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Yep, the content providers are 'fixing the glitch' so to speak. With the launch of the new Disney streaming Netflix competitor, etc. we'll be back in a world of silo'd content with bundles and fees and many people who want to do things legit-no-piracy are going to be having to subscribe to multiple services.

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Let it go. So consuming. One of the best things of my self inflicted phone ADHD is that I don't care for movies or TV. I start a movie, then think, "This is not worth it". I stop. I never return. Slowly I've come to accept and appreciate not watching TV or movies. If you're into sports, well, I don't know, ESPN online?

NFL and other leagues have streaming on their own sites now. NFL is $75/year for all games on-demand.

after the games end. Live games are still DirecTV Sunday Ticket or some Sunday Ticket streaming service that only "some addresses" are eligible for.

Only in the USA. You get every game live if you purchase through a country that doesn't like American Football much.

Edit: To clarify, there are 3 tiers of GamePass. What you get depends on where you purchase and access from.

USA: only preseason live

GB, Mexico & maybe some others: regular season games live (no postseason)

Rest of the world: All games live + RedZone

Seems like they get paid a lot by existing corporate players for exclusive distribution rights in the states.

And NHL and MLB are about $99. It’s a great time to be a sports fan in my opinion. Sports packages used to be so much more expensive.

Didn’t realize the NFL games weren’t live tho. That would be a dealbreaker for me. The NHL and MLB games are live, but there are blackout restrictions. A VPN will get around that though.

It's sad. Sometimes I boot it up only to find that movies I remember saving to my list aren't on the service anymore.

"Piracy" still manages to offer a superior service even after all these years. It's amazing how copyright actively prevents people from properly competing with it.

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