That's purely predatory pricing (ie. take a loss to get market share)

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Jun 30, 2020
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YouTube Tv now 65 bucks a month

Blue Cat

6/30/20 12:42pm

Lol. Getting almost to cable prices

LiveCoug

6/30/20 12:43pm

I can get cable for less than that.

Taysom 4 Heisman

6/30/20 12:50pm

Yeah, there are some packages cheaper for sure. I pay about 75 bucks/month for

LiveCoug

6/30/20 1:11pm

I hate Viacom. They are the worst of all the TV channel providers. As much as my

mannheimadler

6/30/20 1:39pm

I too do not like Viacom. Something about them creeps me out.

Cougphysio

6/30/20 10:50pm

I went to youtube for the DVR. I'm willing to pay a little more for the

SUAVO

6/30/20 3:46pm

ugh... theyre all in cahoots together to rip off the consumer. ha jk but really.

CrashMcLarson

6/30/20 12:44pm

Not surprising. Competition reduced (PS Vue), increased offerings, $50 likely a teaser rate to begin with.

Indy Coug

6/30/20 12:46pm

It was 35 at first

LiveCoug

6/30/20 12:47pm

That's purely predatory pricing (ie. take a loss to get market share)

Indy Coug

6/30/20 12:49pm

Disney+

Pee Wee Reese

6/30/20 1:39pm

It started at 35

Blue Cat

6/30/20 12:48pm

As streaming services continue to add content to attract more subscribers, they

cougarfan84

6/30/20 12:47pm

Well that sucks. Probably will cancel.

JuicyJam

6/30/20 12:48pm

But I just ordered it. Dang.

Mister P

6/30/20 12:49pm

We'll end up where we started with bundling.

Iman23

6/30/20 12:50pm

Ding ding ding

JoeExotic

6/30/20 1:02pm

Turns out that test case that Youtube accidently released and rolled back

darkcoug

6/30/20 12:54pm

I moved to Verizon cable in March for ~$80. Was considering YTTV, glad I didn’t.

TCuz

6/30/20 12:54pm

We "cut the cord" a couple of years ago with a Roku and YouTube TV but...

CoogsCoogs85

6/30/20 12:54pm

Still a better option than cable for the 3 months that I want to watch football

cougarmeister

6/30/20 12:55pm

Yeah, it goes up in August 29th (that is what my alert told me).

Ode to Hoy

6/30/20 1:03pm

Bummer.

Cougar-Duck

6/30/20 1:07pm

This is ridiculous. Why not just add a $15 dollar a month add on?

zerigke

6/30/20 1:13pm

Viacom won't let them do that. They require all their channels to be on the

mannheimadler

6/30/20 1:44pm

Don't want those channels or most of the existing. Just want sports

Gustav

6/30/20 1:13pm

Sigh - When you combine this with other services like Disney, Prime, Netflix etc

RockyBalboa

6/30/20 1:13pm

But why would you compare those? I’m going to have Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Disney+, Prime regardless

TCuz

6/30/20 1:23pm

Ok.

RockyBalboa

6/30/20 1:36pm

only way it is worth it now is if you split it with people. You can have 8

Mayor of Cougartown

6/30/20 1:32pm

But only 3 screens in use at a time.

LiveCoug

6/30/20 1:35pm

This. I wish they would increase the number of simultaneous streams

zerigke

6/30/20 1:39pm

Still benefits to streaming over cable, but ya

SUAVO

6/30/20 2:13pm

I only get 6. Where do you see the number 8?

IdahoCoug

6/30/20 3:27pm

I'm sure you're right.

Mayor of Cougartown

6/30/20 4:34pm

So what is the next streaming service people recommend?

Gente_Boa

6/30/20 3:43pm

Guess I'm headed back to Sling and miss a few games each year. That's the worst

BlooGeek

6/30/20 5:42pm

I’d be ok if it included ad-free experience on YouTube

kapcreations

7/1/20 1:31pm

Agreed. I wish they would include the YouTube Premium/YouTube Music subscription

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