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Superbox catch? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago
[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Nope. Superbox

I know a couple people with these and they say they really work. High quality streams and everything. I'm very curious.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

.. what streams? That website is super vague on what it supports. Does it come with access to gray channels or is it just a set top box running android?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month 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.

this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2025
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