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Because "legal" way is paved with obstacles.

Geofencing (you can't watch this sport from this location because fuck you), devices blacklisting (you can't watch this sport on your mobile device because fuck you), rights expiring (you can't watch this match anymore despite you have "bought" it because fuck you), screen limiting (you are logged in on both your TV and iphone so fuck you), etc. All for $19.99.

In contrast, you pay like $9.99 and you can watch anything, anywhere, anytime.

Remember when music piracy died? When Steve Jobs removed friction between me and my music.



Exactly.

Netflix is even starting to have problems with Apple's iCloud Private Relay with me, I already had to get in touch with their support.

We live in a world where paid services require us to deactivate security/privacy features to use them. Fuck them.




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