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I'd expect pirate TV stuff to be mainly available through mail order, it's surprising you can buy it off the shelf at big box stores like Best Buy. I wonder how
by ndiddy 11mo ago
I'd expect pirate TV stuff to be mainly available through mail order, it's surprising you can buy it off the shelf at big box stores like Best Buy. I wonder how they weighed the income they'd get from stocking pirate TV boxes vs. how it would negatively impact their relationships with TV and streaming providers.
- ronsor 11mo agoI think the fact that regular stores are now stocking high-seas set top boxes is more proof that streaming is too overpriced now and media companies are too greedy.
- GeekyBear 11mo agoBack in the heyday of torrents and burnable optical disks, retail DVD players could usually play random video files procured from the high seas.
- ronsor 11mo agoThey sure did, but what they didn't have is a built-in mail-order bootleg DVD catalog!
- mdasen 11mo agoI don't think they're stocking these boxes. A lot of retailers let anyone list products on their website - just as Amazon allows third party sellers to list products. The one I found on BestBuy's website says "Sold & shipped by Evolution Blazed Inc"
- gh02t 11mo agoArticle seems to indicate at least one model can (or, could... maybe Censys has notified them and they were pulled) be bought off the shelf in store at Best Buy > In a recent video interview, Ashley showed off several Superbox models that Censys was studying in the malware lab — including one purchased off the shelf at BestBuy.
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- somehnguy 11mo agoThey're not quite available off the shelf. Best Buy and Walmart are marketplace sellers now. Meaning the bar is extremely low to start selling whatever you want on their website. They don't actually have the stock or have any in stores.