I didn't know we were at the place to have nuanced discussion on Youtube TV benefits
If you pay for:
Youtube Music
Youtube Premium
Youtube TV
Youtube Kids
I question your entire decision making process.
Am I missing something here?
YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99
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#112For any YouTube TV PMs reading, I just added an event to my calendar marking the day I'll cancel my account. Thanks for the helpful reference to the exact date my current rate expires. Spectrum is offering more channels for $45/month and you don't even need a cable box if you're using an Apple TV. YouTube TV is an OK service that is very rough around the edges and I won't miss it a single minute after I cancel. "This…
Not the same. Only works at home
What do you mean by only works at home? I use Youtube Tv on my mobile and while traveling.
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
The rights to distribute a program on different media and in different geographies are sold separately. The broadcaster itself is likely not authorized to distribute the show online, so they can't authorize you to do it either.
Much of the programming of the OTA networks are produced in-house. (Previously, it was 100% in-house.)
The advertisers don’t want their content available everywhere. They often do regional promotions they don’t want the rest of the world to have knowledge of.
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#114For any YouTube TV PMs reading, I just added an event to my calendar marking the day I'll cancel my account. Thanks for the helpful reference to the exact date my current rate expires. Spectrum is offering more channels for $45/month and you don't even need a cable box if you're using an Apple TV. YouTube TV is an OK service that is very rough around the edges and I won't miss it a single minute after I cancel. "This…
In fairness, at $45 a month you’re not getting any the unlimited DVR service YouTube TV provides, which is a big feature for some.
If anyone is in a similar boat I can strongly recommend the Channels DVR app: it’s $6 a month or less per year, runs on most platforms (raspberry pi included) and lets you record to anything you want.
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#115So it's just cable with extra steps now. Nice.
I really don't expect too many people to stay subscribed, unless they're relying on the (sketchy) revenue stream that's people who subscribed once and then forgot all about it.
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#116Add another cancellation. This was enough for me to dig up the account info for my internet provider to see if they offered a streaming service. They do, and it's $24.99/month plus $5 for the cloud DVR. That's less than half of your new rate. Dumb move.
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#117ObShameless reminder that https://puffer.stanford.edu remains free of charge. The site streams San Francisco affiliates and local stations of NBC/CBS/ABC/PBS/FOX/CW as part of a university study on video streaming algorithms -- it's essentially a big A/B test to try to reproduce or clarify some of the findings in the research literature. We're now posting all our data and analysis each day. Research talk here: https:…
I'm no lawyer, but it doesn't exactly seem legal. Streaming free local network broadcasts was definitively ruled as illegal by the Supreme Court in 2014 -- remember that was Aereo's entire business model. [1] It seems like the Stanford service is trying to justify themselves by being an academic study and limiting to 500 concurrent participants... but it's telling they don't list any legal justification on the site,…
They don't actually check your region either, you just have to check a box saying that you're in the U.S. It seems to be flying under the radar, at least until now
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#118https://www.locast.org/ Don’t pay for TV
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#119I love YoutubeTV, and I've been using it for years. This is probably enough to get me to cancel, though. It started at $40 when I signed up a couple years ago, they raised it to $50 last year, and now $65 for just a few more channels (and among them, only one I even want).
I wish they'd offer a more a la carte option. I'd be willing to pay $10-15 per major broadcaster's channel collection, or $2-7 for individual channels (depending on quality of programming). I might even land at $50 or more with my channel choices, but I'd prefer to pick what I'm paying for instead of subsidizing dozens of channels of programming I dislike (and quite a few that I would prefer to boycott entirely).
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#120Starting to remind of Amazon Prime, which started out at $79 a year for two day shipping and is now $120 a year for two day shipping plus a bunch of crap I don't need or want.