YTTV price increase

[JP4CY]

Won’t impact my decisions immediately. But I’m going to be more likely to pause or cancel the service once basketball season ends.

I keep it usually because of the NBA playoffs but I think I'm in the same boat as you after Prime gets their hands on the NBA next year.

 

[dahliaclone]

It’s still cheaper than Comcast for us. But knowing we signed up for it when it started in 2017 and it was $35 then and seeing it basically triple in cost in 7 years is frustrating but probably inevitable.

 

[2010Alum]

Does anyone use Superbox to watch ISU games? Seems like a quick payback if I can find the games I want.

 

[CyCoug]

It’s still cheaper than Comcast for us. But knowing we signed up for it when it started in 2017 and it was $35 then and seeing it basically triple in cost in 7 years is frustrating but probably inevitable.

It’s following a well-established pattern: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

 

[Die4Cy]

PSA to those who say they only watch about five channels: These are the ones driving the price increases. MOST of the YTTV channels are coming to you at a negligible price.

 

[MTCyclone43]

Good point. And taxes.

Fact of the matter is you could be paying close to $150 with them.

Hulu Live is about the same price as YTTV is going to. They must've raised theirs recently?

They did. We are on Hulu Live TV (Without Commercials) and ESPN + for a monthly total of 95.99.

 

[MTCyclone43]

I have it from Football-March Madness. Don’t use it in the summer, so it saves me a bunch instead of paying for any of the others. It is what it is as far as price. I suppose if it gets too expensive, there’s always radio.

That is exactly what we do with Hulu. We turn the Live TV off and get basic streaming (without commercials) for about 15.00 a month as soon as March Madness ends and restart with Football season.

 

[cycloner29]

I do love the fact that I watched the game on my phone until halftime until the door of my flight home closed. I got home around midnight and went to the library on YTTV to record the game at 1 am. I woke up this morning and went to watch it and it was stopped at where I quit watching it before the door on the plane closed. I was amazed.

 

[Tailg8er]

The 5 you want to watch are most likely the drivers of 90% of the current price

The problem, as always, is that not everyone needs the same 1/8, and the channels negotiate their rates with the streamers\cable cos on the basis of that being paid by every user.

As we've seen with the other non-linear streamers, its unlikely you'd pay much if any less if it were split out. Especially if you're a sports viewer.

PSA to those who say they only watch about five channels: These are the ones driving the price increases. MOST of the YTTV channels are coming to you at a negligible price.

Thanks, didn't quite get it at first, but 3rd time's the charm!

 

[BigJCy]

Try to cancel and you MAY get this option.

YouTube TV offers some users a 6-month price lock ahead of impending hike

Days after misleadingly calling a price hike an error, YouTube TV informed customers that it would be raising prices to...

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[CycloneGas]

Try to cancel and you MAY get this option.

YouTube TV offers some users a 6-month price lock ahead of impending hike

Days after misleadingly calling a price hike an error, YouTube TV informed customers that it would be raising prices to...

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Thanks!
Continued at the old price for another 6 months. I selected "Cost" as the reason for cancelling.

 

[cyfanatic]

Try to cancel and you MAY get this option.

YouTube TV offers some users a 6-month price lock ahead of impending hike

Days after misleadingly calling a price hike an error, YouTube TV informed customers that it would be raising prices to...

9to5google.com

Yep...worked for me...$60 is $60...thanks for the heads up!

 

[Cyched]

Worked for me too. Was never gonna cancel but nice to save $$ for a few months