Streaming platform Disney+ is updating its subscriber agreement and is adding a no-sharing-passwords policy.

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    1 year ago

    Steam is a prime example. I don’t want to pirate, because I like the services they provide.
    Make that, but for movies. I suppose that’s what Netflix was at some point.

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      At one point Netflix was better than pirating. It had a catalog of nearly everything in existence and I could impulse watch something without any preparation… while with pirating I had to wait for the download to finish and, occasionally, fish around for a decent copy of what I wanted.

      Then they cut off VPN use… Then their catalog got thinner… Then they raised the price… And then, the line I hated most of all, they became advertising subsidized for some tiers.

      There’s a reason I’m happy to tell Bezos to go fuck himself… and that reason is ads of Amazon prime. (I mean, there are lots of other reasons, too).

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        1 year ago

        Also, Gabe Newell gives a fuck. He wants steam to be the best platform - he isn’t hyper focused on profits.

        Steam still isn’t perfect though… it’s just the least awful centralized platform.