YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household : technology

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Seems there is a market for spoofing specific IP addresses out there. What if they don't know you are not at home? I ha e no clue how any of this works...

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago

legally pay for youtube music.

legally add family to family account.

legally share it with them even though they're not in the house

youtube: nope not gonna work for me; account deleted

use yt-dlp to rip songs

save to folder

add folder to jellyfin

share jellyfin with family

youtube: suddenly i can't see

[–] Ernstrommel@lemmy.world -4 points 8 months ago

Meh. Growing up through the 90s makes be resilient and not even the slightest concerned about crap like this. I leave my device on the couch, go outside and enjoy life as I once had before greedy technology.

[+] downhomechunk@midwest.social -9 points 8 months ago

I used to be an a friend's planning exchange for sharing Disney plus. But he booted me after I kept putting weird shit on his family calendar.

"Wash that thing on your back that's hard to reach and puts out a putrid smell."

"Soak feet in melted butter."

I've been a premium member since then. I've been watching the battle with ad blockers from the sidelines.

Who is winning that battle? This will inform my next move.

[+] aquovie@lemmy.cafe -14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you watch vapid slop content on Youtube, that's on you. Don't blame Youtube for giving you what you apparently want. I watch howto's, "edutainment", science and engineering stuff, conference talks, and overall generally positive, helpful content. This is a totally different thing from Netflix, which is mostly just fiction. I'd never pay a subscription for that. The cost of Premium seems like a fair value for what I get out of it, especially since creators get a higher payout for Premium views.

Yeah, Google still tracks you. So does absolutely everyone else, including your ISP that you're paying for. Until you make it illegal, that isn't going to change. I'm not going to put everything on hold waiting for better consumer protection laws, shit's way too dysfunctional for that to be realistic. Life isn't perfect.

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