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I can't buy F1 TV anymore in my country, because the licenses are already sold or something
Anyway... Shitty time now, especially while being abroad and having no real possibility of watching, besides streaming - and those stupid local channels don't stream outside of our country (and even block VPNs)
I pretty outraged, because I'm forced to pay for this shit as well...
I know we hate Google here, but if you want to buy F1TV, you should be able to do so via Google Pay or Google Wallet or whatever. It obscures your country, so they won't know where you're buying from. Then, VPN to watch the races. I've done this since 2022 because F1TV isn't allowed in the UK. Never missed a race since π
Do have to deal with the occasional buffering though which sends me into a frustrated meltdown for five seconds or so but it's chill really. Β£6.99 a month isn't bad either!
Yep, also doing it via Google Pay from Germany. Sky has exclusive rights here which means a stupid price tag, a horrible app and I can't stand the German commentators. I don't need to use a VPN, however. I opened my account with one through the Netherlands but since then I can stream without one.
Worked flawless but in recent weeks the f1tv app has been kind of shit. Not opening for a couple of minutes, not buffering right. Kind of frustrating.
Had that play with HBO Nordic, as they where in whole Europe at least, and you needed to be in Scandinavia.
After some time, they turned it off...
So, I'm currently not looking for hacky, but somehow stable solutions - as I'm even willing to pay for it.
Not so sure about the Google wallet idea either. I pretty much try to avoid everything Google and giving them this data just doesn't seem right.
But that's a personal preference...