FYI YouTube TV is getting a Rate Hike starting January from $72.99 to $82.99. I set a reminder to cancel after the bowl game.

My subscription runs out on the 28th, so perfect timing for the bowl game. I was only using it for football anyway.

Anyone have recommendations on what else is out there? I have the 4k package so I was already paying $83/month. I'll just remove it after my next bill cycle and my budget will remain the same. Just want to hear any other options that are out there.

Yep, I only have until the end of the football, then i'm cancelling.

Yeah I only watch college football and F1 races on YTTV. Guess I'll cancel mine as well and pick up F1 TV when the new season starts and then only get YTTV during football season.

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Anyone have recommendations on what else is out there? I have the 4k package so I was already paying $83/month. I'll just remove it after my next bill cycle and my budget will remain the same. Just want to hear any other options that are out there.

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Everything is about the same price now. YTTV was the last to raise prices. It's all because of Disney. ESPN is the biggest piece of the pie these TV providers have to pay.

Disney tried to undercut these providers too by releasing Venu sports, but Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit. Venu would've been all the sports, College, NFL, NBA, MLB, F1, etc under a $42/month subscription.

F1 TV is great. Can watch the Sky Sports or International feed. Also only $89 for the year.

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At least I knew I had a really great deal going back when I first signed up ~ 4 years ago. I knew that the price was way too good to last and was simply a way to get people to drop their cable providers.

And it worked... I will never go back to Cable/Satellite. It's just way too convenient to watch on any TV/Phone/Device anywhere.

Great product... a shame it's going up again... but it's SUPER easy to cancel during the football offseason which I definitely might be doing.

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My parents, at one point, had Spectrum/TWC, and two DirectTV subscriptions for hill country locations. The consolidated per my doing, to YTTV, and reduced their monthly bill by 65-70%.

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At least I knew I had a really great deal going back when I first signed up ~ 4 years ago. I knew that the price was way too good to last and was simply a way to get people to drop their cable providers.

And it worked... I will never go back to Cable/Satellite. It's just way too convenient to watch on any TV/Phone/Device anywhere.

Great product... a shame it's going up again... but it's SUPER easy to cancel during the football offseason which I definitely might be doing.

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My parents, at one point, had Spectrum/TWC, and two DirectTV subscriptions for hill country locations. The consolidated per my doing, to YTTV, and reduced their monthly bill by 65-70%.

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But that's not really YTTV being cheaper than alternatives. That's just them having no clue what they're paying for.

If you stay on it, cable is likely a cheaper option.

We switched from Xfinity (internet, cable, and mobile) to AT&T (phones and internet) and DirecTV Stream and our bill is going up about 30%. My CC was offering a $50 off DirecTV Stream each of the next 3 months and I'm just annoyed with Xfinity so that's why we switched. Plan on cancelling in January. Will see what I want to do before baseball season starts.

The only thing we got out of cord cutting is 0 contracts.

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I'm just sick of them adding "content" that I don't want. Quit bloating the guide with useless **** and then tell me you're adding awesome content. No regional sports, no mlb network but by golly here's a giant **** sandwich of obscure networks for you.

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Again, we are going full circle back to cable/satellite.

You younger kids are getting to go back in time!

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LOL, I'm 46 my man. Seen it all before and knew it would come back to this eventually. Something better will come along before long too and we'll all move again.

For those that don't know, you can easily find multiple good live streams on regular Youtube for college football especially for the bigger games. Yes it's illegal for the streamer to be doing this and sometimes their streams will eventually be cutoff, but I've found it only happens like 25% of the time. And even if it happens, you can easily find another live stream to resume watching.

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The only thing we got out of cord cutting is 0 contracts.

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For now!

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Great point. Do any of them offer discounts for paying up front for 6 months or full year?

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Pman17 said:

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The only thing we got out of cord cutting is 0 contracts.

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For now!

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Great point. Do any of them offer discounts for paying up front for 6 months or a full year of service?

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The only thing we got out of cord cutting is 0 contracts.

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For now!

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Great point. Do any of them offer discounts for paying up front for 6 months or full year?

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I haven't looked lately but they used to. It wasn't really worth it from what I recall. Maybe $10 off over a year.

I think Sling TV has a 3-month pay up front discount.