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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I grew up loving and watching basketball. I can't afford $80 to stream not even all of the sports.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Networks, after splitting every league and cup into tiny micropackages that cost $9.99 per month each: How could the Millenials do this to us? After everything we gave them!*
* They had not, in fact, given them much of anything

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I gave up traditional TV for ad-free streaming back in 2009 and have never looked back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Streaming has ads nowadays my dude, at least in the UK, unless you're paying for a more expensive package.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

uBlock Origin blocks all ads from the streaming sites I use. YouTube, Peacock, Paramount+ and Hulu. Some movies and sports I can easily pirate with no ads.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even when I yo-ho-ho I see ads. I was genuinely curious about what this person was on about but they don't actually seem interested in having a discussion or imparting knowledge 😔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

Thanks for sharing. Was like pulling a tooth but we got there in the end.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

How have you achieved that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Where are you seeing ads in pirated content?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Before matches. Half-time. After matches. With some streams they'll make the match small to advertise shit. Especially the South African streams.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 46 minutes ago

That's crazy, it sounds like a whole business! I guess there are probably more costs and risks associated with live streaming that warrant the income stream, compared to uploading a movie to some torrent tracker.