Clampdown on TV 'Dodgy Boxes'

It's actually wild, in last few years I've started listening to audiobooks cause it's an affordable price to get any book each month from audible. Meanwhile the likes of sky continue to increase price like it's twenty years ago.

If by "those" you mean buying randomly off Facebook or Twitter then yes. Not only do you not know who you're buying from but I think with the clampdown at the moment theres more chance anyone who is selling publicly like that could get shut down. A few have posted already theyve paid a sub and their IPTV disappeared shortly afterwards.

Try to get a recommendation from someone you know whos been happy with their IPTV seller for a few years already.

all services have risks, protect yourself by using payment methods such as paypal, revolut virtual etc, most services have inbuilt problems such as the odd bit of buffering, freezing, and the odd fcuk up, so.....

some services offer short term payment options, monthly, quarterly, half yearly, yearly etc, so take your pick, generally cheaper over a yearly option, so...

...no harm in creating an alternative email account, probably best not to use your main account, other false details can be used, name, address etc etc....

...as others have said, probably best to ask friends, family, neighbors, work mates etc etc, for recommendations....

...oh ffs, cops are not gonna start busting through peoples doors over this, even if they do, you could probably ask them what service they use!

...its very rare for users to be arrested over this, its simply too complicated, and theres simply too many people engaging in these services, no country has the resources to start chasing end users, hence why generally only those running the services are the ones arrested and charged, so, plough on lads!

yes some countries will pursue end users, most wont, hence why most probably use paypal and the likes, and you ll probably be fine doing so, or our courts will become very full, very quickly!

bitcoin! gimme a fcuking break!

again, most users use methods such as paypal, with no vpn or other nonsense, and they ll more than likely be fine, by all means use the end of the world methods mentioned, yes they will give you better protection, but really!!!!

Are end users being reprimanded? Sheeeit Ive been paying with revolut. I thought it was just the sellers getting punished...

I think it’s only a matter of time before the internet providers like Vodafone are pressured into stopping these dodgy boxes.

They'll find it hard, even cracking down on torrenting hasn't really worked and that's been attempted for decades.

But these dodgy boxes are themselves not dodgy, they are totally legit android boxes that can have totally legit IPTV services running on them like Now TV, Netflix etc.

All Vodafone can is block sites that are used to access illegal IPTV services, but once one is blocked a totally new one will appear.

It might come to pass that ISP's will be told to block IPTV. Like torrenting they will block some well known IP addresses. It will have zero results in the grand scheme of things.

Thankfully it's so easy to get a decent package and so hard for Sky to stop that the only way Sky can fight back is to look at the package they deliver and the prices they charge.

Vodafone, Eir, Virgin etc have zero interest in blacklisting services or IP Addresses.

no, carry on....

...id say sky may not be able to change their business plan, id say they have astonishing amount of debt on their books, and with rising rates, this probably leaves them with very few options to change, so, on we go....

As I have said before Vodafone block these by forcing you to use their routers with all DNS traffic sent automatically to their servers. Control the DNS and you control what services can be accessed. This is the future.

I cancelled Vodafone for this reason but it will become the norm as all ISP are pressured to cut out piracy.

Yeah that's partially correct. However I think the blame lies in both camps to be perfectly honest. 1 small example of that is Sky pundits. Some of them are getting more now than when they actually played the game.

I agree re the PL and the gouging they are doing to fans. That's why I will never lose any sleep over having IPTV subs. Before they try laying a guilt trip on the average man sitting at home maybe they should ask Haaland or Salah to take a pay cut so that cleaning staff or tea ladies don't get laid off. 😂

Is this Vodafones own fiber lines? I have Siro through Vodafone and have no issues with IPTV.

It still messed my system up even with a VPN. They fairly much tell you that you have to use their router. It's possible to use your own if you know how but I couldn't get it to work.

I run a pi-hole DNS and the conflict between it and the Vodafone router caused three routers to completely lock up and stop working.

So far Eir and Sky have not gone down that route, but I think they will come under pressure to follow.

If you can set them up it should bypass the DNS. As I said there are people who have managed to use their own routers but I couldn't manage it. It involves vlan tagging of all traffic and setting up your login details which they won't give you.

Do some research before jumping in.