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Why do they want that though? They can still remember you, right, since you’re logged in?
by Grustaf 5y ago
Why do they want that though? They can still remember you, right, since you’re logged in?
- pwinnski 5y agoNot all media sites require one to be logged in. However, there are many reasons why a video service might want each user to be individually identifiable by IP. - Many media items are contractually region-locked - The same user from too many simultaneous IPs might mean shared credentials, a perceived loss of revenue - The same user from geographically disparate IPs might also mean shared credentials, even if not simultaneous. I'm sure there are more.
- Grustaf 5y agoWe were talking about video streaming services though, they usually require a log in, and in any case they’ll have a cookie so they know who you are. Region locking is fine right, that’s exactly what Cloud+ provides, same thing with your third point. As to the second one, I don’t know how big the simulated regions are but i suppose it will look like different houses at least. I’m sure netflix will think of something though.
- pwinnski 5y ago> We were talking about video streaming services though Were we? I read "on-line video providers," which could as easily be the BBC or YouTube as Netflix. It seems like your most recent comment is the first one to mention streaming.