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    sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 months ago

    Sports fans are abandoning traditional TV

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    Sports fans are abandoning traditional TV

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    sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 months ago
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    A new survey shows streaming is becoming increasingly popular for watching live sports.
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      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

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

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        Ad-free streaming?

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          Yes.

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            How have you achieved that?

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              Yes

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              https://youtu.be/iXbzktx1KfU

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                Even that’s not ad-free

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                  Where are you seeing ads in pirated content?

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

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

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              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.

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              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 😔

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                See my reply above.

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

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

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