeathWearsANecktie@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Keep the black flag flying high!
_number8_@lemmy.world 1 year ago
it’s just so obnoxious they get to charge more for using a website somewhere else. simultaneous streams, sure, but pretending like there’s any justification for this is insane
rot in fucking hell, you’re killing the thing
hearthing@lemmy.world 1 year ago
🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Arr, the wind she blows
krakenx@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I cancelled my Netflix the moment that announced their new account sharing policy, which, looking back on it was probably too early to count. I don’t personally share my account, but I knew that if they were able to pull it off that every other streaming service and probably other services would do the same thing.
Consumers can beat these large corporations, but only when they stand up for themselves. See Wizards of the Coast and Unity. Unfortunately Netflix subscribers did not, and not this is the new standard.
Klaqua@feddit.de 1 year ago
Canceled once they started enforcing the new policy in Germany. I will the same once Disney does it. I have kids in school that use it and when it is not for the whole family anymore it is not interesting enough anymore.
I am tired of especially Disney saying they are losing money on the service. Loosing how? It is produced and paid for. Then strengthen your brand by making every household with kids paying you a monthly fee instead of picking up dvds at a yard sale.
Beancounters telling you you missing out on sales you never had in the first place and never will have.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Exactly. It’s corporate privilege. Fuck these greedy sluts
Haha@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Do it like me: never subscribe! Ez gg
jmd_akbar@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Hoist the anchors, and man the sails! ❤️
atk007@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Disney+ quality has been decreasing lately. If it weren’t for huge Disney animated movies collection there that the kids play on repeat, half of the people wouldn’t bother with Disney+.
Arethusa@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ahh, may they join Netflix in their journey to 0% then negative revenue. These corporations look at their subscribers with disdain and assume no matter what they do, subscribers will be dumb enough to be treated poorly and still pay them. Netflix is losing subscribers who pay $16 - $20 and replacing them with those that pay half as much. Then they shout from the rooftops that they are gaining subscribers. They’ve set their trajectory towards their doom. Watching them all burn will be great.
uhmbah@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Arethusa@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I first read the enshittification post during the Reddit blackout. It’s on point.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Thank God I never bothered with their bullshit in the first place
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
May it go as well as the Netflix password-sharing crackdown (id est, followed by a flood of unsubscribes).
IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
I hate Netflix as much as the next guy but their move was actually very successful. A small percentage of people unsubscribed, but that number was dwindled by the number of new subscribers. Netflix basically proved that people for the most part don’t care and will subscribe just to keep watching.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We don’t have the metrics yet to see if they stay subscribed. Look at it this way, Lemmy grows and shrinks by leaps and bounds every time reddit does something crazy. Same principle. This also doesn’t take into account people wanting to subscribe to finish a show and then unsubscribe afterwards.
TheHotze@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Jokes on them, if (when) this reaches the US, I’m going to stop regularly subscribing. The only reason I usually have a subscription is for my nephews in another state. If I’m no longer subscribing for them, I’m just going to subscribe when a show I want to watch is on, so 1-3 months a year.
netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Time to start pirating
Spaniard@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Start?
netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I mean it’s time for those who still pay for garbage subscriptions to finally free themselves from media corporations
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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?
locuester@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
It’s far easier and more performant to simply pirate what you want to watch.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Eh, still need a VPN for that so your ISP cant send you pissy emails about what you’re doing.
art@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Piracy is easier.
CheatMageLVL99@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I was hoping that Disney wouldn’t join the enshittification club so quickly.
troopydoopy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes, but this is too difficult/complicated for 80%+ of users
ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
What if I GOTO a friend’s house and sign in using my own account, then tmforgetting it’s there, will I get in thenshit with Disney? This anti password sharing thing is dumb af.
sebinspace@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Verizon gave me $30 towards my iPhone to cancel Disney+, so…
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Starting on November 1st, Disney Plus will begin restricting password sharing.
Disney has not provided many details on how it plans to enforce this policy — its email merely states that “we’re implementing restrictions on your ability to share your account or login credentials outside of your household”.
The announcement comes over a month after Disney’s Q3 earnings call, where CEO Bob Iger said that the company was “actively exploring” ways to address shared accounts.
Disney Plus is just the latest streaming service to attempt to tackle password sharing.
Netflix accounts are restricted based on a user’s IP address; subscribers, depending on the plan they select, have the option of adding additional members to their accounts for an additional fee.
But hey, if it’s any consolation: Canadian users now have access to the cheaper ad-supported tier.
The original article contains 294 words, the summary contains 136 words. Saved 54%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
BetaDoggo_@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I thought this was about internal security policy until I remembered that they have a streaming service.
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It is about password security. Nobody should be sharing their passwords, because that is dumb and risky.
I have little sympathy for all the complainers that hate these streaming password sharing restrictions. I’ve never done it, and never will. I pay for all my own streaming services. They are cheap expenses, not worth compromising your accounts’ security.
Cancel your shit if you don’t like it, but you can’t act like you have the moral high horse if you’re violating the terms of service you agreed to.
cybersandwich@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I get Disney+ because I got some deal from my ISP. Outside of Andor, there is no series worth watching on Disney+. I’ve watched through all of the Marvel stuff I care about (or I already own my favorites like Guardians of the Galaxy). If I wasn’t getting it for free I certainly wouldn’t pay for it.
I’d order the big streaming services like this: Apple+, Amazon Prime, HBO Max, Netflix, Hulu, then Disney+ way down that list.
I think Apple+, even with a limited catalogue has some of the best content going.
zainitopia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Simpsons, Futurama, the bear, mandalorian, atlanta and it’s always sunny are all also on Disney plus and absolutely top tier content
cybersandwich@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Are these on Disney+?? I thought the Bear was on Hulu? (Its always sunny, atlana, modern family, the bear, futurama dont show up when I search for them on Disney+). As far as Hulu goes, as long as I can get the blackfriday $.99/mo deal again this year I’ll keep them. Ive created a new account each year on blackfriday for the last 3 or 4 years now).
BTW, the Mandolorian is just not great. I liked it at first and I was holding out hope that it would age like wine, but it hasn’t held up for me. Ashoka is just bad. Rosario is wooden, the dialogue has these awkward 1-4 second pauses between the lines–where they just look at each other. It doesn’t feel natural. Maybe its just bad acting.
CeeBee@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The new Futurama is so bad that I wish it was never renewed.
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Futurama is also on the Internet Archive.
Goodbyeworld@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This guy looks like he’s gonna try and have an intellectual convo with Dr Jones, even though he’s sold his integrity to the Nazi’s at the chance to unleash the true evil power of streaming services. But Dr Jones won’t have it and this guy will be whipped milk before he’s done. The end
mishimaenjoyer@kbin.social 1 year ago
who subbed to d+ anyways? i can understand if it's for younger kids with the cartoons and all, but the rest is just horribly bad. maybe the old fox catalogue could cut them some slack, but even xfiles and 24 could save them on the long run. star wars and marvel are dead, too.
BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Bluey
dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Exactly. The kids shows are good and I like the documentaries.
lud@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Disney plug is better in the Nordics anyway.
They have a bunch of non Disney stuff too.
bobman@unilem.org 1 year ago
Usually people with more money than sense.
I haven’t seen a single intelligent person that knows their way around a computer subscribing to disney plus.
I think they gave up after netflix went to shit and just started torrenting/streaming.
DTFpanda@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I cancelled all my subscription services today and fired up the ol’ abandoned Plex server. I was paying for the convenience for awhile to be honest, but I’m over it now. Internet and a VPN are mostly all anybody needs anymore.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Also unlike streaming services, the tools around this stuff have only gotten better over time. It’s so much easier now to set up your own personal streaming service than when I was last into it years ago.
_number8_@lemmy.world 1 year ago
i’m actually reverting back to pre-digital. i still collect files and some things are easier that way, but it doesn’t feel quite as satisfying to play one as it does a disc or vinyl. it’s cool seeing all the cases lined up on a shelf
ioslife@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I’ve thought about doing this, but the downside is that the physical media can deteriorate. I just started backing up my DVDs yesterday to my NAS and the first disc I pulled out was rotting.