except when they aren't Basically, they are Android TV boxes. they work something like a FireStick or the built in Android operating system, in, say, a Vizio TV. As such, they can connect, using apps, to a lot of streaming services. However, some of those apps are connecting you to services that require payment from users. Like NetFlicks.
You might be able to access those paid networks, at least for awhile, but then they might just go away when the app your box is using gets found and blocked by the paid service.
So, is it OK to use something to access things without payment that require payment from users? You might not get caught, but it's also not OK to do that.
Yes, everything should be free. Great idea, but that's not the case. I cut the cable quite some time ago. Now, I receive broadcast TV with an antenna. I use the buillt-in Android OS on my Vizio TV to access free streaming services and various paid services. I pay for the ones I use. My household has passwords for those, so we're using them legitimately. We also subscribe to HULU, which offers a whole list of streaming programming for a single subscription cost. Lots of current movies, sports, etc.
What we don't do is attempt to watch what most people pay for without paying for that content. If we watch, we pay.
Those watch but don't pay for content that is only available through paid sources are essentially stealing the content. I suppose I'm paying for them to watch in some cases. I don't think that's fair, either.
Honestly, there is so much free content out there that stealing content seems quite unnecessary. So we never do that. I don't think anyone should. Maybe I'm just an old fogey, but I don't make movies and programs. I imagine that's a pretty expensive thing to do.
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