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Re:Hulu is cracking down on password sharing, just like Disn... by kjkjadksj on Thursday February 01, 2024 @12:49AM (#39213078)
The letter of the rule is so byzantine. I just stayed at a place that had some elses hulu account hooked up still. It asked me incredulously about my IP then I dismissed the message and just used that account since the remote is such a painful ui/ux for relogging in. Per the terms, this poor sap and everyone else who forgot about their hulu account signed into some airbnb is subject to service termination.
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Re:Hulu is cracking down on password sharing, just like Disn... by kmlx on Thursday February 01, 2024 @05:40AM (#39214560)
> Per the terms, this poor sap and everyone else who forgot about their hulu account signed into some airbnb is subject to service termination.

other services (Youtube, Netflix etc) have a feature where you can log other devices out. hulu doesn't have this?

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Re:Hulu is cracking down on password sharing, just like Disn... by c0balt on Thursday February 01, 2024 @05:46AM (#39214596)
Hulu has the ability to do this[0]. The problem is (from having encountered this with a Netflix account by someone else) that most people tend to not log out their device remotely when they forget to do it locally in the first place.

[0]: https://help.hulu.com/s/article/manage-devices

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Re:Hulu is cracking down on password sharing, just like Disn... by lupire on Thursday February 01, 2024 @11:13AM (#39217523)
What's Byzantine about it?

That person has to log out, or Hulu can log them out remotely, or Hulu can cancel the subscription and stop getting paid (doubtful).

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