Excited for the TVs that detect the amount of people in a room.

I wish TV and other mediums could be like bandcamp.

I pay you money, you give me a file at highest quality in the format I want it with no DRM from anywhere on the planet.

You get paid, I get something I own and can support creators.

Until that I’m done with all of this fucking bullshit. The middle men are leeches.

Piracy feels righteous if it’s denying them even a penny.

> TVs that detect the amount of people in a room.

Microsoft or Samsung (cant remember which, probably Microsoft because Kinect) already patented this very use case.

> Excited for the TVs that detect the amount of people in a room.

The term is "telescreen"

> Piracy feels righteous if it’s denying them even a penny.

Denying them funding feels like self-defense at this point.

Each year we grow closer to the “verification can” [1] universe. It’s a shame that users could be punished for using their own accounts as they choose.

[1] https://i.redd.it/ct7ytf6sxkr61.jpg

Fun fact: this already exists.they sell energy drink cans that give you 1 month of xbox game pass

It would be a mistake for us to think that the prescience of the pig story in Black Mirror was an anomaly.

> "There are a range of provisions in criminal and civil law which may be applicable in the case of password sharing where the intent is to allow a user to access copyright-protected works without payment"

Translation: "There isn't actually a law that specifically prevents this so we're going to throw a bunch of random shit at it until something sticks"

I mean, various laws covering unauthorized access to computer systems seem like they would be directly applicable here.

https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/computer-misuse-act

>There must be knowledge that the intended access was unauthorised; and

Check? If not currently, Netflix could trivially ensure that this is the case by just adding a banner on the login page.

>There must have been an intention to secure access to any program or data held in a computer.

Check.

Perhaps UK Citizens should get their government to sort out their declining GDP instead of creating bullshit laws around sharing Netflix passwords.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-21/brexit-ha...

When more than a few thousand of us get a chance to vote we will certainly ... ummm ... choose between alternatives ... oh democracy, what has happened to you :-(

Netflix can buzz right off. Customers are paying outrageous dollars to have all of their streaming sites akin to cable channels in 90's. Their whole model succeeded on affordability and accessibility. It's ass backwards to me to go to war with your customers instead of working to make them happier.

Isn't this the IPO making all the fuss, not Netflix.

> Netflix has never indicated it would take any legal action in such cases.

Just remember that Netflix success was based on the fact that they played the card of people sharing their accounts.

Like why take the most expensive plan to have 4 devices watching at a time if it is for a couple of persons at home that watch.

Pardon my language but nobody gives a fuck.

People will keep doing it, more intrusive policies will roll out, people will not object to the policies, and will continue to not give a fuck.

Maybe at some point we can all get Netflix for free, and one person can pay for the cost of all users.

I'm not saying that sharing passwords is right, I'm just pointing out that it's not going to stop.

Other streaming services have had reasonable success, so I think this assumes that the present level of password sharing benefits their bottom line. This definitely seems possible!