So i should just cancel before may 13th and sign back up through the website. Funny way to circumvent apple and keep all the profits.
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YouTube TV Increases Price to $49.99/Month, $54.99/Month When Billed Through Apple
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So i should just cancel before may 13th and sign back up through the website. Funny way to circumvent apple and keep all the profits.
And...I’m out. I tried YouTube TV for March Madness, and it was awesome—not going to lie, I DVRed literally every...single...game. For that, I will pay $50-55 or whatever the rate they will upcharge us in the future. But I will not pay it every month. Maybe when college football season rolls around, I’ll pick it back up, but I’m spending my summer fishing. Screw TV and these companies who think they can charge a fortune to advertise to us. Boomer mentality, and it’s dying quickly. Google would be wise to remember why we have a “cord-cutting” market in the first place.
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I am paying more for Dish network for sure. And my DVR is not unlimited. But what we do have is the ability to skip commercials easily. 30 second skip forward, 10 second skip back. No other service has this, and when they try to implement something, it doesn’t work well. On Dish it even adds up your skip time on screen. Tap forward 3 times and back 4 and it will show +50sec. Very useful for skipping through all the random length commercials. Also useful for going play to play in a dvr football game (+20).
Most cord cutting services purposely force you to watch ads. On Dish there are a few free on demand channels that force you to watch ads, but if you dvr the same shows off live tv, you can skip.
Most cord cutting services purposely force you to watch ads. On Dish there are a few free on demand channels that force you to watch ads, but if you dvr the same shows off live tv, you can skip.
The two benefits they always touted were prices, and the ability to pick what you want.... 'a la carte'. Pricing has been going up and up. And the so-called 'a la carte' always seemed a joke to me. They offer you several package choices (I've not tried Youtube TV myself, but have used Directtv Now and Sling... It appears Youtube TV is the same).... plus the ability to pick the premium movie channels. How is this a la carte? How is this any different than cable?
Man this sucks. I JUST switched to YTTV last month after DirectTV NOW raised its price. I am canceling this now.
On a side note, isn’t charging more for subscribers through Apple against Apple’s TOS? Wouldn’t be surprised to see backlash from Apple and see the app removed.
On a side note, isn’t charging more for subscribers through Apple against Apple’s TOS? Wouldn’t be surprised to see backlash from Apple and see the app removed.
It’s possible Google already knows what Apple will be charging and that their lineup will be missing a few significant channels compared to Google’s YouTube TV service so they may feel comfortable with the price increase they just announced. 50-60 dollars is fast becoming the standard/lowest tier pricing. It’s only a matter of time before Sony and Hulu raise their prices into this range. Cable TV executives are beginning to sleep a little easier with increases like this.
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So a lot of people will still have to get service from either a cable company or one of these streaming services (in addition to subscribing to Netflix). I was hoping Apple TV+ would be another option to Vue, YouTube TV and the others providing live TV/on demand, hopefully a better one. Not so apparently.
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Is it too much to ask to have a simple service with a few channels, e.g. all local networks (abc,cbs,nbc,fox) and some sports channels (espn,espn2,fs1,fs2, maybe nbcsn), 10 channels tops. $15 per month. Nothing else, I don’t need any pf the filler crappy channels. Who do i need to talk to to make this happen?
You'll get anything cheaper with discounted iTunes gift card but do you want to support this kind of behaviour from YouTube?
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Pays $55 a month and have the service sucking your personal data uncontrollably. What a bargain!
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Because I don’t like being charged extra for something I won’t use. There support channels are getting hammered to the point they had to put up an auto email response saying they are busier than normal. So I guess a lot of other people don’t like that either.
Or else thousands of new customers are rushing to sign up now that more channels are available, but I don’t think that’s the reason.
They are wrong.
That actually did happen with Dish Network, about 20 years ago. Pick 10 channels, pay $15/month; that's the package I had. There were a few restrictions, including premium channels like HBO obviously. Also I don't know if you could get local networks, but I wasn't watching anything on network channels anyway so I can't say for sure. I eventually dropped it, since it got to the point where even 10 channels was about 9 too many.
So you need to talk to someone who can get you access to a time machine, so you can go back to the late 90s/early 2000s.
--Eric
It’s still a massive cost savings over cable... everyone likes to compare the promo costs cable offers for 12-24 months like those are permanent. They also conveniently ignore the actual 1:1 value proposition. 6 users and free DVR for this one? That’s 20 dollars for DVR service these days and 10 dollars a month for the other 5 on cable box rental. That’s 70 bucks right there... or - higher cost than these internet providers alone. Then you get to buy your cable package, which is all now lost money.
The real cost savings for me will he not paying for either for awhile. I’ll be saving a ton these next few months until NFL starts up again. I’m glad they’re raising the prices as it comes at a perfect time to cancel and get outside to enjoy summer.
When one streaming company raises their prices, they all usually do.
That's a personal comparison to make -- but the starting point should be the 1:1 I had listed out. How much for 6 TVs to be covered for cable with 1 of those being the whole-home DVR? Don't need that many TVs - that's cool, not many would - so start subtracting to see which makes more financial sense. Their offering, for a family of 4, still makes quite a bit of sense to me. I don't, because Spectrum allows me to eliminate boxes with Roku's, Apple TV's and Fire Sticks... that, and they don't have MSG, which is a bummer.
Christ $90 a month??? I could get cable from Fios for less than that a month.
EDIT: It looks like they're still going to come out with a streaming only service sometime later this year so this won't be their only TV offering. Hopefully that will be a lot more competitive.
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Starting more and more to resemble cable. Channels that people don’t want and higher prices. Going to drive people back to torrents. All I need cable for is college and NFL football. During football season there are free HD streams posted everywhere so these streaming services better realize they are going to drive sports fans away.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this was evil Comcast’s theory all along.I just switched internet providers to Xfinity, very happey with the promo rate and service. I was going to sign up for TV+Internet then I read the fin print. $18 in fees on top of a $35 promo increase. That's used car dealer level of of scummy fine print addon's. I cancelled YouTube TV today. before I saw this increase. Only thing I watch that I can't find for free or close is Formula One racing in USA. ESPN is the only provider.
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Sure you are...
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+ internet, right?