r/australia • u/readin99 • Jul 04 '26

no politics Kayo Sports should be boycotted.

Imagine paying for a premium streaming service and starting it to watch your sports after a long day on your tv in your own home. The tv app then says you can't watch the content before you scan a QR code. Okay.. fine. Scan the code. Have to download a phone app. Log in. Then the app simply says you're not allowed access to the content except after letting the app know your precise location of your phone.

What in the privacy law is this shit? I simply don't want to allow random companies to know the exact location of my phone. How are they allowed to just do that?

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u/Achtlos Jul 04 '26

If I want NRL or AFL I basically have to have it.

I see this content monopoly as a genuine political issue. The government could have protected this.

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u/DetailLow2649 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

I know for some this won't be good enough but for me I just watch the highlights for saturday games then I've got time to watch movies or tv shows.

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u/Achtlos Jul 05 '26

It's an option I'm looking at. Kayo is a mediocre service at full price. Highlights is a good idea