r/piracy megathread all the way

Definitely depends on where you are in the world. I don’t know if you could do that here in the upper Northwest of the States. I know my parents have a little tablet looking TV receiver they used to use that would get them free TV, but I don’t think it gets free sports or my dad would absolutely flip out over that football season.

I assume this depends on where you live, though.

I’m 28 so a little older than the prompt, I have a setup i never use it. I used it a lot as a kid but it doesn’t hold up to the alternatives.

• tv & movies: the worst matchup with alternatives. In the time of the first adbreak i could add the show or movie to my *arr and get it before the ads are done. I also don’t have to tune in on the hour/half hour and can switch to my phone/pc if I want/need to go somewhere else.
• live news: i don’t like tv news generally, but if i wanted i could watch it for free on YouTube or via free app.
• live sports: the most compelling usecase. Unfortunately when I did follow sports I followed a team from the next city over, which means they get no coverage here making it useless. It also more ads than streams. Streams are honestly still pretty inconvenient and still pretty ad filled (banner ads, “this goal sponsored by” physical ads in the arena). None of this is worth it to me anymore so I just don’t watch anymore.

17 here, my grandparents used it before switching 1-2 years ago. Can’t imagine the ads are any better that less people watch it and staticy stations were annoying.

I myself don’t watch TV that much, mainly YouTube or music. In the last month I’ve watched ~3 episodes of impractical jokers on the family TV, and 8 episodes of South Park on my Steamdeck before bed.