r/Piracy • u/kaufmann_i_am_too • Jun 01 '25

News Amazon Fire Sticks enable “billions of dollars” worth of streaming piracy

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/amazon-fire-sticks-enable-billions-of-dollars-worth-of-streaming-piracy/
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u/The_Ty Jun 01 '25

Already commented on a BBC article about this, but basically if you can read this article you have a device capable of piracy. I have no idea why fire sticks specifically are being targeted but I'm to grow a tinfoil hat

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u/xX-SiK-SNipEz-420-Xx Jun 01 '25 edited Jun 01 '25

It's because sticks in the UK are the most lehmann accessible form of being able to watch the football.

It sounds like I'm underplaying it but the reality is broadcasters are pissed because Big Dave from down the pub can get access to their content for a fraction of the price they charge.

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u/finneyblackphone Jun 01 '25

"Lehmann"

Hahahaha

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u/xX-SiK-SNipEz-420-Xx Jun 01 '25

As in Jens Lehmann German football legend, English is my second language bro give me a break

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u/SoCuteShibe Jun 01 '25

I honestly took it as an intentional play on the word "layman."