Cutting the Cable Cord

[ggait]

Quite certain I have convinced the wife to cut the Cable Cord. Leaning towards youtube TV but wanted to get some feedback from others on possible other services or maybe you have found that each paid subscription ends up putting you back close to the original cable fees you were paying.

What say you?

We found the awful cable bundle to not cost all that much more than the unbundled services (including the high speed internet service). The small premium is more than worth it -- since the Mrs can actually operate the cable system and doesn't need to take a course in unbundled TV watching to watch her shows.

I am an aggressive unsubscriber to the streaming services. Apple TV is gone as soon as we finish Ted Lasso. We'll come back for a month or two when his next season comes out. Pretty simple to turn those on/off versus cutting the main cord.

[Farfromgeneva]

That’s a big issue with streaming that wasn’t accounted for - churn. Big issue at Disney and HBO now. Zaslov dumped a finished $95mm batgirl just for the tax NOL against the merger at HBO (Comcast Discovery).

We piecemeal it but with 3 young kids we spend probably between $250-$350/mo on cable and Internet. Throw in another $200isg on cell phones. It’s wild .

[kramerica.inc]

After a few years of streaming, we kind of settled down from the churn.

Netflix and YoutubeTV are our stalwarts. Netflix puts out a ton of new content monthly. Youtube is the standard cable TV and local tv fare.

Seems like HBO, Hulu, AppleTV, Disney are much slower with content. Although HBO and Apple's shows are usually pretty good. If you can insulate yourself from spoilers, let those build up and alternate. We usually save those streams and let them build up for the slower winter months when we are stuck in the house.

Oddly, the one thing I found I cant live without is Spotify. Good for music buffs. Access to almost everything you can think of for $11/mos. Music, podcasts, everything. Throw it on a bluetooth speaker outside or in your car.

[youthathletics]

After a few years of streaming, we kind of settled down from the churn.

Netflix and YoutubeTV are our stalwarts. Netflix puts out a ton of new content monthly. Youtube is the standard cable TV and local tv fare.

Seems like HBO, Hulu, AppleTV, Disney are much slower with content. Although HBO and Apple's shows are usually pretty good. If you can insulate yourself from spoilers, let those build up and alternate. We usually save those streams and let them build up for the slower winter months when we are stuck in the house.

Oddly, the one thing I found I cant live without is Spotify. Good for music buffs. Access to almost everything you can think of for $11/mos. Music, podcasts, everything. Throw it on a bluetooth speaker outside or in your car.

Same as what I am considering...curious, if you don't mind asking, what are you paying for those 4 services...youtube, netflix, spotify, and I assume a cable/FiOS fee?

[HooDat]

Anyone try Pluto TV?

[kramerica.inc]

Pluto is free on Roku.
It gets a lot of play in our house.
It's my teenager's go-to if nothing's on. Fear factor, old MTV reality shows and Cops. Rinse, repeat.

[HooDat]

Pluto is free on Roku.
It gets a lot of play in our house.
It's my teenager's go-to if nothing's on. Fear factor, old MTV reality shows and Cops. Rinse, repeat.

so all the stuff that we watched because there was nothing better to do?

57 channels and there's nothing on...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAlDbP4tdqc