Exactly as Darrin says. Yoru PC can do the same with a capture card. The ability to do it is not illegal. Same with a raspberry pi. It can have an emulator installed and rims uploads. The act is the illegal thing.
Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net — https://j2sw.com (AS399332) https://blog.j2sw.com - Podcast and Blog > On Sep 8, 2024, at 2:23 PM, Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> wrote: > > Nothing in the description mentions free TV or content so they can probably > get away with it. I see vendor booths at our county and state fairs selling > pirated boxes. I feel for all the ISP's of people who buy the boxes. > > We have a few customers who complain their free content buffers. We tell them > if legit services like Netflix and YouTube work fine, to contact their > illegal streaming provider. They seem to get the hint that they don't pay for > the service and have no one to contact. The person who sold it knew it was > illegal and doesn't provide support. We educate them that this free content > comes from overseas and doesn't work well and they may be contacted by law > enforcement in the future. > > On Sun, Sep 8, 2024, 11:56 AM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com > <mailto:khoh...@kwom.com>> wrote: >> I used to get customers buying the “fully loaded” Kodi boxes and Firesticks >> on eBay to watch “free TV”. The customers thought it was legal because they >> paid for it, or because Kodi and Firesticks are legal. Apparently the HW of >> choice now is Android boxes. But I’m surprised to see Amazon openly selling >> them, even if it isn’t sold and fulfilled by Amazon. I guess Amazon >> Marketplace lets anyone sell anything. >> >> >> >> https://www.amazon.com/Newest-Storage-Upgraded-Remote-High-Performance/dp/B0CXZZN3PZ >> >> >> >> I would also worry about malware. >> >> >> >> https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/18/popular-android-tv-boxes-sold-on-amazon-are-laced-with-malware/ >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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