Why do they have 3 channels? Wouldn't it make sense to consolidate all those into one?
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YouTube TV Raises Prices From $50/Month to $65/Month
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Even with the price hike, and even if you could get cable at the exact same cost, there are benefits to YouTubeTV over cable.
1) no contract (pricing is what it is / can toggle on/off month to month if needed)
2) no equipment fees
3) can watch all channels outside of your home (cable usually limits what's available outside of your home network)
I think that more people will probably get an over the air antenna.
You’re mostly paying for the sports with cable. While streaming gets you some, you’re not getting your local team’s games and you’re missing a ton of other games/sports.
Im not saying it’s justified...I’m saying you can’t watch sports on Netflix. A lot of people care about sports and it’s not easy to get them with streaming.
Or use locast, which I was introduced to in this thread. 19 markets are covered. It has apps on the major platforms and it's free, unless you opt to donate to their operation.
I absolutely love youtube TV but I also split my account with a friend so $30 a person is well worth it.
It's live TV. How would you skip ads unless you watched a feed delayed by at least a few minutes?
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Locast is a cool idea, but has some issues. No DVR makes it a non-starter for many. Also it’s not exactly legal, which is why it halted service the first time and is now operating under non-profit status. It’s fee is presented under the guise of a donation. Inexpensive enough though, and good selection of channels in my area. There doesn’t seem to be an easy way to stop “donating” if you choose. That is a problem. I’ve also noticed the feed just randomly stops. If it does, you have to start watching the channel again and you’ve lost some part of what you were watching as there is no buffering.
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Not to mention ALL of what they added are already available on Philo. YTTV and Philo were the two services that gave us (and a LOT of people looking at the Reddit’s and forums) all of the live tv we wanted for $70 combined. Now there is partial overlap, but YTTV is still missing a few channels we want that are on Philo.
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I dont know how much time one should spent per day in front of the TV to justify paying 65$ a month.
Having had cable and DishNetwork, I tried the different streaming TV services of Hulu, Sling, and YouTube TV which have the news and live sports channels, YouTube TV was the best user interface, picture quality (no buffering) and DVR capability. DishNetwork was a very close 2nd or matched them. This price increase makes me pause and consider DirecTV and DishNetwork again.
Possibly but I still think that its sports driving the increase.
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Just get PlutoTV, RokuTV, and TubiTV.
Great and free.
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I was unaware of its past and questionable legality. Time will tell on that point. I haven't noticed any stream issues yet; I'll try it during prime time and see how it goes. That could definitely be a problem.
Donating should be easy to cancel if you use Paypal.
I canceled Hulu Live months ago when that price was hiked. I just pick and choose the streaming service I want now. I'm not getting as much, but a little less TV for me probably isn't a bad thing.
There are lots of browser extensions for that, although if you are on iOS you're stuck with ads.
Do you mean ads inside of the live content, those aren't youtube ads but rather ads from the content itself. No way to block those as they are part of the stream. There are ways to skip ads on Live TV though, for example you can pause and then fast forward through ads if you pause long enough. You can also record the show to your DVR and fast forward that way, but I'm not sure if that works with all programs.
