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  • Seems to me that anything beyond the actual hosting and serving of the video file is unnecessary to include by default in a federated video streaming solution…

    You are basically saying “Other than the most expensive and complicated parts” the rest is easy or unnecessary. Which isn’t necessarily accurate but still is being a bit dismissive of the problems at hand.

    And one of the biggest criticisms of Peertube (aside from the dearth of content, which helpfully avoids the “expensive/complicated” parts) has been Discoverability. How do people watch your videos (or your playlist) if they don’t have a way of knowing that your videos even exist?




  • That’s surprising to hear. Netflix has always been a step above, Hulu is decently behind. The rest are pretty rough from my perspective, but slowly getting better over time. Amazon was definitely miserable to use for a long time and I don’t think had anything but a basic “fast-forward/rewind” functionality with no thumbnails for quite a while.

    The Peacock app and streaming has been hit or miss on plenty of occasions.

    I think the worse is the Disney app that makes it difficult to just replay a movie that’s already been watched. It likes to resume at the end of the credits of the episode you want to watch rather than realize I want to watch the whole episode not just the final 10 seconds of credits. Or that switching between an episode when watching something from your “Previously Watched” list means finding the series on an entirely separate list in the UI.



  • It’s hard to block mergers based on a company involved being a monopoly if none of the companies involved are monopolies or will become monopolies.

    Regulators have to come up with a different set of rules to block “large but not monopolistic mergers” without also just effectively protecting the actual leader in a given industry from competition.









  • Can anyone confirm that my understanding of the source article is correct?

    The “Windows 12 may require a subscription” is coming from the fact that the word “Subscription” exists in a Windows config file somewhere?

    That seems like a pretty big leap to me. Not that I don’t think it’s impossible that Microsoft would do this, but the evidence here seems thin to say the least.






  • “Electronic or appliance product” or “product” does not include any of the following:
    (i) Equipment or repair parts as defined in Chapter 28 (commencing with Section 22900) of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code.
    (ii) A product or component of an “alarm system” as defined in subdivision © of Section 7590.1 of the Business and Professions Code, including a fire protection system, as defined in the California Fire Code.
    (iii) A video game console.

    Funny seeing such a specific exclusion being made here.