Considering the proliferation of smart TVs in hotel rooms i finally encountered one with accounts left on the room tv, watching in guest, not sure if a scam can be run from folks putting accounts on the smart TVs in hotels
YouTube Premium account on hotel TV
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Marriott and Hilton claims there systems purge the logins on checkout, but I am skeptical.
I am unsure what you could get from being logged in to Netflix on someone's account. Youtube could be more problamatic since its linked to your google profile - so it can be more than just streaming TV. I try to remember to log in to my account and remove the device from my account.
I am unsure what you could get from being logged in to Netflix on someone's account. Youtube could be more problamatic since its linked to your google profile - so it can be more than just streaming TV. I try to remember to log in to my account and remove the device from my account.
That along with looking up spongebob playlists to run while I'm out of their room so their recommended feed gets filled up with cartoons.
I stayed at a Marriott in July and the previous guest's YT was still signed in. I found that out when I tried to sign into mine and kindly signed them out.
this is why I just take a Roku Stick with me
I have a $14 Walmart/onn streaming stick I travel with, much easier than signing in on the hotel TV.
Yes, it's linked, but the YTTV app is still "sandboxed" on the device. You only have access to YTTV services and can't access the user's email, etc.
With Roku devices - and no doubt other systems can have similar capability - you can set up "Guest mode". We have this in an Airbnb as the TV is a "Roku TV". When the guest turns on the TV the first time, it tells them they're in this mode and asks when they leave. The Roku logs them out of every app they sign into on that date.
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Hotels are adopting streaming? This sucks. I want cable in hotels I hate having to sign into accounts on a guest TV. This is almost as bad as them doing away with bar soaps.
Even worse many in the off season all have Roku TVs and there seemingly is no way to access local weather or news except on your own device.
Now to figure out how to log off.
It's amazing that you use this thing called "the internet" !
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I did the same in a vacation rental
I agree with him even though I am not much of a fan of cable. At a hotel I have to sign into my account to use it. Now for some services I might need another seat to sign in, if someone at home is using the service at the same time. I also in some cases need to remember to log into my actual account and sign out - either before I leave or after if I forget.It's amazing that you use this thing called "the internet" !
Marriott and Hilton still have some cable channels - but its a select set not all.
Your simply paying more and getting less. Hotel TV shrinkflation.
That actually seems ideal to me (us), especially for weather. We can check any minute of the day vs waiting for the news broadcast. As for "news", I can't remember ever watching or caring about "local" news while on vacation, for example.
I carry a 6-foot HDMI cable and connect my laptop to the hotel TV for all streaming access.
Lets face it - hotels are inflating and lowering benefits just like everyone else.
Breakfast is now 6:30 to 9:30 - not 6 to 10.
Cable doesn't exist.
Places in the middle of nowhere charging for parking?
Room made up every 3 days not everyday.
And on and on.
Most hotels I go to now are about 1/4 full. Seems they have figured out its better to charge high rates to a few people than fill the rooms.
Breakfast is now 6:30 to 9:30 - not 6 to 10.
Cable doesn't exist.
Places in the middle of nowhere charging for parking?
Room made up every 3 days not everyday.
And on and on.
Most hotels I go to now are about 1/4 full. Seems they have figured out its better to charge high rates to a few people than fill the rooms.
Maybe not true everywhere but where I go there is minimal cell coverage and the “online” weather is usually wildly inaccurate compared to the local yolkals
Might have to do with the 90% reduction in tourism spending in certain areas.
In the UP I encountered a strange situation that nobody had a room in the entire UP on Saturday and Sunday.
I’ve never reserved a room in my life and never will, thankfully I keep a set of business cards of places that aren’t online and was able to find a room about 40 miles from where I wanted to be.
Whole situation occurred because the place I’ve always stayed was leveled and now is a storage area, the other place is burned down.
UP has lost tons of mom and pop businesses that have been around 100+ years in the last decade.
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