I also got rid of Sky thanks to an IPTV box. I played with various methods for about 10 years, back in the days when IPTV boxes were still extremely flakey. Eventually, I got a decent pay rise, moved out of rented accommodation into something more permanent, and just said sod it and signed up for everything. 4 years later, Virgin wanted to double the direct debit, so I dropped Sky Sports and rather than doubling, the DD went down by about 20 quid a month. Bit annoying not being able to record and rewind stuff as easily, although Sky tends to repeat a lot of the stuff I want to see on Sky Sports Mix the next day, which still records - So I still see it eventually. Only other negative is not having access to it on iPad, aka the TV in the kitchen.
I still pay for Virgin with BT Sport etc.....I understand that sports need some level of funding to be engaging. I'm happy to fund sports in general. What I am not happy about and will not put up with is the current version of Sky Sports. They've massively fell off. Setanta/ESPN didn't offer loads but since BT came onto the scene I think they've made Sky look a bit shit. Sky has seriously fumbled the woke thing (In ways that other broadcasters haven't necessarily, Love what BT does with disability football for example), and started presenting us with football "experts" that you can tell within 2 minutes of them talking are not "experts" in anything other than promoting themselves. They've got rid of the people who made it what it was, now it's just a bunch of dickhead YouTubers who look lost on that kind of platform. Not even gonna get into the EFL TV deal, but we're about to find out all about that. I will be pirating their content for the foreseeable. |  |
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