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YouTube TV Raises Prices From $50/Month to $65/Month

This is ridiculous considering it uses your internet's data and inevitably slows speeds for everyone at home + Google has access to everything you see. At this point, might as well cough up for cable.

I'm paying $169 a month with Spectrum and I'm fed up. I've tried calling but they're always busy and you can't cancel TV service online...how is this legal? SMH
 
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wilhoitm said:
I don't understand why they want $50 a month? Don't they make their money from annoying ads?
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Again, as has already been pointed out, YouTube and YouTubeTV are two different things. YouTube TV is like a streaming cable system. But, at $65, it's close to the price of expanded basic cable TV. And you still need to purchase Internet service.

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YouTube TV - Watch & DVR Live Sports, Shows & News

Stream live TV from ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN & popular cable networks in English and Spanish. Record without DVR storage space limits. Try it free. Cancel anytime.
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PutTheFBackIn said:
This isn't really surprising. The whole "cut the cord" concept was never going to work. Cable companies aren't stupid. They're not just going to let all that money walk out the door. A few years ago I tried dropping our TV service to just keep internet so I could get an internet TV service. However, because of the unbundling, it ended up costing basically the same as if I had just kept the original package as is. It's all one big jerkoff.
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The idea was if all I want to see is QVC or something and so I could just pay for just their programming instead of being forced to subsidize your preference for lower tier HSN.
 
Capeto said:
At this price point, what’s the appeal of this service over cable?
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I expect the appeal would be that you aren’t limited to a fixed schedule and/or a mediocre on-demand experience from a cable company’s set-top box.

But I’ll pass anyway, get more than enough TV from a couple of streaming services.
 
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I hope this and PSVue leaving altogether shows everyone finally that it’s not the Cable company gouging you. It’s the content owners that are raising their prices and this that is passed to customers.

This is the main reason Netflix started owning content and everyone else is doing the same.
 
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Okay I’ll Also make a case for YouTube tv. Previously I used Dish; I paid for a couple receivers with DVR, a couple other receivers, local channels, high def (yes had to pay for HDTV) which totaled around $165 a month. Now with YTTV I basically have all the channels I used to have (finally got Comedy Central), unlimited DVR, access on all my devices all for $65. For me it’s a no brainer. Granted, I’ll be complaining like everyone else if they raise it anymore now (which of course they will), but I’m still way ahead from where I was. Yes, I’m not factoring in my internet cost but I would still have that cost even if I was still with Dish
 
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farewelwilliams said:
i'm starting to forget why i cancelled cable in the first place.
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Apparently, sports providers are hiking the price to make up for the loss of revenue due to pandemics. Which is ironic since there are almost zero sports contents these days.

$65 is roughly equivalent to getting all 7 major streaming services:
  1. Amazon Prime: $12.99
  2. Apple TV+: $4.99
  3. CBS All Access: $5.99
  4. Disney+: $6.99
  5. HBO Max: $14.99
  6. Hulu: $5.99
  7. Netflix: 12.99
 
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PutTheFBackIn said:
This isn't really surprising. The whole "cut the cord" concept was never going to work. Cable companies aren't stupid. They're not just going to let all that money walk out the door. A few years ago I tried dropping our TV service to just keep internet so I could get an internet TV service. However, because of the unbundling, it ended up costing basically the same as if I had just kept the original package as is. It's all one big jerkoff.
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Comcast/NBC/Universal should have been never allowed to happen for anti-trust reasons, but now they should be broken up. They are setting the market rate for all these services and channels to gouge you, not anyone else really as they have the most customers of all.
 
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Somethings gotta give. I know these tv stations want what they got in 2010. Not going to happen. TV is changing and people already pay for a la carte services. Cable needs to be a semi-cheap base. YouTube TV is dead in the water at this price.
 
2010mini said:
I hope this and PSVue leaving altogether shows everyone finally that it’s not the Cable company gouging you. It’s the content owners that are raising their prices and this that is passed to customers.

This is the main reason Netflix started owning content and everyone else is doing the same.
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Even though I work for one of the networks, in EVERY case in which my cable system gets into a game of chicken that has ANY network or channel demanding higher fees or threatening to cut off service, I always side with cable. It's not that I think cable companies are nice guys. But I know where the pressure for higher rates is coming from. Go ahead. Cut service. See if I care.
 
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natharvey said:
it’s baffling to me how one of the richest companies in the world can justify a rate increase right now...for channels nobody was asking for. It’s absurd.
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because they don’t own the content. And they can’t choose which networks to offer. The content owners and studios hold all the keys and are guarding every door.
 
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From what I understand, they were forced by ViacomCBS to include all of these new channels in addition to the current channels at substantially higher rates.

I cancelled cable because of being forced to pay for a bunch of channels I never watch and it's getting right back to that again.
 
FracturedDens said:
Okay I’ll Also make a case for YouTube tv. Previously I used Dish; I paid for a couple receivers with DVR, a couple other receivers, local channels, high def (yes had to pay for HDTV) which totaled around $165 a month. Now with YTTV I basically have all the channels I used to have (finally got Comedy Central), unlimited DVR, access on all my devices all for $65. For me it’s a no brainer. Granted, I’ll be complaining like everyone else if they raise it anymore now (which of course they will), but I’m still way ahead from where I was. Yes, I’m not factoring in my internet cost but I would still have that cost even if I was still with Dish
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This is the calculus the internet intelligencia ignores. Once you start paying for additional boxes and add-ons, Cable/Dish price is orders of magnitude (still) higher. And it's a superior service to Dish.

I'm a YoutubeTV subscriber and Dish refugee. I'm not happy about the increase. I'm not happy there are no tiers. But it is still better than the old life.
 
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