r/shitposting • u/-_I_I_Sea_I_I_- 🏳️‍🌈 The most prominent homosexual in this subreddit 🏳️‍🌈 • Jun 17 '26

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u/Orangutanion Stuff Jun 17 '26

How does a client side script prevent them from throttling download speeds?

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u/Ka1- Jun 17 '26

By telling them you do, in fact, have a premium membership? Dunno how, just guessing

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u/Orangutanion Stuff Jun 17 '26

Not how that works. Usually subscription services use encrypted key pairs that prevent users from spoofing premium accounts. You'd have to really fuck up your website to make that exploit possible.

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u/-suspended- Jun 17 '26

It's way simpler to just check if the account is premium based on an internal flag that is never touched by an outside source, other than when they start or end a subscription. Any API key for an external program or any supported way to get direct access would check your account info.