IPTV and fire sticks

[Andyforklift]

I a surrounded by people with IPTV or fire sticks what are sky doing to combat the rise except by putting bills up and insulting my intelligence when my work mate is paying less for a year than I pay for a month and he has more channels.

[PandJ2020]

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@Andyforklift wrote:

...my work mate is paying less for a year than I pay for a month

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He's got a very good new customer deal?

[daveNOS]

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@PandJ2020 wrote:

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@Andyforklift wrote:

...my work mate is paying less for a year than I pay for a month

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He's got a very good new customer deal?

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@PandJ2020 I think you'll find his work mate is illegally accessing content via IPTV.

@Andyforklift Sky and other providers and content creators are trying to get IPTV services blocked, the trouble is most are located in countries that care little for copyright theft and are accessed by VPN's,.

If you are certain your work mate is using one of the illegal IPTV services then report them.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Andyforklift wrote:

 what are sky doing to combat the rise

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https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2023/07/31/sky-court-order-blocks-illegal-streaming/ 

[JohnDoe921]

There's only one way this all ends and that's with Sky going bankrupt. The rise in illegal watchers is the market saying they are charging way too much for the value offered. 

These numbers will only increase and they can't really stop that no matter how many court orders there are. The market will continue to be ahead of them until that day comes. 

[daveNOS]

@JohnDoe921 The rise in IPTV has very little to do with the market saying people are being overcharged, it has everything to do with overly entitled people who think they have a right to access content for little or no payment, the majority will pay nothing and are the same people who used to illegally download movies and shows via torrent sites.

IPTV won't bring down the costs of services, it will more than likely cause a downturn in new content as companies won't have the financial backing to invest in new projects. 

Is Sky overly expensive for what is provided?, possibly but it's an entirely optional service and no one is forced to subscribe.

The IPTV market and it's users like it or not are funding crime, and you cannot justify that with the "Sky/NetFlix/Amazon Prime/other legal streaming service is to expensive so I'm going to use IPTV to save money". 

[Tiggy46]

@daveNOS If I was a betting man, I'd have a quid on him not having a TV licence either!