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What are these apps for? I always see tons of "IPTV" apps floating around but what do you connect them to?
IPTV stations. There are basically URLs that host streams that are 24/7 content, like a normal TV channel. You need some interface to properly read the stream, hence the app. Most of the good stuff is behind pay walls, but there's some decent free stuff out there as well. Here's an example site that aggregates some providers: https://www.theiptvguide.com/
That is very interesting thank you! I have looked at some of the providers and it's strange that most of them do not list what channels they offer.
Are any of these "legitimate"? Or are they at the same level of legality as all the free sports streaming sites?
Yeah, it's really just a way to access streams. I think of it similar to torrents in that way. There are legitimate, legal streams, and there are piracy/illegal streams. I don't actually use IPTV and have no idea if these guys have channels that people care about, but they provide IPTV streams and appear to have licenses from all content owners to do so: https://nomadiptv.com/