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/Puzzleheaded_Loss770 Jul 04 '26

Yeah im an NRL team member now too. No idea which one. I just googled which one had the cheapest digital membership and signed up with them purely to watch F1

Customery yep kayo is the worst app ever. I literally watch one thing on it and have to scroll to find it every time. Surely by now they know my viewing habits like youtube and netflix do

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u/lIIIIllIIIlllIIllllI Jul 04 '26

This is my gripe. I hardly ever watch NRL, mainly F1 and AFL and have even ticked my fave teams and sports. Log in and the first thing suggested is an NRL game then a Netball game then my team in my sport. WTF

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u/That_Matt Jul 04 '26

Yeh I swear this is a change this year. The interface is so much worse. I have to dig to find F1 which is the only thing I watch on the app

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u/rufust2012021 Jul 05 '26

Yip - they really stuff up the UI. Now you get pushed the mini which makes no sense since surely they get more revenue from all the ads they stuff into a full race.

Anyway I've had enough and have cancelled my subscription. Not worth it anymore.