If you try to access F1TV via a VPN from your country where F1TV Pro is not available (like the UK) it will no longer play the full race videos and displays an geographical error code…
If you try to access F1TV via a VPN from your country where F1TV Pro is not available (like the UK) it will no longer play the full race videos and displays an geographical error code…
At least for now, F1TV Pro works fine for me here in Germany. I’ve been using it since 2021 without a VPN (only used a VPN for signing up once) and never had any issues.
We’ll see if it works this weekend.
Else I’ll have to get the Sky package. I don’t even mind paying more to be honest, it’s just that F1TV is so nice to use and has great third-party apps (like MultiViewer), plus I really enjoy their commentary. I’m not even sure if I can at least get the English Sky commentary with Sky Germany…
Which costs 6 times as much, and as far as I know it doesn’t have English commentary, doesn’t have archive races, doesn’t have free choice of cockpit cams, doesn’t have Formula 2 and 3. (Correct me if I’m wrong.)
It’s just a bad deal. If F1TV ever stops working in Germany for legacy subscriptions then I either have to stop watching F1 or look for other sources. ~5 euros per month is a fantastic price, I’d even pay 10 or 15 for that. But not 30 euros for the Sky package with a lot less features.
I agree that F1TV is obviously a way better deal. But F1 is pretty much the only thing I watch as far as live events go (and other race series sometimes) so I wouldn’t mind spending quite a bit on it, although I can totally understand not wanting to spend 30 euros a month for F1.
The commentary and features I’d lose by switching to Sky is what concerns me the most.
If they get good at blocking VPNs and also start geo-blocking me (as I said, I’m not even using a VPN with F1TV, it still works just fine), I’d probably get a cheap VPS from Linode or wherever in a region where F1TV is officially available, and just set up my own VPN. They shouldn’t block this unless they block static IPs in general.
I tried out sky (well, actually wowtv) and the absolute deal breaker for me was that the races are not viewable on demand. I also got for IndyCar, and canceled my subscription the next day because of that.
Why should they ban it now? I’m an old subscriber and I never used VPN. If they block me it’s fraud.