I actually have had Hulu Plus, Netflix and Amazon Prime (for the streaming). I had to watch the Good Wife on Netflix (season 1 and one episode of season 2 and then it disappeared), Hulu Plus (seasons 2-4) and Amazon (season 5) before catching up with the live show on TV.
No big deal since I happened to have all three at the time, but finding a single show can be very difficult with all the selling, pulling and re-selling.
I think what Tim is saying is that they need to stop worrying about it so much. Heavily pirated movies can still do very well at the box office.
The only thing I have seen affected is the ability of the moviemaker to trick the theater-going public is dwindling. Or to say it another way: BAD movies can't make money if they are pirated early, because everyone will know they are bad.
I worked in an auto parts store around 25 years ago, and as long as our "shrinkage" percentage was below a certain threshold, we were told not to question theft whatsoever.
It turns out that accusing innocent people (or doing things like that like searching everyone on their way out the door) has a negative effect on many honest consumers that costs MORE than the losses to theft.
This wasn't bolded by Mike, but may come up later. As video is the highest-bandwidth service, they could easily argue that they are managing bandwidth with this move.
"clearly and accurately communicated to the subscriber"
Also not bolded by Mike, but addressed and the communications from T-Mobile have been anything but clear or transparent.
"even if they can (through a convoluted process) turn it off"
Pushing a button on the home page is as far from convoluted as is virtually possible. The only thing less convoluted would be a popup on the phone itself.
Re: Re: Detecting video in HTTPS is probably impossible
https doesn't block the host.
If you have YouTube.com followed by a large stream, it's pretty obvious what's happening. Plus, any changes are going to be noticed pretty quickly by viewing hosts and the sizes coming from them for all users.
For example, if YouTube started using Akamai servers, it would become apparent within 10 users. YouTube followed by Akamai = throttle that Akamai connection.
But I am often watching that 4" screen from less than a foot away, so I can see it. And the screen is HD resolution, so any other resolution looks blurry.
Which is part of why it's so ridiculous that they want to not have a human driver at all.
So, what, we can no longer do construction with a detour because the Google cars keep driving over the pylons and the humans have no controls to stop them?
On the post: Netflix Pretends It Will Crackdown On VPNs Just Days After Admitting It's Futile To Do So
Re: Part of the Problem..
No big deal since I happened to have all three at the time, but finding a single show can be very difficult with all the selling, pulling and re-selling.
On the post: Netflix CEO 'Loves' Netflix Password Sharing
Re:
On the post: Hateful Eight Pirated Leak Harms Film All The Way To Box Office Records
Re:
The only thing I have seen affected is the ability of the moviemaker to trick the theater-going public is dwindling. Or to say it another way: BAD movies can't make money if they are pirated early, because everyone will know they are bad.
On the post: Hateful Eight Pirated Leak Harms Film All The Way To Box Office Records
Re:
It turns out that accusing innocent people (or doing things like that like searching everyone on their way out the door) has a negative effect on many honest consumers that costs MORE than the losses to theft.
On the post: House Rushes To Gut FCC Authority To Prevent Inquiry Into Comcast Broadband Caps
Re: And who are the sponsors of the bill?
On the post: House Rushes To Gut FCC Authority To Prevent Inquiry Into Comcast Broadband Caps
And who are the sponsors of the bill?
Name and shame.
On the post: Clarifying The Bullshit From John Legere: What T-Mobile Is Really Doing And Why It Violates Net Neutrality
Some things I noticed
This wasn't bolded by Mike, but may come up later. As video is the highest-bandwidth service, they could easily argue that they are managing bandwidth with this move.
"clearly and accurately communicated to the subscriber"
Also not bolded by Mike, but addressed and the communications from T-Mobile have been anything but clear or transparent.
"even if they can (through a convoluted process) turn it off"
Pushing a button on the home page is as far from convoluted as is virtually possible. The only thing less convoluted would be a popup on the phone itself.
On the post: MLB Goes To Court To Defend Antitrust Actions That Go Against All The Progress MLB Has Made
Re:
NFL is king, NHL and NBA are about even, soccer is next and baseball is last.
On the post: John Legere Just Can't Stop The Misleading Bullshit About BingeOn
Re:
There's a giant magenta button that says ON in big white letters. Clicking the button turns if off.
It's not like they buried it three screens deep in Settings > Advanced Settings > Video Settings > Advanced Video Settings or something.
On the post: John Legere Just Can't Stop The Misleading Bullshit About BingeOn
Re: Re: Detecting video in HTTPS is probably impossible
If you have YouTube.com followed by a large stream, it's pretty obvious what's happening. Plus, any changes are going to be noticed pretty quickly by viewing hosts and the sizes coming from them for all users.
For example, if YouTube started using Akamai servers, it would become apparent within 10 users. YouTube followed by Akamai = throttle that Akamai connection.
On the post: John Legere Just Can't Stop The Misleading Bullshit About BingeOn
Re: Another bad analogy
On my Mercedes, the button changes the shift pattern. In Economy mode (the default--OMG!), the car gets up to speed by never exceeding 2300 RPM.
If you are in performance mode, it will go to 5000 RPM or beyond.
Obviously, getting to the same speed in half the RPMs will use half the gas.
On the post: John Legere Just Can't Stop The Misleading Bullshit About BingeOn
Re: Re: Re:
On the post: AT&T Is Happy To Remove Wireless Broadband Caps, But Only If You Sign Up For Its TV Services
Re: Tethering
On the post: Once Again, Piracy Is Destroying The Movie Industry... To Ever More Records At The Box Office
Re:
Link?
On the post: Once Again, Piracy Is Destroying The Movie Industry... To Ever More Records At The Box Office
Re:
On the post: FBI Finally Completes FOIA Request 1,393 Days After It Was Filed; Withholds All 509 Responsive Pages
Re: List of the list
On the post: Judge's Opinion On Kim Dotcom Shows An Unfortunate Willingness To Ignore Context
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
On the post: Self-Driving Cars Have Twice The Accidents, But Only Because Humans Aren't Used To Vehicles Following The Rules
Re: Too damn easy to get a drivers license
On the post: Self-Driving Cars Have Twice The Accidents, But Only Because Humans Aren't Used To Vehicles Following The Rules
Re: Re: Question
So, what, we can no longer do construction with a detour because the Google cars keep driving over the pylons and the humans have no controls to stop them?
On the post: Self-Driving Cars Have Twice The Accidents, But Only Because Humans Aren't Used To Vehicles Following The Rules
Re: Re:
Next >>