It's often been rumoured that Foxtel are going to one day cancel the Foxtel Now service, instead offering a low-price version of Kayo but for drama, but I've made the decision to this year cut off my Foxtel subscription anyway.
The reason is to run a bit of an experiment, and to see what it's like, as a hardcore AFL fan, to try and access AFL games without it. These are the types of questions I'll be looking to answer:
- How motivated will I become to search and use pirate streams of games that are not shown on free-to-air
- Will consuming the free-to-air coverage of the game change my expectations and experience of watching AFL? If so, how?
- How will my fandom be enabled via VPN use? And how will this way of watching games change my experience of watching AFL and my AFL fandom?
I anticipate switching the Foxtel Now subscription off after round 12. This is because the AFL/Fox Sports usually introduce their half-year option for Watch AFL, the overseas portal for watching AFL games that I can access via VPN. This half-year option is not only cheaper than a full year option, but it also doesn't auto-renew like the other forms of Watch AFL subscription.
Another benefit with switching off in about 7 weeks time is that it will allow me to finish watching Game of Thrones on Foxtel Now! And hopefully Veep as well.
