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I am more concerned with underutilization. I am specifically looking at Disney Plus delivering barely 720p to browsers no matter the available bandwidth (while

I am more concerned with underutilization. I am specifically looking at Disney Plus delivering barely 720p to browsers no matter the available bandwidth (while easily streaming hdr 4K to Apple TV on a same network).

ronsor 2y ago
That's DRM for you. If you pay, you get a worse experience.
- codetrotter 2y ago
  And if your girlfriend dies because a restaurant at Disneyland served them food with allergens, they’re gonna claim that because you paid for Disney Plus you can’t sue them for killing your girlfriend. https://wdwnt.com/2024/08/disney-dismissal-wrongful-death-lawsuit/ https://wdwnt.com/2024/08/disney-dismissal-wrongful-death-la... Fuck paying for Disney Plus.
  - sva_ 2y ago
    It was a free trial account
  - dmoy 2y ago
    Don't worry, as long as there's a news cycle they'll drop their motion to dismiss https://apnews.com/article/disney-allergy-death-lawsuit-b66cd07c6be2497bf5f6bce2d1f2e8d1 https://apnews.com/article/disney-allergy-death-lawsuit-b66c...
    - cute_boi 2y ago
      It is still unfair tbh.
      - dmoy 2y ago
        Oh yea for sure, agreed. My reply was meant to be in cynical agreement, because they shouldn't be able to bring an insane motion like that in the first place
- bobdvb 2y ago
  It's really not. The issue is that Disney and others pay per TB/PB delivered. So if they want to deliver double the bandwidth they better make money doing it. Disney+ is barely breakeven and a year ago was burning nearly $600m in debt. Netflix has their own CDN nodes inside ISPs which helps them keep costs down, but then we now have ISPs like DTag demanding money from content platforms for peering bandwidth and lobbying legislators to tax content delivery to pay for their networks. Add to that, most customers don't care enough about 4K* to actually pay what it costs to make and deliver. There's zero incentive for content platforms to increase spending to deliver high bandwidth streams. * HDR has way more impact than UHD in customer testing.
benwaffle 2y ago
That can also be affected by the supported DRM level. Try safari or edge.
throawayonthe 2y ago
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ronsor 2y ago

That's DRM for you. If you pay, you get a worse experience.

codetrotter 2y ago
And if your girlfriend dies because a restaurant at Disneyland served them food with allergens, they’re gonna claim that because you paid for Disney Plus you can’t sue them for killing your girlfriend. https://wdwnt.com/2024/08/disney-dismissal-wrongful-death-lawsuit/ https://wdwnt.com/2024/08/disney-dismissal-wrongful-death-la... Fuck paying for Disney Plus.
- sva_ 2y ago
  It was a free trial account
- dmoy 2y ago
  Don't worry, as long as there's a news cycle they'll drop their motion to dismiss https://apnews.com/article/disney-allergy-death-lawsuit-b66cd07c6be2497bf5f6bce2d1f2e8d1 https://apnews.com/article/disney-allergy-death-lawsuit-b66c...
  - cute_boi 2y ago
    It is still unfair tbh.
    - dmoy 2y ago
      Oh yea for sure, agreed. My reply was meant to be in cynical agreement, because they shouldn't be able to bring an insane motion like that in the first place
bobdvb 2y ago
It's really not. The issue is that Disney and others pay per TB/PB delivered. So if they want to deliver double the bandwidth they better make money doing it. Disney+ is barely breakeven and a year ago was burning nearly $600m in debt. Netflix has their own CDN nodes inside ISPs which helps them keep costs down, but then we now have ISPs like DTag demanding money from content platforms for peering bandwidth and lobbying legislators to tax content delivery to pay for their networks. Add to that, most customers don't care enough about 4K* to actually pay what it costs to make and deliver. There's zero incentive for content platforms to increase spending to deliver high bandwidth streams. * HDR has way more impact than UHD in customer testing.

benwaffle 2y ago

That can also be affected by the supported DRM level. Try safari or edge.

throawayonthe 2y ago

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