The Oakland A’s game Friday night was exclusively broadcast on the AppleTV+ streaming service. It was free to watch, but you needed to sign up for an account, and I’m tired of being bullied into giving out my info to yet another corporation. It would have been easy and free to sign up, but I chose not to.
I don’t like MLB’s strategy of holding games captive to promote their potential sponsorship partners, which is an insult to fans who have already supplied more than our share of patience lately. I already subscribe to YouTubeTV for no other reason than to access live sports, and I also have an MLB.