For every user typing http://xtream-server-xyz:8080 into their player, the calculation is simple: Save $100 this month, but accept that the stream might die during the final minute of the game.

However, this efficiency attracted the wrong kind of attention.

Most of them click "OK." And as long as they do, the Xtream Code Server will continue to quietly route packets, ignore lawyers, and keep the world's most expensive entertainment free.