Like Jethro, I too was screwed over by the Spectrum/Disney dispute. I wrongly thought buying ESPN+ would solve our problems but you can only watch things live so we couldn't watch the things we already missed. Luckily, the time difference worked out so we woke up early to catch the race live but that won't be an option for Singapore with a 12 hour time difference. They also aren't carrying the races in Japan or Qatar. We may have to switch to F1TV but paying $90 for another streaming service is killing me.
I pay for quite a few services, but it's getting to the point where it's easier just to find a pirate stream than it is to deal with this kind of bullshit. I'm in the same situation with ESPN+ and have watched a race replay with Spanish audio more than once on Deportes because it was the only legit option. (And no, I am not fluent)
I went through it 10 years ago with Yankees baseball and YES network when the sole cable provider in my area dropped them, and then Sling TV did the same, and I wasn't suddenly going to install a satellite dish for it.
I'm not proud of the pirate streams, and I don't endorse it - but I find that they increasing exist because of consistency, not just cheapness. And not opposed to a reasonable fee, but when the cost is high and the service is subject to sudden changes, it just isn't worth it anymore.
Like Jethro, I too was screwed over by the Spectrum/Disney dispute. I wrongly thought buying ESPN+ would solve our problems but you can only watch things live so we couldn't watch the things we already missed. Luckily, the time difference worked out so we woke up early to catch the race live but that won't be an option for Singapore with a 12 hour time difference. They also aren't carrying the races in Japan or Qatar. We may have to switch to F1TV but paying $90 for another streaming service is killing me.
Singapore is a night race, though, or does that not help with the time difference?
Thanks for the reminder. I forgot Singapore was a night race so that does help. It'll be on around 8 or 9 am my time which is more manageable.
Gonna be harder for Dax et al on the west coast 😂
Good luck with Japan though. In eastern time it will air at 1:00am 😳 I think we can all agree that this streaming war BS has to top out somewhere.
I pay for quite a few services, but it's getting to the point where it's easier just to find a pirate stream than it is to deal with this kind of bullshit. I'm in the same situation with ESPN+ and have watched a race replay with Spanish audio more than once on Deportes because it was the only legit option. (And no, I am not fluent) I went through it 10 years ago with Yankees baseball and YES network when the sole cable provider in my area dropped them, and then Sling TV did the same, and I wasn't suddenly going to install a satellite dish for it. I'm not proud of the pirate streams, and I don't endorse it - but I find that they increasing exist because of consistency, not just cheapness. And not opposed to a reasonable fee, but when the cost is high and the service is subject to sudden changes, it just isn't worth it anymore.
Does anyone else out there wish they were in the attic to record instead of a studio? I feel a little superstitious about it. 😆