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by MarkG509 1206 days ago
Linux Mint comes with Hypnotix that contains free feeds for 974 TV channels world-wide, and 171 US-En Movie channels. Of these are nearly all of Pluto TV's channels, many of the free movie channels available on Roku, and even a few channels I can get over the air.

Given my browser's built-in privacy 'stuff' (plus uBlock Origin and uMatrix), and the block lists in my firewall, the funny thing is that I leak the most PII data watching OTA TV via the HDHomeRun app on my phone (I prefer their app to VLC on my phone). MPA needs to take a time-out, maybe catch up with technology.
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mdaniel 1206 days ago
For those who are similarly curious, https://github.com/linuxmint/hypnotix#tv-channels-and-media-... says

> By default, Hypnotix is configured with one IPTV provider called Free-TV: https://github.com/Free-TV/IPTV

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ElfinTrousers 1206 days ago
> MPA needs to take a time-out, maybe catch up with technology.

Look it takes a lot of time and effort to make 12,000 completely indistinguishable superhero movies a year. They can't stay up on every little thing like "advances in technology", "changes in social attitudes", and "what legally constitutes piracy".

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