Sports fans are abandoning traditional TV (www.pocket-lint.com)
from sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to technology@beehaw.org on 30 Apr 04:52
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remington@beehaw.org on 30 Apr 18:51 next collapse

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

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 30 Apr 19:48 collapse

Ad-free streaming?

remington@beehaw.org on 30 Apr 20:05 collapse

Yes.

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 30 Apr 21:02 next collapse

How have you achieved that?

remington@beehaw.org on 30 Apr 21:30 next collapse

Yes

chahk@beehaw.org on 01 May 02:58 collapse

youtu.be/iXbzktx1KfU

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 01 May 04:43 collapse

Even that’s not ad-free

kmacmartin@lemmy.ca on 02 May 18:51 collapse

Where are you seeing ads in pirated content?

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 02 May 19:11 collapse

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

kmacmartin@lemmy.ca on 03 May 04:03 collapse

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.

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 03 May 04:51 collapse

It’s just that someone at some point is just casting their TV screen/stream. Some of the more professional ones will cut away from the adverts and show filler, but for the most part, they don’t have time for that during live events.

kmacmartin@lemmy.ca on 03 May 16:35 collapse

Oh I see, so these are the same ads you’d see on the official broadcast too?

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 03 May 16:51 collapse

Yeah

BoriesTheBlade@beehaw.org on 01 May 15:16 collapse

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

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 01 May 18:24 next collapse

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 😔

remington@beehaw.org on 01 May 19:41 collapse

See my reply above.

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 02 May 10:10 collapse

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

remington@beehaw.org on 01 May 19:41 collapse

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.

sensiblepuffin@lemmy.funami.tech on 30 Apr 22:42 next collapse

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

biteychan@beehaw.org on 01 May 18:08 collapse

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