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YouTube TV, which costs $73 a month, agrees to end “$600 less than cable” ads::Google to "modify or cease" ads after industry review board rejects appeal.

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[–] [email protected] 158 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Remember when it was $35/month? Dropped them like a bad habbit when it went to $60 something. No ala carte and adding channels I never wanted were also contributing factors.

[–] cbarrick 65 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nit: It's "à la carte" meaning "by the card" or "according to the menu". Often the accent is dropped in English writing, but it's always written as three words.

This is just a stupid, meaningless nit-pick. I totally understood what you were saying, so it's really not important. It's just, the more you know, ya know?

[–] wreckedcarzz 8 points 1 year ago

by the card

G: yeah, we are charging you by the (payment) card, what is the issue here? Can't please anyone these days...

[–] Telodzrum 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Card is the literal translation; however a more correct translation would be “menu” or, traditionally, “bill of fare.”

[–] wreckedcarzz 16 points 1 year ago

Same. I moved my parents from directv to ytv, saving them like $150+ a month (maybe more, it was a huge deal). When ytv was like 'puts on the proctology gloves' with that first price hike, I pitched an ota antenna + TV tuner, hooked up to my already-paid plex server running on my nas. We dropped ytv a few days later and now pay $0.

Smart move, G. Helping my family save so much money <3

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dropped around the same time. I really only had it for local channels, but the stuff I was watching ended up on other streaming apps day or two later anyway.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It was a great delivery mechanism for live sports for me. I went back to sling and put up a TV antenna. Too bad none of my local channels come in great past 15 miles, but I'd be a fool to pay that premium for locals.

[–] JJROKCZ 4 points 1 year ago

I still pay them, I record F1 races, hgtv, cooking shows, and playoffs of a couple American sports. Then I can watch/rewatch whenever I want. I’m still ok at the current price but only because I don’t think I could reliably obtain the hgtv and cooking stuff on the seas that my wife and I enjoy

[–] NOT_RICK 4 points 1 year ago

I split YTTV with a couple friends. We have the 4K package which comes with unlimited screens. Only downsides are you need to link your Google accounts into a family and you have to be in the same general vicinity or YouTube will eventually lock you out for being outside of your home market. Still, I rather enjoy using the service for less than 30 a month.