Hey, are you wondering if your streaming services like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and others are tracking you?

Okay, it's not a love fest. Listen and you're going to get the straight scoop.

All right, a spoiler alert. They are tracking you big time.

Listen and learn to this podcast from October 2020.

We've come a long way from the days of mail-in Netflix subscriptions and blockbuster rentals.

Yeah, be kind and rewind.

I remember that, don't you?

Today, it's hard to find a movie or TV show that you can't get online for free or just a few dollars.

But there are just so many different services way beyond Netflix and Hulu or Amazon Prime.

There's Peacock, Tooby, Canopy, Disney Plus,

HBO, Verve, Vimeo, Crackle, Voodoo, IMDB, Hupla, and of course, YouTube, and probably a dozen more.

Nuts, isn't it? You just want to watch something on your television. Well, with anything tech

related, you really have to follow the money. And that's exactly what we're going to do in this Tech You Should Know podcast. What's the biggest service out there? What's the difference between

streaming services? Some have shows with advertising. Some don't. To sell advertising, there has to be

data tracked. So what's up with that kind of data? And does this sort of tracking even matter?

Dan Rayburn is the former executive vice president of streaming media.com,

a principal analyst at the research and consulting firm Frost and Sullivan,

and he publishes market data and analysis on streaming services all the time.

Let's just say Dan is super smart and Dan really knows his stuff,

and we're so lucky to have him here on this podcast.

Today we're going to go behind the scenes of these streaming services on this tech you should

know, a conversation that will make you rethink some of your subscriptions and you're going

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