I wish the cell carriers would stop all this bundling bs and just simply sell cellular voice/text/data at a lower price.
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T-Mobile Offers Free Ad-Supported Hulu to Subscribers
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I pay for the content, not the ads. People have been "paying" for ads (using your angle) since the beginning of time. I'm ok with as it's a hell of a lot cheaper since I "cut the cord" in 2014, and as I just need the basics; also, FWIW, ads work as a nice get up and do something (for me) for a minute break. Paying double for no ads just doesn't add up for me as I'm not that hardcore of a watcher.
Of course that's just me. Most people despise the ads (I can take the temperature of the room), but that ain't me. We all gotta do us.
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Close. It's like inviting someone on a date and offering them a 100 calorie pack of Doritos if they sleep with you first.
MLB.TV alone is $120 a year, and you can get that with T-Mobile Tuesdays on the cheapest $25 unlimited plan on Metro. It's ridiculous to spend $100 a month on a phone plan.
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yep, made a mistake but I knew that, I paid for MLB.TV yearly for several years lol.
Still, Metro's single line $25 unlimited plan is one of the best bargains around. No hotspot data, but if that's a dealbreaker, than I recommend Visible. But you lose out on T-Mobile Tuesdays perks.
This was a thing because it actually subsidized the buildout of physical infrastructure users would otherwise not been able to afford.
They're just streaming over the internet we already pay for and are milking subscribes to pad the accounts
This is the same plan Sprint offered years ago. I still have it and it mostly works, but some of the adverts have trackers and they won't play through Firefox or Chrome, so Hulu complains about my non-existant ad blocker.
At least, I'm not paying extra got the Go5G plan, now that I'm on T-Mobile.
At least, I'm not paying extra got the Go5G plan, now that I'm on T-Mobile.
For those of us who once watched TV through rabbit ears, it isn't that bad.
How about instead don't add these services and take off $400.00 from the yearly bill ?
I agree.
I pay $15.00 / month (1 year prepay) for Mint and bought ad supported Hulu during Black Friday for $.99 / month.
Been with TM for over 15 years, love the magenta since I travel the world and they always included international data in the plans from the get-go during uncarrier days.
Go5G Next is the $100 plan that allows a phone upgrade every year, it was kind of like their old JUMP! plan but now back with Netflix/ATV+/Hulu bundle, 50GB hotpot, 5GB high-speed international data. Also that $100 is flat as the taxes are included in the price.
The non-bundled plans are the $60 / 50GB data, and $70 / unlimited options.
Go5G Next is the $100 plan that allows a phone upgrade every year, it was kind of like their old JUMP! plan but now back with Netflix/ATV+/Hulu bundle, 50GB hotpot, 5GB high-speed international data. Also that $100 is flat as the taxes are included in the price.
The non-bundled plans are the $60 / 50GB data, and $70 / unlimited options.
Lets be fair about T-Mobile pricing, I am paying $155 a month (taxes included) for
6 Unlimited Phone Plans (Hotspot is 5GB)
1 Unlimited iPad Plan
1 Unlimited Home internet (350mb Down/50mb Up)
The changes to the Netflix offering do absolutely suck, and the Netflix changed plans does not wash when T-Mobile is bringing Millions of customers to Netflix… 1 line 720p vs 2 line 1080p w/AD’s makes the service worthless to my family.
6 Unlimited Phone Plans (Hotspot is 5GB)
1 Unlimited iPad Plan
1 Unlimited Home internet (350mb Down/50mb Up)
The changes to the Netflix offering do absolutely suck, and the Netflix changed plans does not wash when T-Mobile is bringing Millions of customers to Netflix… 1 line 720p vs 2 line 1080p w/AD’s makes the service worthless to my family.
They know we hate ads, so they introduce them to annoy us into paying more to be rid of them. I'm so glad I have all my favourite movies on disc, there's no ads. I don't see streaming continuing to be as widespread down the track because people will (hopefully) vote with their wallet.
You’re just being obtuse, in my opinion. It’s clear that free refers to the monetary price.
It's madness isn't it. We've gone backwards, driven by greed. It's the same as digital photography in the 90's that swept the film industry; how shortsighted that was. Some of the first movies to come out on 4K were some of the oldest, shot on film, not pixels, and could therefore be shown in whatever resolution you choose, unlike digital content. Another backward step.
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