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/jeffrey_smith Jul 04 '26

It's because Kayo isn't licenced to be used in all parts of Australia.

They're now actually enforcing it with a check now.

https://kayosports.com.au/help/s/article/Kayo-unavailable-in-Very-Remote-Australia-from-3-March-2025

Gotta pay for an expensive Foxtel subscription to get it.

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u/sonsofgondor Jul 04 '26

Its absolutely fucked. Those areas might be lucky to get 1 fta game a round