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Superbox catch? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.world

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From my perspective, the traditional way to acquire content from torrents and a VPN.

Everyone is talking about Superbox, which actually sounds pretty cool. How does it work? What's the catch? Can I setup another device to use the same apps without buying the box? If it gets shut down can I fire it up through a VPN?

I'm guessing they host content from another country and sell the hardware at a big profit. But I'd love to know a little more. There are hosting costs somewhere... Is the profit model just to outrun those costs through hardware sales?

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[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I bought a box from VSee, because a friend has one and it works. It basically gets every live channel (ESPN, cable network stuff, etc,) and has a large assortment of the streams (Hulu, Max, Disney+, etc.). Netflix content is about the only one I didn't find. The streaming is a bit clumsy, to find what you want, and some stuff doesn't work, but mostly it's pretty good.

I figure if this works for 6 months, I'll at least break even. Otherwise there are lots of services that give you the same stuff for ~$12/mo, you just have to have something to log in with.

They seem to avoid listing the actual content to keep themselves out of trouble. All I did was buy the box, connect it to the wifi and turn it on.

[–] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Ah ok. So gray market rehosting. I dont pay people to profit off of piracy. Watching some di$ney without paying $24/month is one thing. Paying someone else to steal and resell is another. We all have our lines and that is too far for me.