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So I tried out a service called "Playstation Vue" a while back, and I'm very inclined to believe that "stream limits are tricky" There were dozens of times in

So I tried out a service called "Playstation Vue" a while back, and I'm very inclined to believe that "stream limits are tricky" There were dozens of times in the 2 months that I had the service that I was unable to stream, because I had hit a "concurrent streams" limit. Switching between devices, having my browser auto-login (which would take up a "slot"), And the fun bug they had for a while where if I started a stream on my phone, then "cast" it to a chromecast, it would count as 2 streams, and due to a limitation where playstations were given their own dedicated "slots" meant that 2 people couldn't watch on a chromecast at any given time even though I should have had 5 simultaneous streams allowed. I ended up canceling the service because of it, and I appreciate the limits that Netflix has much more.

majormajor 9y ago
IME, pretty much all the over-the-top cable alternatives right now, are, unfortunately, crappily enough designed that they're most effective as a way of generating a set of credentials to plug into the ESPN, Fox, etc, standalone apps and never using them directly. Which makes the only advantage compared to a "traditional" cable account be the price... Which, to be fair, is still a nice advantage, if you don't get the benefit of sweet bundle discounting anyway for whatever reason.
- Klathmon 9y ago
  The only exception I found was YouTube TV. However the channel selection is pretty limited, and they are still only available in a few areas (luckily I am one of them)
tedunangst 9y ago
The better solution would be to always start the new stream, but disrupt the oldest one.
- inetknght 9y ago
  ...and a counter for how many times a new stream started so that you can send warnings to an account for bad behavior? ...and then the customer complaining that their poorly-behaving device keeps getting interrupted? Disrupt the oldest one, sure, but make sure to have some sort of clear indication of what happened and why.
heartbreak 9y ago
That's interesting. I've been using Playstation Vue since April and didn't even know it had a concurrent stream limit. I watch on my phone, laptop, Apple TV, and/or PS4. PS Vue uses MLBAM's streaming infrastructure, which if I'm not mistaken is pretty highly regarded for its quality and stability.
scoggs 9y ago
Sony has never really handled their online game service stuff well. This sounds incredibly bogus.

majormajor 9y ago

IME, pretty much all the over-the-top cable alternatives right now, are, unfortunately, crappily enough designed that they're most effective as a way of generating a set of credentials to plug into the ESPN, Fox, etc, standalone apps and never using them directly. Which makes the only advantage compared to a "traditional" cable account be the price... Which, to be fair, is still a nice advantage, if you don't get the benefit of sweet bundle discounting anyway for whatever reason.

Klathmon 9y ago
The only exception I found was YouTube TV. However the channel selection is pretty limited, and they are still only available in a few areas (luckily I am one of them)

tedunangst 9y ago

The better solution would be to always start the new stream, but disrupt the oldest one.

inetknght 9y ago
...and a counter for how many times a new stream started so that you can send warnings to an account for bad behavior? ...and then the customer complaining that their poorly-behaving device keeps getting interrupted? Disrupt the oldest one, sure, but make sure to have some sort of clear indication of what happened and why.

heartbreak 9y ago

That's interesting. I've been using Playstation Vue since April and didn't even know it had a concurrent stream limit. I watch on my phone, laptop, Apple TV, and/or PS4. PS Vue uses MLBAM's streaming infrastructure, which if I'm not mistaken is pretty highly regarded for its quality and stability.

scoggs 9y ago

Sony has never really handled their online game service stuff well. This sounds incredibly bogus.