I think the NFL was 7 that you needed if you wanted to watch every game. It's crazy. And they play some games internationally now so some games air at really weird times.
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Funny how pirating is so hard in sports of all things.
It's because people only want live feeds. If sports fans were content with recordings, it would be as easy as for everything else.
Live and with no delay on top of it.
They get pissed if they hear about the gaol 1 minute earlier.
I gave in and paid for Sportsnet again this summer after trying for months to find a way to stream baseball games that worked for me. couldn't find anything.
I hate the Sportsnet experience. it's fucking terrible as a user. constant disconnections to what I am actively watching, or coming back to after pausing for ten minutes
this year I paid for the summer. next year I'll just not watch baseball, I guess. which sucks, but if they won't let me watch it without constant issues...
My dad has been complaining about this kind of thing for baseball. The subscription to watch games online specifically blacks out home games because..l fuck you I guess? He’s paying for the service but he still needs to either use a VPN or pirate just to watch some of the games.
These greedy sports teams are going to lose our young people since they can’t watch… and they won’t have many fans in the future
Football and basketball are still good, but pretty sure baseball is losing popularity especially amount younger fans. This isn't helping either.
Isn't it already on the decline?
I mean eSports has already taken a significant piece of the adrenaline pie, and there is no such thing as "blackout" for any of the major competitions.
It's a microcosm of...points at everything everywhere.
Point your satelite dish on 7E(if you are in Europe and in the footprint) and thank me later!
Ps: You gonna need the keys, but a satellite forum will help you.
Imagine subscribing to anything in 2026 🏴☠️
I only have one subscription and it's to your mom's OnlyFans account.
🏴☠️that too.
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Feels like this is the case for most sports these days :(
Same deal with F1, couldnt renew my F1 sub without getting apple TV. Ive never owned an apple product in my life, not gonna sub to their garbage. Bye F1tv.
I agree, I dislike the vendor lock-in. But to be fair, you don't have to own an Apple product to watch Apple TV Plus, and honestly, some of their content is quite good. Roku and even a PS5 can stream content from that network. That being said, the vendor lock-in is reason enough to boycott them.
While it pains me to mention reddit, a certain sub has allowed me to watch basically any region or subscription locked broadcast for F1 and IMSA event I've wanted for a while. Just need to make sure the ad blocker is up. There is zero chance I'm subbing to Peacock to watch a handful of sportscar races throughout the year
F1 is enshittified boring shit anyway.
What really pisses me off is having lived in Las Vegas, where they shut the whole Strip and a bunch of surrounding areas down for this race. Not sure if they do it every time but they also shut down the famous Bellagio fountains and covered the view with ugly scaffolding!
For the race itself, not only can you only watch it via a subscription stream, they also block off any local infrastructure with a view, such as the pedestrian bridges, so that the only eyes able to actually see the thing happen in our own city on our own streets paid ~$2000 for the privilege.
The classism on display is insane. The city is all about entertaining the obscenely wealthy globalist class, and the people that make it all run are serfs.
I would never give these billionaire fucks a dime. I'd rather go watch beer leagues at the local rink.
Reading this thread makes me so happy I long ago lost interest in watching sports. It sounds like a complete headache to be a fan of any sport these days.
Not only is watching sports harder it's littered with cheating because betting was let get it's hooks in it.
You'll never know if you're watching a legitimate game.. looking at you NBA.
Betting or gambling in general is a disease. Not only does the house have a superior advantage, it has an observed harmful impact for all.
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Reminds me of this page which I can't believe isn't a parody: Where to Watch Pokémon Episodes & Movies | Pokemon.com
How Expensive is it to Watch the Entire Pokemon Anime Legally?
He ends up with $1195, which includes some Japanese dvd exclusives, but seriously what the fuck.
Might want to clean up your link. It points to your YouTube account.
Thanks. Sneaky bullshit.
It was already worse than 2 subscriptions before... now they ensured that people who are dumb enough to give them money could not say "well, I guess I can skip Monday games"
So they have segmented the broadcast further; showing zero care or respect for their customer base in Canada
In time this will backfire badly. We used to be a fam who watched Hockey when our kids were little, because of that my now grown son had asked to "get back into it" (we had already given up) so we pirated the feeds because it's cheaper and better service than any official broadcast partner. He could not believe we needed to check the NHL site to find out which service was carrying "today's game"
It is easy to see how so many families would just decide to go without and the fan-hood that is passed from parents to kids as they watched sports as a family would be over. Even now, most of my sons' friends could not care less about Hockey which was definitely not the case in my generation. Good job Bettman!
In Australia, national sports like AFL, NRL and cricket are legally required to broadcast on free-to-air television.
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Fuuuuuuck. Good thing I never subscribed to any sport streams though
Europeans trying to watch all their football team's games: First time?
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