Streaming Service Shocks Users, Tells Friends And Family What They Are Watching
What if your streaming service started telling your friends and family what you were watching? While most content available on streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ would not mean much to your loved ones, your private streaming habits might.
Which streaming service recently introduced a social feature?
For instance, a streaming service called Plex recently rolled out a new feature called "Discover Together" that shows people what their friends are watching. "This might be the dumbest addition ever and might push me even closer to switching to another service," one user wrote under the official announcement.
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The free streaming service is essentially for users to stream their collection of pirated movies. The company doesn't acknowledge this facet much and is pitched as a digital media player and organisational tool that lets users access music, images, and videos stored on one computer through other compatible devices.
How did the feature fire back?
Last week, Plex users noticed the new social feature when the service sent out its "week in review" email that, in some cases, delivered people's porn history straight to their friend's inboxes.
"I can see that one of my friends is apparently watching a ton of cheesy, soft porn stuff... and I am 100 percent sure they would be mortified to know that I know this," a user wrote on Plex Forums, as quoted by 404Media.
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The "week in review" feature is drawing ire from Plex users, who say that it is currently designed to be opt-out instead of opt-in, meaning that the feature was enabled for many users without them knowing.
Plex told 404Media that it had provided an onboarding process for every user via email along with an in-app announcement. Even then, many users think such sort of data sharing shouldn't exist at all, especially when the content is self-hosted, unlike on Netflix or Disney+.
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