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I'm a youtubetv subscriber so I can get all the Viking games. Well now, YouTubetv and ESPN/Disney/ABC are in a spat and no longer broadcasting these channels, which means I get zero college football or Monday Night Football. It's such bullshit the way these streaming services operate. Now my only option is to subscribe to ESPN for an additional $30 bucks a month, and I simply refuse to do it. They absolutely try to gauge the consumer for every dime they can get. Assholes
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Have you considered raising the pirate flag and taking sail?
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(Yesterday, 08:41 PM)AGRforever Wrote: Have you considered raising the pirate flag and taking sail?
Indeed I have
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(Yesterday, 08:40 PM)supafreak84 Wrote: I'm a youtubetv subscriber so I can get all the Viking games. Well now, YouTubetv and ESPN/Disney/ABC are in a spat and no longer broadcasting these channels, which means I get zero college football or Monday Night Football. It's such bullshit the way these streaming services operate. Now my only option is to subscribe to ESPN for an additional $30 bucks a month, and I simply refuse to do it. They absolutely try to gauge the consumer for every dime they can get. Assholes I got FUBO for tonight and will cancel tomorrow. Have enough streaming services.
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Yesterday, 10:08 PM
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Thetvapp.io
It's stable for me and it has everything.
No download, no install. No spam.
When Packers lose tonight, it's gonna make yesterday more frustrating.
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I'm sick of it as a subscriber, but I don't blame YouTube TV. Didn't miss much of a game last night.
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(Yesterday, 08:40 PM)supafreak84 Wrote: I'm a youtubetv subscriber so I can get all the Viking games. Well now, YouTubetv and ESPN/Disney/ABC are in a spat and no longer broadcasting these channels, which means I get zero college football or Monday Night Football. It's such bullshit the way these streaming services operate. Now my only option is to subscribe to ESPN for an additional $30 bucks a month, and I simply refuse to do it. They absolutely try to gauge the consumer for every dime they can get. Assholes I remember the when the popular opinion was to ditch cable and dish or cut the cord as they said. I don’t know which is worse. The option of cancelling anytime is good though unlike being locked in contract
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(9 hours ago)mblack Wrote: I remember the when the popular opinion was to ditch cable and dish or cut the cord as they said. I don’t know which is worse. The option of cancelling anytime is good though unlike being locked in contract
Well what happened to cable is now happening to streaming services: strong armed by monopolies that control desired content (sports). ESPN 25 years ago just bought the rights to EVERY major popular sports entity and then forced small cable providers to accept big increases that they had no choice but to pass along to customers. Its ESPN/Disney that is at fault, not YouTube TV. Just like it wasn't Comcast's fault or your regional cable provider back in the day. The old bait and switch....and don't think the streaming services didn't know this was coming. Subscription service model is the biggest scam going and its proliferation into all aspects of everything is unreal. This is very much worth a watch:
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I read somewhere that the streaming services & networks purposely negotiate end dates for their agreements during football season in order to provide an incentive to get renewal deals done.
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(9 hours ago)mblack Wrote: I remember the when the popular opinion was to ditch cable and dish or cut the cord as they said. I don’t know which is worse. The option of cancelling anytime is good though unlike being locked in contract
I've been reading a lot of complaints about people who cut the cord, only to find themselves with a half dozen streaming subs, paying more than they did before for roughly the same content.
I do like that I'm able to turn it on and off like a light switch though. I'll cancel YTTV (with Sunday Ticket) after football season. I'm canceling Netflix soon. I just don't have the time or attention span to watch series, which is the only thing Netflix is good for. I'll keep Youtube Premium and Amazon Prime.
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