Hulu & Disney+ no pwd. sharing - does this mean no more mobile watching?

[Fanatical Meat]

I don't feel that I have stolen a viewer. When I pre -purchased the years of Disney+ several years back, for $70 a year, I verified that it supported several simultaneous streams. I also verified that they allowed these viewers to be in different physical locations.

So, of course, they have changed the terms years after I bought the service. I feel that these years of service should be grandfathered in under the original terms that were effective at the time of purchase. There is no way my friend would ever pay for Disney, but he does occasionally watch a Marvel movie.

They don’t have to renew your service right

 

[nakedfrog]

I don't feel that I have stolen a viewer. When I pre -purchased the years of Disney+ several years back, for $70 a year, I verified that it supported several simultaneous streams. I also verified that they allowed these viewers to be in different physical locations.

So, of course, they have changed the terms years after I bought the service. I feel that these years of service should be grandfathered in under the original terms that were effective at the time of purchase. There is no way my friend would ever pay for Disney, but he does occasionally watch a Marvel movie.

You may feel that way, but I have a sneaking suspicion you agreed to terms of service that allow for changes such as this (even if you didn't actually read them).

 

[GunsMadeAmericaFree]

You may feel that way, but I have a sneaking suspicion you agreed to terms of service that allow for changes such as this (even if you didn't actually read them).

I guess it's the one chance you take when you pre-purchase things. Well, of course, I guess you're also taking a chance that the company doesn't go out of business, too.

 

[onelivinlarge]

I used to watch movies and shows on both platforms, but I eventually stopped because they kept changing things, and it just got annoying. Plus, it was getting expensive, and I didn't feel like I was getting my money's worth, especially when I wanted to watch on different devices without any trouble.

I found this cool website where you can click on my spam link]watch movies free[/URL] in super clear quality, just like Hulu and Disney+. My experience has been really good. It's super easy to use on any device, and the best part is you can watch movies free. It's a great option if you're looking for something that's easy on your wallet and works everywhere.

 

[Meghan54]

Frankly, I’ve been doing exactly what you’re fretting about. I’ve also got Disney….watch it on 3 TV’s, two phones, and one laptop. Used the phones and laptop up and down the east coast without a hitch. Not a problem at all. Also YouTube TV, Netflix, etc.

 

[manly]

Frankly, I’ve been doing exactly what you’re fretting about. I’ve also got Disney….watch it on 3 TV’s, two phones, and one laptop. Used the phones and laptop up and down the east coast without a hitch. Not a problem at all. Also YouTube TV, Netflix, etc.

Obviously they fingerprint each device. It doesn't take a complex AI model to allow for some flexibility and mobility within a "household." Also, don't most services tie the subscription tier to simultaneous streams? So that's the practical limit to how much a person can share one paid sub.

 

[Meghan54]

Obviously they fingerprint each device. It doesn't take a complex AI model to allow for some flexibility and mobility within a "household." Also, don't most services tie the subscription tier to simultaneous streams? So that's the practical limit to how much a person can share one paid sub.

Well, first I engaged all the streaming apps from my home on all evicee free s, so they’re recognized as being “mine”. Then began ranging with laptop and phones. No issues. But talk about chewing up data.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

My wife signs onto Disney+ in her classroom on Fun-day Fridays. Haven't had an issue yet.

 

[MinervaLaw]

My wife signs onto Disney+ in her classroom on Fun-day Fridays. Haven't had an issue yet.

We've haven't noticed the issue yet either. Son's at college and he uses our account that he already logged in on from TV/PS5, long before he left, but it still works, no problem. I'm going to assume they are doing this by a combination of IP/Location/MAC. Probably the easiest thing to do is just change the MAC address either in your device or using pFsense or similar.

Location would be the hard one to get around without a VPN, I would assume, but I haven't tried it. I don't want him tunneling through our network from a college network to spoof the location. Most commercial VPNs I've seen allow you to connect to servers in states/countries, but not something as specific as a city or provider. But, again, I don't know enough about it and haven't tried it to find out. Changing MAC addresses would be my first option.

Oddly enough? We ran into this problem with Netflix many months ago. It works on one TV in the house, but none of the others, lol. The others have clamped down and want us to sign in with the correct location/account. But this one TV has lasted since their change and it's never been logged out. No clue why since it's on a different IP/Location/Mac, but the same IP/Location as the other TVs in our house. That leads me to believe if I spoof the MAC on all our TVs in pFsense, maybe Netflix will work on all of them? There hasn't been a lot to watch lately, so we haven't fooled with it.

 

[GunsMadeAmericaFree]

My wife signs onto Disney+ in her classroom on Fun-day Fridays. Haven't had an issue yet.

Does it require "2 factor authentication"? I ask because I work at a school, and would likely do this after activating my year of Disney+. However, I don't have an active cell phone on me when I am at work.

 

[Zorba]

I get D+ through Verizon, it's an account level benefit, but my account with Verizon includes multiple households. Verizon doesn't care. But I guess only one of us will get to keep D+

 

[Crotulus]

For netflix....If you have multiple WiFi connections at your home or WiFi networks with different external IP addresses, you will need to use the one that you use the most to set a Netflix Household on your TV. Anyone who doesn't use the same WiFi network as your primary device is will not be a part of your household.

Article said that if you haven't logged in the home wifi for a month, you'll get the boot. Unless it's changed, hulu live only allows 2 streams anyway.

My family has a cabin up in the mountains. It has internet service so we keep a TV with a firestick up there to watch at night. Went up one weekend and got hit with Netflix telling me I'm sharing my password. Had to take the firestick back with us and log in on the home network for it to work again. Not sure how often it's going to make me do this.

Disney may implement something similar. People are going to be pretty mad when they find their streaming services accusing them of password sharing and kid's tablets/streaming sticks don't work while on family vacation or away from the house.

 

[MinervaLaw]

My family has a cabin up in the mountains. It has internet service so we keep a TV with a firestick up there to watch at night. Went up one weekend and got hit with Netflix telling me I'm sharing my password. Had to take the firestick back with us and log in on the home network for it to work again. Not sure how often it's going to make me do this.

Disney may implement something similar. People are going to be pretty mad when they find their streaming services accusing them of password sharing and kid's tablets/streaming sticks don't work while on family vacation or away from the house.

What you quoted and your reply brings up some great points.

I've never tried the network thing, but it is SO odd that one of our TV continues to work with Netflix and all the other TVs tell me I'm not in my household and sharing my account. This one has me stumped and my assumption is MAC address, but I haven't tried faking it yet, in pFsense. The other point is, I have two children, yes one shares my accounts, but he's a college student hours away and it's not hurting anyone. I also use it for work trips abroad, but not Hulu, you have to be in country for it to work, lol. But Netflix won't work if he logs in and we try to log in, except for one TV on the same network! It's the strangest thing. So my best guess was they are tracking MAC and/or location.

But, at the end of the day, every network is/has started a network service and they all charge +$10 a month. It all ends to add up to more that cable or DTV cost. The whole point of streaming was to reduce cost, but FU*@& I spend almost $100 a month just for Hulu/Disney/ESPN+wheythefunkamIpayingforthistoo? Add that to the never ending rising cost of every service, I'm at $200 a month and these guys are preaching how much cheaper they are than traditional services. REALLY? Math folks, simple MATH. lol. And that is my rant of the day.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Does it require "2 factor authentication"? I ask because I work at a school, and would likely do this after activating my year of Disney+. However, I don't have an active cell phone on me when I am at work.

I don't think it does. IIRC I just get an email saying someone logged in, if it isn't you change your PW.

 

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