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Crunchyroll Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly Disclosing Anime Viewing Habits to Third Party

https://piefed.social/c/television/p/1853600/crunchyroll-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-over-allegedly-disclosing-anime-viewing-habit

Crunchyroll Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly Disclosing Anime Viewing Habits to Third Party

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Mar 7 at 9:54pmWeb
Show threadimeansurewhynotMar 7
arrrr
Show thread7U5K3NMar 8
*arr
Show threaddougMar 7
In my case they’ll see how often I accidentally hit the Crunchyroll button on my Bravia remote.
Show threadP03 LockeMar 7

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.

Show threadlathMar 7
Isn’t Crunchyroll an Amazon company or they haven’t made that purchase yet?
Show threadTallonMetroidMar 8
AFAIK, they’re still Sony.
Show threadAeronMelonMar 8
Prime is already a huge venue for Anime, I don’t see why they would except to eliminate competition.
Show threadCethinMar 8
You answered it yourself. When hasn’t Amazon tried to eliminate competition?
Show threadfemtekMar 8
Relates to this law at least in the US. en.wikipedia.org/…/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act
Video Privacy Protection Act - Wikipedia

Show threadhumanspiralMar 8
Geez, so that’s why I’m getting so much octopus ads
Show threadPrataiMar 8
I had to threaten them with a lawsuit if they didn’t delete the account they made with my email that I never created.
Show threadCosmoNovaMar 8
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.