Basic Questions

by lawnmowerdeath

To be clear, I don't mind paying, but I know I'm not paying for rights in the way that big cable pays, nor am I paying for bandwidth, so I'm curious what I am paying for?

Is it largely the convenience of access with someone having organized existing feeds into a packaged service?

Also what is the security risk of these kind of services? I know people have been busted for selling Kodi boxes, but doesn't appear that authorities have gone after iptv users in the same way people have been targeted for copyright infringement via P2P sharing.

LakeWashington

No, they have gone after IPTV users, I paid a $500 fine a year or so ago. Direct TV busted the reseller I was buying from. Now I use pre-paid credit cards that fund a made up paypal account that I have a fake email address connected to receive the purchased codes.

TheSubversive

You're paying for the ability to watch television from all over the world without any restrictions. You're paying to be able to watch every televisied sporting event in existence, whether it's the Super Bowl or a darts match at an English pub, the World Cup or a sumo match. The Daytona 500 or cricket. It's all there.

You're paying for access to the majority of the world's television content.

manosteel9423

I think what you are asking is, could you find all this stuff for free if you looked hard enough?

The short answer is no. There are free links out there but they are highly unstable. What you are paying for is a restream of a stable source that you can’t access directly. Most services use the same sources so the difference between services is primarily channel selection, server stability and a few extra features like VOD, Catchup and the way things are organized and delivered.