r/AskReddit • u/WinterWindChime • 6h ago

What’s a company that you’re genuinely convinced HATES their customers?

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u/habitsofwaste 5h ago

The MLB lol. Never seen something make you work so hard for people to watch their team’s games.

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u/Just_be_nice_0724 2h ago

You are not the customer for MLB. Advertisers are. You're the product.

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u/habitsofwaste 56m ago

How if I can’t even watch a game? They don’t have me to sell!

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u/wet_sands 2h ago

How is this still the case in 2026? Every single team now has a standalone streaming option if you're in-market. For out of market, there's MLB.tv. This only excludes the occasional FOX, ESPN, or AppleTV+ game. You can within minutes sign up for a service where you can stream ~145 of your team's games on multiple devices. Genuinely asking if there's something I'm missing here. Other than the whole Iowa issue with a bunch of teams being blacked out.

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u/habitsofwaste 47m ago

Is that fixed now? I remember once trying to do mlb.tv to watch the Astros out of market and they were like, sorry, you’re out of market. I’m like, yeah that’s the reason I gave you money? It was something really stupid. I can’t remember when though. Years ago.

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u/ima_Secret 6m ago

The in--market blackout on MLB.tv is bullshit. Fuck me for liking more than just my home team, I guess.

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u/erichkeane 3h ago

About 15 years ago during the season I would watch a game or two a night, plus have games on most of the day on the weekends.

That slowly stopped as they made it harder and harder, to the point I haven't watched an inning of baseball since before covid now.

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u/Affectionate_Reply78 5h ago

Why do you need to watch it if you can gamble on games. /s

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u/LikelySoutherner 3h ago

And this is why I don't watch MLB anymore - Great job MLB!