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> there are limits My U-verse TV was at least $120 a month considering I had two boxes and HD (why is HD a fee in this day and age?) I dropped it for two FireT
by drzaiusapelord 10y ago
> there are limits
My U-verse TV was at least $120 a month considering I had two boxes and HD (why is HD a fee in this day and age?) I dropped it for two FireTV's with Playstation Vue and Netflix and because I have Amazon prime I get all the Prime TV and Movies. We pay $50 a month now for TV and get an unbelievable selection of TV's, movies, and Netflix/Prime originals.
I think the only reason we had ESPN was because it had to be bundled with the package with Bravo and E! my wife wanted. How many people are paying for ESPN when they don't need it? The bundling is completely out of control with cable TV as well as the box rental fees. How can Amazon sell me a wonderful box that has a great interface and has native apps for Netflix and other services for a one-time cost $99, but U-verse and Comcast want me to pay $20+ a month for their shitty boxes. Over a few years I've paid for those boxes several times over! Consumers aren't stupid. They've been ripped off for decades but its only recently we can get a cable-like experience with cable-cutting.
Sadly, the margins on these services are very high so neither AT&T or Comcast wants to do price cuts. AT&T is instead launching its Vue competitor instead of making its cable problem more competitive. I think these companies want to continue to milk non-cablecutters for as long as possible and try to bring back cablecutters with these services, which ultimately reward the bad practices of the cable industry. So its almost like the worst of both worlds.