I’m sure “The Kiddy” is just an outlet (voice) for information and has no technical input regarding the rewriting of the code for these boxes and possibly the same for server/s set-up.
He’s probably only privy to info as and when needed and maybe there is nothing currently to pass on, I don’t think criticism should be aimed directly at him.
I’m still amazed people are buying or have bought these type of receivers with the understanding there going to be viewing TV illegally and they have the right to complain at downtime or loss of service for whatever reason.
I’m not judging one box over the other but for £99 it sure was pretty cheap, patched boxed were never that cheap and they had not extra costing such as , Subscriptions, Hardware, Bandwidth, R&D, etc ,etc
It’s been said many many times before, but pay your money and take your chance.