Crunchyroll Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly Disclosing Anime Viewing Habits to Third Party
https://animecorner.me/crunchyroll-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-over-allegedly-disclosing-anime-viewing-habits-to-third-party/
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imeansurewhynot@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 152d
arrrr
7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 152d
*arr
CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 152d
You know what doesn‘t disclose your viewing habits with third parties because it doesn‘t even require you to have an account to watch streams? Aye.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 152d
Of course, I don't think it should be PII, but Crunchyroll should be forced to show viewing habits in aggregate, just like the TV networks.
Netflix, Amazon, and the rest advertise "#1 show" or "trending show" on their own apps, and we're just expected to fucking believe them, or not notice details like the numbers only pertain to the first episode, etc.
doug@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 152d
In my case they’ll see how often I accidentally hit the Crunchyroll button on my Bravia remote.
Pratai@piefed.ca · 6 pts · 152d
I had to threaten them with a lawsuit if they didn’t delete the account they made with my email that I never created.
femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 152d
Relates to this law at least in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act
lath@piefed.social · 3 pts · 152d
Isn't Crunchyroll an Amazon company or they haven't made that purchase yet?
TallonMetroid@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 152d
AFAIK, they're still Sony.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 152d
Prime is already a huge venue for Anime, I don’t see why they would except to eliminate competition.
lath@piefed.social · 3 pts · 152d
There was an article some time ago about how Amazon felt emboldened by the recent success of shows like Fallout and would like to delve further into the weeb domain, with Crunchyroll being a target for possible acquisition. Might have been an opinion piece, didn't check.
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 151d
You answered it yourself. When hasn't Amazon tried to eliminate competition?