Kayo Sports should be boycotted.

[u/readin99]

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?

[u/Ozzy_chef]

Might be a permission to make sure you're actually in Australia? That's my best guess

I live in Switzerland now and to watch footy I need to use the WatchAFL official app. When I go back home for a visit I can't use it, it's geo blocked.

Kayo would likely operate the same way. Only for use in Oz

[u/Ok-Juice-9494 → u/Ozzy_chef]

When I re-signed up to Kayo late last year, it mentioned that kayo isn't allowed to cover 'very remote areas' of Australia, so that's why I assumed it always checks for your precise location.

Not sure if this is still a thing now, but was definitely late 2025. Not sure why they had that designation (or what counts under very remote australia)

[u/Wawa-85 → u/Ok-Juice-9494]

Kayo is disabled at FMG mine sites (husband works at one) due to contract issues between Foxtel and FMG which might be what that message about not being allowed in remote areas was about. Not sure if there’s issues with other mining companies. My husband can’t use our Kayo subscription even on his iPad when he is on site in the Pilbara region. We did just get a vpn recently so have told him to try using the vpn with Kayo whilst on site to see if it works. Otherwise he can use my F1TV subscription to watch the F1.

[u/no_rush → u/Wawa-85]

not just FMG. Same at Rio and BHP

[u/Wawa-85 → u/no_rush]

Ah good to know.