Casting was a well defined and supported protocol. I don’t even think it required any licensing fees. It takes away all the problems with device authorization, password sharing, etc. because as soon as you turn it off, it’s done. You need the casting controller (I.e. your phone) in order to initiate additional content.

Messing about with QR codes, device authorization etc is a great way to log in somewhere, forget to deauthorize it, and oopsie now you have to pay the password sharing price! Teehee gotcha!

IDGAF if you always remember to log it back out, IDGAF if you look down your nose at those filthy plebs who don’t know enough to de-authorize their home TV first so they don’t get charged for multiple locations; both of those things are so much extra work, and were already solved problems. You aren’t the main character so please don’t lourde your autism over us all - this is a trap designed to extract money from users who don’t understand/can’t be bothered/simply forgot. It’s theft, IMHO, and “people are so dumb lee-maow I just jump through all these hoops it’s so SIMPLE” dude you sound like people making excuses for Windows 11 by describing how easy it is to just do these 12 steps in regedit to stop Copilot from emailing your medical records to Redmond so they can target ads at you and sell Palintir profiling data.

Stop being an enabler for enshittification. The world is crumbling around you and your response is “mm herm herm im a clever power user, M’akshully”