Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: The Antenna

> Carlos Villalobos, 21, who was selling tube-shaped digital antennas ... says customers often ask if his $20 to $25 products are legal. “They don’t trust me when I say that these are actually free local channels,

In most countries of EU antennas are illegal, you have to pay license fee.

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Post by IncRnd » Thu, Aug 03, 2017, 1:50 PM UTC

skaomatic wrote: post #3

What's there to discuss, if we can't read the article?

If you google the headline, you will see places that have the article but no paywall.

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Post by Torai » Thu, Aug 03, 2017, 1:51 PM UTC

http://archive.is/FTeOQ

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Post by throwaway2016a » Thu, Aug 03, 2017, 2:08 PM UTC

Besides the paywall issue: why is this news? Just to bash millennials?

The word "Amazing" in the title here is clearly meant to be sarcastic unless someone legitimately thinks over the air programming is amazing in 2017.

"Breaking News: People Don't Understand Technology That Hasn't Been Used Widely Since Before They Were Born" isn't as catchy.

With that said, I'm a millennial and I remember antennas quite well... it was one of the first things I got when cord cutting so I could get local channels... I don't know if the article surveys a group of people because I can't read it but the title makes it sound like it is a self selected group that may not be representative of the population.

Edit: Furthermore most millennials should remember the talk about antennas when the analog to digital cutover happened. It was a huge discussion how everyone who used antennas needed to update their tuners to accept the digital signal.

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Post by disconnected » Thu, Aug 03, 2017, 2:21 PM UTC

jankotek wrote: post #6

> Carlos Villalobos, 21, who was selling tube-shaped digital antennas ... says customers often ask if his $20 to $25 products are legal. “They don’t trust me when I say that these are actually free local channels, In most countries of EU antennas are illegal, you have to pay license fee.

This is news to me. I live in Portugal and antennas of all shapes and sizes (analogue, digital, satellite, and so on) are readily available at hardware stores in my country. Buying one never involved any drama: just pick one up, pay for it and you're sorted.

I'd be surprised if it was any different in other EU countries.