That’s pretty depressing.According to some stats, the average person watches 2 to 4 hours of "television" per day.
That’s pretty depressing.According to some stats, the average person watches 2 to 4 hours of "television" per day.
I wonder, are we, the apple users of the world, really in a position to laugh about overpriced products? 😂Haha, this must be a joke, right?
I got this from spectrum when I tried to cut the cable cord. I was going to keep their internet and use a variety of streaming services. The sticking point was the ESPN license which you can't get unless you pay for cable/streaming. As I was cancelling the CSR mentioned this a la carte package of me getting to pick 10 channels plus have locals and like 1000 other channels nobody watches. Originally, it was $25 plus the fees. it has crept up to $40 plus a $21 "Broadcast TV Surcharge" which looks like it is for the locals. So much for free locals. I'll be calling them today to beat them up on the price or get rid of it. it is worth a shot if you are considering quitting Spectrum or they are available in your area and you can't live without ESPN.I’ve found Hulu Live to work much better - the YT TV app is slow and buggy for me on Apple TV. Plus, you get Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+ included. However, there are better values out there. Spectrum has a plan where you pick the channels you want (I believe up to 20) which is about half the cost. They don’t market this plan but you can call to inquire/order. I may do this soon.
OMG. The ego, the arrogance, and the condescension involved in a statement like this is so sad to read, but hardly surprising in today's world. I condemn anyone who tries to impose their misguided mentation on the rest of us.To pay $73 monthly for over 100 TV channels, one must say it’s perplexing that some have nothing better to do than sit on your butt and stare at a screen?
$73 monthly for over 100 channels? One must ask, don’t people have more to do than sit on their butt and stare at a screen? When you remove the reruns, remakes and rambling opinion shows, there can’t be much more than an hour per week of new content. I dream of Jeannie for 4,517th time is a little thin.
Are you seriously comparing YT (or any other streaming service) with OTA as equivalents? How do people come up with this kind of nonsense?For the price of 2 months of YTTV you can buy this, pay for it just once, and use it free forever after.
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I'm curious. What shows do you enjoy watching on YT or this Twitch channel? And what is this Twitch? I googled it and came up with some channel for programmers. Surely this is not what you are suggesting I watch.That's really your problem. Keep paying. I am fine with you paying for it. I am also sorry you can't watch YouTube or Twitch for entertainment. Well not too sorry as it doesn't affect me, but again that's up to you. Have a fun weekend.
I dd that but switched to Hulu Live. Costs less and includes Disney Plus with ads and ESPN+. Get more for less.This is literally my use case as well. I watch the news, the NFL, college football and college basketball. I can't remember the last time I actually watched anything else that wasn't from a streaming service.
I switched to YouTube TV about 5 years ago when the content, and cost, were way less. Even with the price hike it's still about half of what I was paying for DirecTV - but I'm still paying for a bunch of junk I never watch.
Twitch is a streaming site where people stream their own videos, gaming, chatting, comedy, whatever.I'm curious. What shows do you enjoy watching on YT or this Twitch channel? And what is this Twitch? I googled it and came up with some channel for programmers. Surely this is not what you are suggesting I watch.
Comparing prices over leriods of time can be trickyas you always need to inflation adjust the old price pefore you compare ( esp with inflation the way it has been the past few years) otherwise we are not comparing numbers on a level playing field. It's kind kf kate, if i remember I'll return tomthis comment tommorow and do the calc when I can be bothered to look up the relevant numbers, the qusrion is should I use Hedline cpi or core?Doubled the price in 6 years!, I hope your income has also doubled in that same period. Mine, not. And I will have to cancel some subscriptions, like My Apple Tv, I was waiting to see the ending of Servant this week and now, cleverly, they put Ted Lasso to convince to stay longer... so, another couple of month paying for jist 1 show.
A lot of people think that companies that offer TV services, like YouTube, Spectrum, DirecTV, etc... raise prices. They have to. Fox, ABC, CBS, etc... keep raising the prices and that's why you see some of the companies lose those channels temporarily as negotiations happen. If Fox, ABC, CBS, etc... keep raising their prices what can YouTube and others do? They can't keep eating the cost themselves. I get that price increases aren't fun for consumers, but if you ran one of those companies... you would see the why and hopefully understand.They're having a blast with increasing prices recently. Youtube Premium, Google Workspaces, Youtube TV....
That’s pretty depressing.
What do you mean by "live TV". I have an OTA antenna. The only programming I use it for are live NFL games. Network shows are largely garbage. Movies with commercials are unacceptable. Without streaming, there would be nothing useful to watch.I don't get it.
And by that I mean I don't understand why anybody would pay more than the one-time cost of an antenna for live TV.
Great point and perspective. Thank you for changing my mind.According to some stats, the average person watches 2 to 4 hours of "television" per day. This can include new/original content, re-runs, movies, news, sports, etc. $73/month amounts to around $2.40/day. $2.40 for 2 to 4 hours of viewing seems pretty cheap if the plan has a reasonable variety of content people (individual or family) want to watch. Whether streaming services and/or live TV, the "value" can depend on what type of viewing content people are interested in. Not everyone's or every family's viewing interests are going to be the same.
and this is exactly why Netfilx brought out their new policy changes on account sharing to stop this kind of thing from happening.To be fair, they give people 6 accounts. I have no interest in live TV personally but my friend gave me one of her 6 accounts to give to my parents who dropped cable so they’re enjoying that.
This is not accurate. Sitting at home you can use a GPS spoofer on Android and your local market can be updated to your spoofed location. IP stays the same the entire time. This also works using an Android emulator on PC or Mac.And Geolocation is a sort of IP address tracking... And the local market changes when you travel; you're not watching YOUR local news while out of town, you're watching that area's local news because, again, it is tracking you via IP.