> I wonder whether people who defend piracy also defend making money with it.
I don't really specifically defend those that make money from piracy as I generally view it as unethical but I do patronize them. Ironic? Maybe but it goes back to the old "service issue" thing. As an example, I've been trying to watch the NHL legally for years. I've gone back and forth between legal and pirate methods as either legal rules change, the service suffers in some way or regional blackouts become unworkable for me.
The biggest issue is the blackouts, which require a second service (VPN or otherwise) and a lot of hoops to jump through to even get that working.
The newest issue is that the NHL went from providing their own service to partnering with Disney/ESPN+. However, that resulted in degraded service because ESPN+ doesn't have rights to as much as the NHL service used to. National games are generally no longer supported. A game on ESPN is not on ESPN+.
Another issue is that I hate being funneled through an app that takes me 12 clicks to get to what I want so that I can be guided through a tour of other content I don't want but I deal with that as long as it works.
IPTV solved these issues for me. The problem the legal providers now have is that I know how easy it could be. They essentially need to provide me with and M3U and an EPG (or similar) for me to consider going back to them. Given that the direction they've been going seems to be away from that, I don't hold out hope that is on the horizon.
I don't really specifically defend those that make money from piracy as I generally view it as unethical but I do patronize them. Ironic? Maybe but it goes back to the old "service issue" thing. As an example, I've been trying to watch the NHL legally for years. I've gone back and forth between legal and pirate methods as either legal rules change, the service suffers in some way or regional blackouts become unworkable for me.
The biggest issue is the blackouts, which require a second service (VPN or otherwise) and a lot of hoops to jump through to even get that working.
The newest issue is that the NHL went from providing their own service to partnering with Disney/ESPN+. However, that resulted in degraded service because ESPN+ doesn't have rights to as much as the NHL service used to. National games are generally no longer supported. A game on ESPN is not on ESPN+.
Another issue is that I hate being funneled through an app that takes me 12 clicks to get to what I want so that I can be guided through a tour of other content I don't want but I deal with that as long as it works.
IPTV solved these issues for me. The problem the legal providers now have is that I know how easy it could be. They essentially need to provide me with and M3U and an EPG (or similar) for me to consider going back to them. Given that the direction they've been going seems to be away from that, I don't hold out hope that is on the horizon.