I refuse to let this corrupt organization take away a game that my family grew up watching, playing, and bonding over. We don’t see each other that often now and I want to catch a game or two with them.

I’m in Canada

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    Don’t watch them. Its not taking away the game. Watch other matches just don’t watch world cup.

    I don’t align with this company but let me watch it anyways. At that point just watch it since your twisting yourself to justify yourself.

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      I would argue that almost all professional football at this point is morally bankrupt. The German league may be the least at face value (50+1 ownership rules, genuine grassroots involvement etc.), but I’m sure it the owners of the clubs aren’t really interested in you or I at the end of the day.

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        Yeah at this point all I watch is the CONIFA competitions and me local unprofessional footie.

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      I don’t align with this company but let me watch it anyways. At that point just watch it since your twisting yourself to justify yourself.

      Self-justification aside, the effect of pirating the games (Fifa gets no money) vs not pirating the games (Fifa gets money) is substantially different.

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        If you are going to watch a game, Fifa would rather you pirate their game than someone else’s. It’s still free advertising when you discuss the game with friends or online.

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    Or…. Just don’t support FIFA at all and boycott the games. The “fuck fifa” is otherwise empty.

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    Why watch them live in the first place? Can’t you watch the replays or just highlights? Is football even worth watching live anymore? It seems like such a slow and boring manner to consume the sport.

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      Well said.
      Piracy promotes future sales. Whoever really wants to fuck the company behind the product/service won’t consume it in any possible way and instead will support it’s competition.

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      This is like asking why anyone bothers watching movies when they can watch short form videos on social media instead. It is brainrot.

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      This is the way. Those matches do not change anything, they are just spectacle to enrich the elites and dragnet innocents for ICE’s prisons. It makes absolutely no difference to watch the replay the day after or even the week after, when it will likely be more accessible and you won’t have to fight with the timetables, streams, etc.

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    Rojadirecta was taken by the FBI but there are dozen of alternatives with the same name. Pro tip Google won’t show them in their results

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    fyi the french TV station “M6” will broadcast 54 matches out of 104. Would a VPN suffice ?

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    Does meth streams do Fifa? I use them for ufc and the bitrate is dogshit and the chat is the most racist thing ive ever witnessed