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Wildcat4E

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Re: OT - Cable Alternatives
« Reply #462 on: August 12, 2026, 05:21:42 PM »
VseeBox Shops: Official VseeBox TV Box & Streaming Devices – Vseebox Official Shops
VseeBox Shops: Official VseeBox TV Box & Streaming Devices – Vseebox Official Shops
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Re: OT - Cable Alternatives
« Reply #463 on: August 12, 2026, 05:22:01 PM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on August 12, 2026, 05:17:37 PM

I'll let him answer because I don't remember, but he mentioned it previously and I looked it up then.  Seemed very similar to how tv pirates were using the Genesis plugin with the Kodi app a decade ago to magically procure every movie and tv show known to man.  Which was basically just the same technology torrent sites were using a decade before that.*

Far as I could tell, it's not legal.  It's one of those gray areas where it hasn't been explicitly outlawed/condemned yet, but it's coming.  I'd be real careful about it. 




*not that I ever did any of those things.  I, um, know a guy who used stuff like that

I fell for it a couple times back in the day.  And my "card" got zapped the next day....both times.

I'm a slow learner.
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Re: OT - Cable Alternatives
« Reply #464 on: August 12, 2026, 05:30:49 PM »
Is vseebox legal?

Absolutely. VSeeBox functions identically to a premium, high-performance Android multimedia hub. Similar to a standard tablet or smartphone, it operates on an open-source Android OS platform. It is fully compliant to own and operate, providing users with a robust hardware environment to download, install, and manage various authorized applications via the internet or the Google Play Store for their ultimate home entertainment setup.

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Now, we did not order from the website.  Got if from a friend's 70+ yo mother that has gotten them for her whole family.  Not people scamming for bucks, they are the opposite of poor.

Just to test it out, I've found every episode ever of The Rockford Files and Simon & Simon!  Could watch TV non-stop for the rest of my days.  
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Re: OT - Cable Alternatives
« Reply #465 on: August 12, 2026, 05:34:52 PM »
Quote from: Wildcat4E on August 12, 2026, 05:30:49 PM
Is vseebox legal?

Absolutely. VSeeBox functions identically to a premium, high-performance Android multimedia hub. Similar to a standard tablet or smartphone, it operates on an open-source Android OS platform. It is fully compliant to own and operate, providing users with a robust hardware environment to download, install, and manage various authorized applications via the internet or the Google Play Store for their ultimate home entertainment setup.

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Now, we did not order from the website.  Got if from a friend's 70+ yo mother that has gotten them for her whole family.  Not people scamming for bucks, they are the opposite of poor.

Just to test it out, I've found every episode ever of The Rockford Files and Simon & Simon!  Could watch TV non-stop for the rest of my days. 

There is free content out there.  A lot of it actually.  Old stuff, back catalog stuff.

But you made it sound like you were getting new current stuff, IP owned by Apple and Prime and Peacock and whatnot.  If you're picking up any of that, then it's almost certainly not legal.


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Re: OT - Cable Alternatives
« Reply #466 on: August 12, 2026, 05:35:31 PM »
Quote from: Wildcat4E on August 12, 2026, 05:30:49 PM
Is vseebox legal?

Absolutely. VSeeBox functions identically to a premium, high-performance Android multimedia hub. Similar to a standard tablet or smartphone, it operates on an open-source Android OS platform. It is fully compliant to own and operate, providing users with a robust hardware environment to download, install, and manage various authorized applications via the internet or the Google Play Store for their ultimate home entertainment setup.



Yeah, technically the platform is legal.  So was Kodi.  Even the Genesis and Exodus plugins were legal.  But what we, um, those other people did with them was not legal, and I suspect the same is true with the vseebox.  

If, for example, you can stream Game of Thrones and HBO is not getting a subscription fee for it, it's just not above board.  
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« Reply #467 on: August 12, 2026, 05:40:05 PM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on August 12, 2026, 05:35:31 PM

Yeah, technically the platform is legal.  So was Kodi.  Even the Genesis and Exodus plugins were legal.  But what we, um, those other people did with them was not legal, and I suspect the same is true with the vseebox. 

If, for example, you can stream Game of Thrones and HBO is not getting a subscription fee for it, it's just not above board. 
Yup.  And the NFL ain't giving nothing away for free, you can be certain about that.
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« Reply #468 on: August 12, 2026, 09:47:16 PM »
yup, the platform is legal

the content is NOT legal

the server providing illegal content can be shut down

I had an illegal firestick a year ago with 15,000 channels

the server was shut down and I was out of luck

paid $200 for 2 firesticks for the year
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« Reply #469 on: August 13, 2026, 07:26:22 AM »
Well you shanghiad them enough evidently. Entering year 5 with no cable or other ridiculously overpriced mediums. Just prime for cindy and DVD's she get's at the 2nd hand store for cheap
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« Reply #470 on: August 13, 2026, 07:35:49 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on August 13, 2026, 07:26:22 AM
Well you shanghiad them enough evidently. Entering year 5 with no cable or other ridiculously overpriced mediums. Just prime for cindy and DVD's she get's at the 2nd hand store for cheap
So do only watch football that is broadcast over the air?
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« Reply #471 on: August 13, 2026, 07:40:28 AM »
Yup only saw the beginning rds of the CFB P.O.'s and CCGs. 
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Re: OT - Cable Alternatives
« Reply #472 on: August 13, 2026, 09:29:22 AM »
always on the transistor radio over the air
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Re: OT - Cable Alternatives
« Reply #473 on: August 13, 2026, 10:11:43 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on August 13, 2026, 07:40:28 AM
Yup only saw the beginning rds of the CFB P.O.'s and CCGs.

Brutal.


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