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Yeah this is the boat I'm in. Cut the cord almost 10 years ago now (I do live in a town with decent over the air digital) and saved money at first but the "tre
by nervousvarun 8y ago
Yeah this is the boat I'm in. Cut the cord almost 10 years ago now (I do live in a town with decent over the air digital) and saved money at first but the "trend" has been to just slowly up the cost of internet.
With a subscription to Netflix ($11) and YoutubeTV ($40) + our base internet cost (~80$/month for 100MB down) we don't actually save much over the TV/internet bundles...if at all. I'm at $130 which is essentially where we were before...just not all going to the same provider now I guess.
For areas like where I live with terrible fiber coverage, the cable industry still effectively has a stranglehold.
- throwaway413 8y agoDefinitely true. However for me personally the value has been less about the cost financially and more about the overall delightful experience you get. It just doesn’t compare. Show notifications, cloud recording, and multi-device support just to name a few. Also, in the past, I feel like attempts to do similar cloud-based TV services have always lacked network selection quality - none of the good stuff was on there. Not the case with YTV - so far it has every show or event that I'm looking for without having to pay for add-ons or additional networks (ie NBA TV).
- ghaff 8y agoI still have an old TiVo with lifetime which is really the only reason I still get cable TV. Honestly, if I were to drop cable, I'd probably just do without live TV. It would be a bit of a nuisance but I don't really watch sports or regular TV enough to justify the expense.
- throwaway413 8y agoMakes sense. At $35-40 a mo, it is indeed a substantially heftier subscription than the normal $5-10 a mo. If only!