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YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99

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Re: YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99

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Post by KWD »

I was already on the fence at $50, as I don't watch many of the channels. Primary use was for local, and just a couple of other channels. I'll keep it for July, and then use that time to get an attic antenna setup, and then look at an antenna + Sling option, or some other setup.

Overall, they need to split into multiple offerings so they can still present some value options. I don't watch sports, so that was already a waste of money in the subscription for me. These new channels do not add anything I'll be watching either.

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#12

Post by keithwinstein »

ObShameless 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://youtu.be/63aECX2MZvY

The content is... well, it's U.S. network television and associated daytime programming. But some people like it! And it's free (for people inside the U.S.).

Re: YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99

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Post by YetAnotherMatt »

Did patio11 start working at Google instead of Stripe?

More seriously though, it looks like people are overwhelmingly not happy about this change. Google already launched a special form to give feedback:

https://support.google.com/youtubetv/contact/yttv_price_hike...)

Their youtubeTV support pages also have a banner stating:

"We are experiencing high contact volumes and longer than normal wait times. If you have feedback about our updated price, we encourage you to fill out this form. Find information about our updated price on this Help Article or on our blog post."

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Post by beervirus »

I like the service in general ok, but YouTube TV has the worst DVR interface I've ever used. It's worse even than any of the shitty one-off cable company boxes.

For $65/month, it would be nice to at least have a decent interface. Google pls buy Tivo and incorporate that.

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Post by dastbe »

While this price change is certainly impactful, I wanted to see if my experience is universal.

Does the swipe behavior in the iOS Youtube TV app (and only the Youtube TV app) drive you crazy? It's the only app where it will consistently move two tiles with the same force any other app requires for one. After about a day of the free trial I gave up because it was that frustrating.

Re: YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99

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Post by lowmemcpu »

That cost is nearly double it's original price 3y ago, and looking at the recent channel additions -- I'm not sure the users will be convinced it's worth the extra cost. I wish someone would have a selection like:

$5 - one channel

$7 - two channels

$10 - five channels

$20 - fifteen channels (you pick)

$50 - 40 channels (we pick)

$50 + $15 - 40 channels (the $50 package), plus

Re: YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99

#18

Post by jedieaston »

diwu1989 wrote: post #7

This is getting out of hand, at this point, going with the special deals at Comcast is a better option.

Comcast is $10 per TV (unless you’re cool with Roku) and the cord-cutter apps have good support on a bunch of different devices you can plug into your TV. I think Hulu still wins unless you want all of the channels.

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Post by anoncareer0212 »

shepardrtc wrote: post #13

YouTube TV is nowhere near good enough to demand that high of a price. The shows are limited, the DVR interface is terrible, and the DVR barely even works. It's nowhere near as good as Vue was.

That's...the opposite of my experience? That's odd, I'm in Austin, fwiw
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