[Rdd]

So if I read this correctly people were happy to stream when recording was available, but they didn't record (because you could stream), but when a new generation box comes out and there is deliberately no recording available, people don't like that?

The issue is particularly (but not specifically) tied to the BBC - there’s no iPlayer in Ireland (except a limited version available to Sky customers) and so losing recording means watch the linear airing at the appointed time or don’t watch at all (or wait and buy the DVD when it comes out, if you still have a working DVD player that is, or when Dave, W or Gold repeats it in five years time). Miss it miss out, as they used to say on Live & Kicking. For many it feels like we’ve gone back to before VHS with this. Match of the Day is a particular issue, because a large chunk of its potential audience are doing other things when its original airing is on.

None of this has anything to do with Freely, but it’s just to answer the question posed. It may also get resolved in time - another platform (eir TV) had the same limitations when it launched back in 2019 but they have largely been resolved.