• DarkShaggy@lemmy.world
    25·
    3 days ago

    Worst decision ever. This service is so awesome!!! Not going to move to appleTV. Too many subscriptions already.

  • Voytrekk@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    So am I going to have to subscribe to AppleTV then? That has to be more than the cost of F1 Premium.

    • ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip
      4·
      2 days ago

      F1 TV is $95 a year, Apple TV is $99 if you pay in advance, or $13/mo. So pretty similar actually. Although that’s current pricing, Apple has 3 months to bump the price or something shitty like that. F1 TV only worked on like 3 devices, one of which was Apple TV. This might actually improve their Linux compatibility if it’s now using Apple infrastructure.

      Not a fan of centralizing content, but this doesn’t look too bad for 2026.

    • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
      21·
      2 days ago

      If you have an iPad or an iPhone it is very easy to get F1TV for much cheaper via an Indian Apple account.

      • create an Indian Apple account.
      • Buy Apple credit in Rupees from https://amazon.in/amazonpay/home (under Recharge & Bills => See All)
      • logout of “Media and Purchases” in your Apple account settings in the iOS settings
      • login with the Indian account
      • go to the AppStore to redeem the credit
      • use an Indian address you can find on Google maps
      • go to the F1TV app and subscribe
      • if the subscribe options doesn’t show up. You need to use a VPN to the UK. PrivadoVPN has a free tier
      • you need to sub to the monthly TV Access tier and then upgrade to Pro or Premium in the iOS settings where you manage the subscriptions.

      Edit: here is proof that it works. This is my sub to F1TV, I don’t live in India and my iPhone is registered to a Dutch Apple account yet I’ve only paid 3649 INR which is 42 USD for Premium.

    • galaxy_nova@lemmy.world
      55·
      3 days ago

      It’s not if you’re paying monthly. I swear everyone likes to just complain. Sure big company bad but I don’t know why everyone is so mad about Apple having the streaming rights

      • Voytrekk@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        7·
        3 days ago

        If my costs go up, then I have a right to complain.

        I’m really just trying to figure out how I am supposed to watch F1 in the future. I have until August of next year to find out if it is worth it to sign up for AppleTV to continue watching F1.

        • galaxy_nova@lemmy.world
          34·
          3 days ago

          A simple DuckDuckGo search would tell you want you need to know… although I did already tell you. Mostly I was referring to the many people saying “time for piracy” when I don’t understand how espn is any different/better than Apple except that their app is absolute fucking dogshit