RT

There s always this awkward trade-off between compatibility and security when it comes to protected video playback.

Take screenshot prevention as an example. In reality, it only works reliably on a limited set of environments mainly iOS (Safari), Android (Chrome), macOS (Safari) and Windows (Edge). Outside of those, you just can t guarantee it.

So you end up in a tricky spot:

• If you enforce strict security, some users simply won t be able to watch the content at all

• If you open it up for broader compatibility, you lose that level of protection

Every day, after launching, makers are contacted on LinkedIn and X by people offering to sell votes. As the Product Hunt team, we are very much aware of this and really hate it. We have systems in place to neutralize this type of gaming. Every vote counts for a different number of points on Product Hunt. A couple examples:

• An account with a recently created gmail address and no history of quality contributions on Product Hunt: this vote will count for 0 points. Yes, this might be a well intentioned user, but we take a conservative approach to protect the community. If the account has a company email or applies for verification on Product Hunt, that's a different story.

• An account with a company email address linked to a legitimate LinkedIn account with a history of meaningful contributions on Product Hunt: this vote carries significant weight.

A couple questions for the community:

• Are there specific accounts on Product Hunt that you suspect participate in vote selling? You can reply here or email report@producthunt.co

• What would you want to see us do differently here?