Will you boycott DSTV?

Will you boycott DSTV over the planned reduction of concurrent streams?

  • Yes

    Votes: 225 31.8%

  • No

    Votes: 89 12.6%

  • I'm not a subscriber

    Votes: 374 52.9%

  • Other

    Votes: 19 2.7%
  • Total voters
    707
With the Ukraine thing actually watching DSTV more than ever just for the news coverage. Piggy backing off a friend so nope, won't boycott.
 
Brian_G said:
Yep, that's one of their negatives. But mostly not if you use their catch-up service.
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They don't put everything on catch up, and also the remove it so quickly on catch up. If something played Sunday night and you want to catch up on Saturday when you have time, you won't find it.
 
marine1 said:
Affordable?????
Have you heard of the internet? the WWW?
I dont know if you are joking or just living under a DSTV rock / dish
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I have a 200mbps fibre line. I have Netflix, Showmax but I still believe that you need DSTV in addition.
 
Stonemason said:
I cancelled DSTV at the beginning of this month and went with Netflix and Amazon Prime. However, with the invasion of the Ukraine, I now miss the fact that I cannot stay up to date with the developments by way of CNN or BBC or Sky News.

I looked around but cannot find any other proper news channel on Android TV.

Maybe I will subscribe to DSTV again...
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TelkomONE-Free has EuroNews, AfricaNews, Al Jazeera, France, DW News, RT News. I am getting all the news for free.
 
So if I paid for it I might say sure let's boycott it!
But seeing as I don't pay yet stream it from a family member...I will continue to use it and hope they do not boycott it :ROFL:

And on that note, is anyone having issues with streaming the last few days? And no, not a concurrent device issue but the streaming service not working 100%?
 
marine1 said:
You can watch Fox news live on the web
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PAYBACK said:
Compared to what? Netflix, Amazon Prime and a few streamed pay-per-views a month a far better value proposition for me. What am I missing. Share your secret sauce….
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Taking your family out to dinner one night in a month cost more than a month’s DSTV subscription. I have Netflix, Showmax with a 200mbps fibre line but to have sport, entertainment, news, conveniently in one place is still needed for me.
 
bwana said:
In a recent announcement DSTV has stated they will only allow one concurrent stream in a bid to combat password sharing and piracy. In light of this will you join the call to boycott the service or do you agree with, or are unaffected by, their decision?
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We are paying for Wagiu beef type product, but get horse-meat type delivery. Even the streaming services offer very limited choice. So, I stopped paying. The only fair exchange so far- nothing for nothing.
 
Already do. Been boycotting with my wallet for years. Since I cancelled my Premium subscription.
 
I still cannot believe people waste a grand a month on that DSTV crap! All supposedly intelligent people who only have to do a bit of simple research on the internet and you'll find loads of packages available at a fraction of the price! ie I've been with an overseas set up for a few years now and get about 7k channels (inc EVERY SINGLE SUPERSPORT CHANNEL) for around R700 PER YEAR ! Wake up people and stop feeding and then moaning about DSTV!
 
yozzi said:
I still cannot believe people waste a grand a month on that DSTV crap! All supposedly intelligent people who only have to do a bit of simple research on the internet and you'll find loads of packages available at a fraction of the price! ie I've been with an overseas set up for a few years now and get about 7k channels (inc EVERY SINGLE SUPERSPORT CHANNEL) for around R700 PER YEAR ! Wake up people and stop feeding and then moaning about DSTV!
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Is that now on your buffering IPTV?

You do realize that if the people wake up and dstv go down, that you will not be watching EVERY SINGLE SUPERSPORT CHANNEL anymore
 
bwana said:
In a recent announcement DSTV has stated they will only allow one concurrent stream in a bid to combat password sharing and piracy. In light of this will you join the call to boycott the service or do you agree with, or are unaffected by, their decision?
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They said the only thing that keeps people watching DSTV is Sport & local programming. That’s nonsense, because, 80% of the local content is actually garbage. If I could find another platform to view, I would cancel my subscription even after being a loyal subscriber for many years! Since they removed certain channels including channel 123 (ITV) from the UK, the quality of programming has gone downhill very fast. Almost a R1,000.00 per month for 4 or 5 channels worth watching.
 
As with anything, if the service you use no longer serves your needs, use someone else's service.
 
yozzi said:
I still cannot believe people waste a grand a month on that DSTV crap! All supposedly intelligent people who only have to do a bit of simple research on the internet and you'll find loads of packages available at a fraction of the price! ie I've been with an overseas set up for a few years now and get about 7k channels (inc EVERY SINGLE SUPERSPORT CHANNEL) for around R700 PER YEAR ! Wake up people and stop feeding and then moaning about DSTV!
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I bet you will never share how you do that.
 
For all the deranged Spaaaaaaawts watchers, you can get round that easily too. My wife wanted to watch the RWC in 2019. So I installed a browser VPN extension, signed up on the ITV website, streamed the game while Chrome casting it to the main TV in the living room.

Piracy über alles
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Their streaming is so kak anyway, so no won't be unsubscribing. Don't even use their streaming much
 
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