• Geometrinen_Gepardi
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    22 hours ago

    With these kind of news from Southern Europe it’s always about pirate football streams. How much does it cost to watch football legally in Italy?

    • Giooschi@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      The only options you have are:

      • Dazn Standard (45€/month, 35€/month if you pay for 12 months) to get access to all the SerieA matches (and a whole bunch of other sports nobody cares about)

      • Dazn Goal Pass (20€/month, 14€/month if you pay for 12 months) to get access to 3 SerieA matches per week which you don’t get to choose (and a bunch of other sports nobody cares about)

      • Sky (16€/month for the first 18 months, then whatever Sky wants after that) to get access to 3 SerieA matches per week which you don’t get to choose (and a bunch of other stuff nobody cares about)

      Most people care only about some specific matches, so your only option is Dazn.

      Dazn is also a very crappy service, it often has connectivity problems and also has ads. Fun fact, if you get a connection issue while watching a Dazn ad, it will restart.

      So, as usual, monopoly, high costs and crappy services drive piracy.

      • Damage@feddit.it
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        19 hours ago

        Important note: wages in Italy are VERY low. 45€/month is a significant expense.

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        19 hours ago

        🤮

        Imagine stuffing so much cash in the butt of a rich guy, only to look how other, most likely better earners than you, play against each others using a tiny ball.

        I don’t get sports fanatics…

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            18 hours ago

            That would be unusual. Most sports stadiums in most major cities are heavily subsidized by the city/state (e.g. tax payers), especially in public transportation. I’d be surprised if even a small % were 100% privately funded.