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As people in the TC article pointed out the only issue I have with cord cutting is live sports. MLB has a 20$/month subscription service but I'd like to only pay for my team say 3-4$/month. Once the other leagues follow, and I can pay a few $ a month/team. I'm ready to cut.

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And MLB.tv doesn't let you watch local market games which are just about the only ones I'm interested in. You can get around it with a proxy server and alternate billing address, but that's a nasty hack.

Similarly with NBA.com's League Pass. Whenever my favorite team plays the nearest team (almost 200 miles away) the game is blacked out for me.

Why make it hard for customers to pay you for the product they want? Why make it easier for the non-payers using atdhe.net or justin.tv than it is for subscribers like me to find the games we want? Why make customers pretend they're from Brazil so they don't randomly miss games?

Still, these services are a big step forward from what was available 5 years ago.

> Why make it hard for customers to pay you for the product they want?

So they don't lose their lucrative licensing deals on TV. It's a bum out, but that's how it will be for a while.

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