Posted on 03/17/2023 3:00:54 AM PDT by zeestephen
It's the latest in a long line of YouTube TV price hikes...The service started at a mere $35 in 2017 and has ballooned incrementally as cord-cutting television has evolved from a scrappy disruptor to, "Oh my god this costs $73 every single month!"
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For those who want to keep on directly funding Silicon Valley.
I don’t know how much it used to be, but apparently my savings on YouTube TV have increased to $73.00 per month. The more it goes up, the more I save!
It’s kinda like the lottery.
The more you don’t play, the bigger are the guaranteed savings.
Hmmmm. No wonder I’m constantly seeing pop-ups promoting YouBoob TV.
I saw a popup this morning. I will be looking for a new provider today.
That said, isn't Youtube TV all the cable channels plus movies? They might be positioning themselves as a full cable channel but via streaming.
$75 for content they do not create. Who the hell would pay that and why are people continuing to upload videos to it without being paid? They are giving free content to a company owned by Google, a multi-billion dollar corporation
I will keep watching Youtube for free, unless they block me from doing that. I would have more free time that way.
A 108% price increase in less than six years.
Why would anyone pay to watch Youtube? I watch it for free and to boot I usually run it on the Brave brand browser that blocks ads.
Recent headline... YoutubeTV buys NFL Sunday Ticket for two billion per year.
Even though Sunday Ticket is a premium $ add on to base YoutubeTV you knew the cost to pay for Football would spill over to base subscribers. And here it is a 12% increase to help subsidize that two billion per year Football purchase. And at the same time YouTubeTV takes Major League Baseball Network off their streaming service which was part of the base package. Bend over YoutubeTV subscribers (me) Time to check out the competition.
If Youtube-free starts to block, skew, shadowban or over-advertise I will gladly remove the bookmark and use Rumble or any number of alternatives.
“$75 for content they do not create. Who the hell would pay that and why are people continuing to upload videos to it without being paid?”
You are confused, Youtube and YoutubeTV are not the same thing.
I am sort of happy with Sling. Better than AT&T/Direct. YMMV
Yep, they are cable without the cable. (Streaming cable...100+ channels)....but you need a decent ISP/ISP speed. But probably still WAY cheaper than regular/traditional cable/satellite. Hulu has a similar service for $69.99.
https://tv.youtube.com/welcome/#compare
Youtube TV is basically cable. Only to more than your TV. 100 channels, cloud DVR. And of course, just like with cable, the networks keep raising their rates, so they have to pass on the costs. So really the pricing is right in line.
My BFF has sling and it cuts out all the time. Often at 10 minutes after the hour. Maddingly.
YouTube TV is a streaming service that offers cable television channels like Fox News, CNN, ESPN, etc.
YouTube TV must pay each channel a certain amount per subscriber for the rights to distribute their content, so that's why the price went up. A bunch of channels raised their per-subscriber fee.
Comcast owns a minority share.
Comcast is the second largest cable company in the world, so I guess Comcast believes that competition from streaming is very serious.
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