Comment on YouTube TV, which costs $73 a month, agrees to end “$600 less than cable” ads

yoz@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• GiddyGap@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s YouTube TV, which is a streaming version of cable. It’s live channels.

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  • yoz@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ah sorry. I don’t watch too many shows and sports, most news channels are already live on YouTube.

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• ZeroCool@feddit.ch ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  People pay for watching YouTube ? Lol why don’t they use Firefox and ublock origin ? Or smartnext tube for android TV?, I will never understand human beings.

  Work arounds always exist. But they require varying degrees of technical knowledge to use them. A lot of people simply don’t have that skill set. Plus, when it comes to piracy or even “grey area” solutions, some people just don’t want to “risk” it. Just because a solution exists doesn’t mean people shouldn’t be pissed off that the legal means to enjoy content they want are being priced out of their reach.

  Having said all of that, this article isn’t about YouTube or even YouTube Premium. It’s about YouTube TV, which is their cable alternative. Firefox, uBlock Origin, and SmartTubeNext aren’t even relevant to the discussion.

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  • dtrain@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Can you elaborate on what options exist? I’m technically inclined and have yet to find a better cheaper alternative to YouTube TV which my not so inclined wife can use to watch news channel on our Apple TV.

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    • ZeroCool@feddit.ch ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can you elaborate on what options exist? I’m technically inclined and have yet to find a better cheaper alternative to YouTube TV which my not so inclined wife can use to watch news channel on our Apple TV.

      Hey, sorry if there was any confusion, but when I spoke of work arounds I was specifically addressing that OP’s mention of things like SmartTubeNext.

      But YouTube TV is just one “cable alternative” in the US. Off the top of my head there’s SlingTV, FuboTV, Hulu+Live, and Philo. As far as pricing goes, I can’t point you to the cheapest option. I do know that Sling TV is pretty cheap. I usually sign up for SlingTV once a year during NHL playoffs and it’s something like $20 bucks with a “one month new-sign up discount”. So I assume the normal base price is $40ish a month.

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      • dtrain@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks for the explanation. I’m desperate to find a cheaper alternative but not to sacrifice my sanity with a solution my wife doesn’t understand. We literally only watch one or two news channels for an hour or so a night. There has to be a better way!

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• atetulo@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lots of people are proud to pay for things they could be getting for free.

  We call them useful idiots where I’m from.

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  • Pixelle3D@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A fool and their money… you know the saying.

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• redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Now that YouTube has started to block adblockers, pretty soon they’ll try to block SmartTube and NewPipe as well.

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  • yoz@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeap that’s inevitable

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