For sure, maybe one of the reasons we almost never use the big screen is I haven’t hooked up broadcast TV yet, but one of the reasons I haven’t bothered is live sports is increasingly paywalled. It was all too easy to say I’m not that interested in watching the Patriots every Sunday, when there are more barriers to watching or enjoying (and the Bellicheck/Brady era is over: I’m not sure I can name a single player anymore).
For the Super Bowl, I’d buy one month of whatever parasite you’re paywalled behind. However I’m not paying a subscription to watch regular games
I really think this is yet another scenario of short term profit seeking ruining the longer term profits. I’m sure a paywall is more profitable in the short term, but watching sports seems to be a habit , a ritual, and there are many of us less intense watchers that will lose the habit with too many obstacles. Are they really getting more profit when their paywall shrinks the audience? Heck, I’m also much less likely to attend a game in person, since I don’t really follow teams anymore. I used to always goto a couple mlb games every summer, but if I can’t watch at home, why would I be interested?. I really only follow college hockey now
Yeah we gave up and paid for live sports streaming once it came in 4k HDR for sports. It isn’t cheap but no real alternative that doesn’t have risk and unreliability associated around it. Anything that isn’t live there are plenty of reliable, high quality ways to obtain things for free, but live, I need it to work and not look like a potato on a large screen if I have people round. I did try that method for a few years, its ok on a phone or laptop with just me as I will put up with the problems but absolutely not on a big screen.
For sure, maybe one of the reasons we almost never use the big screen is I haven’t hooked up broadcast TV yet, but one of the reasons I haven’t bothered is live sports is increasingly paywalled. It was all too easy to say I’m not that interested in watching the Patriots every Sunday, when there are more barriers to watching or enjoying (and the Bellicheck/Brady era is over: I’m not sure I can name a single player anymore).
For the Super Bowl, I’d buy one month of whatever parasite you’re paywalled behind. However I’m not paying a subscription to watch regular games
I really think this is yet another scenario of short term profit seeking ruining the longer term profits. I’m sure a paywall is more profitable in the short term, but watching sports seems to be a habit , a ritual, and there are many of us less intense watchers that will lose the habit with too many obstacles. Are they really getting more profit when their paywall shrinks the audience? Heck, I’m also much less likely to attend a game in person, since I don’t really follow teams anymore. I used to always goto a couple mlb games every summer, but if I can’t watch at home, why would I be interested?. I really only follow college hockey now
Yeah we gave up and paid for live sports streaming once it came in 4k HDR for sports. It isn’t cheap but no real alternative that doesn’t have risk and unreliability associated around it. Anything that isn’t live there are plenty of reliable, high quality ways to obtain things for free, but live, I need it to work and not look like a potato on a large screen if I have people round. I did try that method for a few years, its ok on a phone or laptop with just me as I will put up with the problems but absolutely not on a big screen.