[Humphrey Hacker]

Retroblasting has a video regarding Disney+. While it doesn't talk about the password side of things it does I feel highlight some of the issues Disney has:

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[Keith]

Not really sure how effective cracking down on passwords can be.

Any service that requires a password to access is always going to be prone to sharing, legally(!) or otherwise - after all we see it many times on data breaches that usernames and sometimes clear passwords are stuck on the dark web somewhere for anybody savvy enough to see.

I'm guessing that they'll be using a combination of IP addresses and device information, stored against each Disney account. If someone logins in from a new device from a completely different part of the country that might flag up. Similarly multiple existing 'active' devices logged in across different parts of the country (or world) might flag up as potential password sharing incidents.

I've heard of some jailbroken Fire sticks being available with streaming apps installed which somehow bypass the app logins. I dare say the changes Disney and Netflix are making may also help them to identify and block such (presumably illegal) devices.

[Neil Jones]

I've heard of some jailbroken Fire sticks being available with streaming apps installed which somehow bypass the app logins. I dare say the changes Disney and Netflix are making may also help them to identify and block such (presumably illegal) devices.

IIRC you can "jailbreak" a firestick in two seconds, you just turn the ADB debugging and "Install unknown apps" options on and that's all there is to it.

All that does is allow you to install any app you like that isn't on the Amazon Store. The most common use for this to get something like Kodi installed (and Kodi itself is not illegal, its what you use it for that can be illegal).

The apps are probably just some custom solution in a wrapper which opens issues of its own, but that's the risk you take with such configurations.

[London Lite]

There are perfectly legal Android TV apps which haven't been added to the Fire Store which you can sideload to a Fire TV Stick/Cube.

You don't even have to use a phone to sideload apks to the streamer. I use adbLink for Windows where I can download the file to my PC and then push across to my Fire TV Cube.

[Neil Jones]

I don't think it was mentioned in any of the coverage regarding the price increases for Disney+, but I've just had a look at my Disney+ account and it's telling me my next payment (in April for what it's worth) will be £109.90. Which having crunched the numbers is not far off 17% discount off 12 months at £10.99, or £22 near enough, which is practically two months free.

I know Disney have always offered a discount for an annual pass since they launched it over the monthly pass (not unique to them, since Amazon does it as well), but I don't think it was as high as 17% last time. Didn't this used to be marketed as 12 month for the price of 10 or similar? Or am I just being thick and its always been something around 15%-18% discount for the annual pass?

[bilky asko]

I don't think it was mentioned in any of the coverage regarding the price increases for Disney+, but I've just had a look at my Disney+ account and it's telling me my next payment (in April for what it's worth) will be £109.90. Which having crunched the numbers is not far off 17% discount off 12 months at £10.99, or £22 near enough, which is practically two months free.

I know Disney have always offered a discount for an annual pass since they launched it over the monthly pass (not unique to them, since Amazon does it as well), but I don't think it was as high as 17% last time. Didn't this used to be marketed as 12 month for the price of 10 or similar? Or am I just being thick and its always been something around 15%-18% discount for the annual pass?

12 months for the price of 10 is a 16.666...% discount - they add on a zero to the monthly amount to create an annual pass amount.