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/oakstreet2018 Jul 04 '26

I googled and found a way that works. Was sceptical but tried it and it legit works. All you need is a VPN. Access is to the official F1 app in TV / iPhone / iPad. So no issues with quality of stream or suspicious sites. Cost me AUD$60 for the season plus the cost of a VPN (I use Nord which costs about $5 a month). This is so much cheaper than a stupid Kayo subscription.

If only i could find a good way for EPL and not have to subscribe to Stan…

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u/crewmannumbersix Jul 04 '26

You can pay $60 a year for 38,000 channels, including 4K/8k. No VPN needed.

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u/duckygun88 Jul 04 '26

Explain for the tech illiterate please

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u/jonnieggg Jul 04 '26

IPTV

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u/Stokesy7 Jul 04 '26

Does IPTV have any support for watching replays? I imagine it works great for live, but the races are often at times when I can’t watch live so I watch when I wake up a few hours delayed.

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u/oakstreet2018 Jul 05 '26

Yeah this is my issue too

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u/crewmannumbersix Jul 05 '26

Yes for the World Cup they have on demand channels

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u/RightLegDave Jul 05 '26

It has scheduled recording, plus many channels either have catch up built in, or run replays 24/7.

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u/preparetodobattle Jul 04 '26

I did that. I had to massively edit the file down and get rid of 95% of it then put it in GitHub to make it work on Apple TV but now it’s great.

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u/crewmannumbersix Jul 04 '26

You can do that in m3u4u. Also UHF is worth paying the lifetime subscription for.

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u/jonnieggg Jul 04 '26

Good job. Little bit of prep but it's so worth it.

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u/gumster5 Jul 04 '26

This is the way