The Biggest Challenge Cord Cutters Are Facing!
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- With the explosion of streaming services and devices, the process of cutting the cord has become overwhelming for many Americans. This is the #1 obstacle that cord cutters face, according to Philo CEO Andrew McCollum. In today's video, I react to a portion of my exclusive interview with McCollum and share tips to make the process of cutting the cord easier. See my step-by-step guide here: michaelsaves.com/streaming/ho...
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0:00 The #1 Obstacle to Cutting the Cord
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Michael thank you for all you do. We were this close to being a cord free, internet only home. Live TV was to have been provided by RUclips TV which I think is perfect. The problem is that my elderly mother who lives with me couldn’t get the hang of it. With regular cable you just turn it on and off like the olden days but with RUclips TV you have to take all these steps to get to it before you can start watching and my mom just couldn’t get the hang of it. If anyone’s reading who can change this we’d be back to RUclips TV in a heartbeat but we went to a very basic Spectrum plan that’s the same price as RUclips TV but only ten cable channels. Rrrrgh.
Something else with Philo, is that apparently, Philo has started producing original programming like Netflix, HBO Max, and Hulu.
Sling blue package add ESPN $45 months
For us Philo along with our antenna works like a charm
We switched to RUclips tv and pay $65 a month. I left xfinity and saved a whopping $140 a month! YT tv has the same channels as xfinity. Switching was the BEST thing I ever did.
We did the same thing. Rental boxes, fees constant cable outages, never again. However I do think the RUclips TV software interface is primitive at best, it needs to be redone badly. Firestick 4K Max has wifi 6.
Same here! Not looking back
We have been streaming since 2015. That is when Sling began. Two Apple boxes and two Fire Cubes later, we love it. Thank you for the video. Have a great day.
Thanks, Micheal! I did the research! I asked the wife what she wanted. She's a news freak so I knew we needed cable news. We didn't need sports. So just those two points lead me to sling. I spent about 50 bucks on two Roku(s?) Which came with remotes (only have the IR Roku remote and a sound bar remote to deal with). The Roku smart phone app has a great Bluetooth remote.
I would actually say that the biggest challenge to cord cutters. Is the lack of affordable internet service in all areas.
I can’t get internet for less than $120 that works for streaming
@@Shellie1913 What service are you using, and is it the ONLY one available to you in your area?
Internet prices aren't going to get better until they are forced out of these exclusive deals with particular territories.
As long as we have no alternatives, they are going to gouge every penny that they can.
@@spaceghost4474 I have Xfinity and this is unlimited data. I did notice we’re paying to rent a router 🤦🏽♀️. AT&T isn’t offered in my area so I don’t have other options for high speed.
@@Shellie1913 Same here.
If you have the money to buy your own Wi-Fi equipment you can save somewhere around $10 or $15 dollars on your monthly bill, but you incur the initial expense and if it breaks you have to buy another.
I have the X-finity 100mbs UNLIMITED plan, and with equipment rental I pay $76.86 per month.
A little competition between providers would be nice.
Something that I recently did after watching some of your videos is I created a note with different streaming service combinations based on season for sports that I’d like to watch. For example one combination I came up with the NBA season is to do the sling orange and blue combo along with paying for Disney+. Right now with T-Mobile we get Paramount plus for free which covers CBS shows that I like to watch and since we are on the sprint part of T-Mobile we also get Hulu for free as well. When the NBA season is over we plan on switching to a combination of friendly TV along with Disney+ and keeping Hulu/paramount plus for free. As a bonus we also watch the Roku channel too.
Very nice! Hope you enjoy the playoffs
My favorite mix is Pluto tv, Tubi tv, Peacock, and the Disney streaming service.
Thanks for this video, Michael. From my experience, the biggest challenge has been fitting my TV watching with my daily routines. So far YTTV national & local news works best in the mornings. Along with YTTV sports all the time. Netflix and Prime Video have been great for the evenings. I've added PBS Documentaries, Shudder and Midnight Pulp to Prime. Now I have more ad-free content that I can watch in a lifetime. 😅
“Occam's Razor”….
The simplest answer tends to be the correct one.
Thank you for making this simple and to the point
We recently quit xfinity cable TV and phone.
We still had a contract remaining until this
september, but because we still maintained
internet, it was OK to do this and turn in the
equipment, get a new gateway and for $5.00
a month a higher gigabit speed at about a
$100.00 less a month than the old set up.
We are in a good reception area and receive
Over the air TV quite well with our own
antennas.
Buy an antenna. Buy your own modem. Get a device-Roku,Firestick or Android device. Pick the services of your choice (Not a sports guy so I go with Philo and Hulu Basic).Get an HDHomrun to distribute your OTA throughout the house. Save in my case 136 dollars from 265 for Cable,internet bundle . YMMV.
Preach brother 🙌
Modem recommendations? I have an antenna and Roku Ultra just need a top quality modem.what is an HDHomrun?
@@spanisheyes1958 Modem-check with your carrier for compatible modems(perhaps the model you are renting,buy it(Arris Surfboards are good). HdHomerun is a device that you put in your network that decodes ATSC TV signals from your antenna and presents it to a device on your network(PC,Roku,Fire stick or android device ). Good Luck.
I am smart for watching this video!
My local cable company has three tiers the first tier is only like $20 some dollars per month and that has the basic network channels, our local channel with local news/weather and things like PBS. It is like 40 channels. I had that and then also had Disney plus and I purchase gift cards when I want to watch something on Netflix or Hulu. It works for me. It sure would be nice if ALL streaming services offered gift cards like Netflix and Hulu does.
I liked Fubo but because they don't have prepaid cards, that ended my time with them.
Michael I'll tell you something interesting; you said there's no contracts with streaming, but I've noticed with my own Paramount Plus, hulu, HBO Max that on my membership profiles, when it's time to renew they only give me an annual price option not a monthly. I just renewed my Paramount Plus, but to be honest I wish I had just renewed it on a monthly basis. I just didn't have that option.
That’s very interesting. All of those services have monthly plans. I wonder what’s up with your account. Hmmm I’ll check when my Paramount+ renews.
@@MichaelSaves Thanks Michael. Maybe I need to cancel instead of letting it auto renewal. I know when I signed up with HBO Max, it was on a monthly basis at first. They're the ones that approached me and offered me a 40% discount to sign up for one year.
@@dougmorris9317 There are a few of those services that you need to cancel, and then wait for that billing period to end, then when you sign up to restart your subscription they give you both the annual AND monthly options.
It usually happens when you sign up for the annual option, that you have to cancel and let it expire before you can change to monthly payments.
@@spaceghost4474 Thanks Space Ghost that's precisely what I plan to do with Hulu and HBO Max when the time comes. 🙂👍
I would also add evaluate what channels you really watch, what channels you only sometimes watch & which ones you barely even watch. Because I'm a sports fan I cannot completely get rid of the cable experience (for the lack of a better term) so I had always recommended RUclips TV because of the number of profiles, channel lineup & the unlimited DVR however I always had to have Philo because they had A&E. At first it was fine to have both because there was very little crossover but when YTTV added the Discovery networks I kept having a hard time justifying paying Philo for essentially just one network & the limited DVR on Hulu was a nonstarter. However now that Hulu has an unlimited DVR & gives you Disney+ (which other family members insisted was a must) it just made more financial sense to switch to Hulu with live TV even though I would give up the MLB & NBA networks because they fell in the sometimes category & I also found I was using the PBS app more than YTTV to watch their content anyway.
Another tip is to see what your phone carrier or ISP offers. For example, I honestly wouldn't have Netflix if T-Mobile didn't basically pay for it & the same goes for Peacock.
I like streaming because I can hope from service to service
I agree. Cord cutting is complicated 🙈
started out with the fire tv stick, then changed to the roku sticks, now i have tcl roku tvs. watch my main aps like netflix, hulu, disney plus, amazon prime, hbo max, youtube, pluto tv, roku channel, and the spectrum tv ap. yep.
One of the best tips I’ve heard is think of shows you watch, not channels. That helps simplify things. If you can live without live TV, do it.
It’s going to be interesting to see if we see a thinning of the heard in live streaming service space. Which one will go the way of PlayStation Vue?
I'm paying $59 a month for my internet service, I'm only paying for Hulu and Paramount plus, the rest is free, I'm surprised you didn't mention Sling which is cheap compared to RUclips TV.
Philo is still the best value out there..
Yeah, I've been thinking about giving that one a try.
@@bigb860 the dvr feature is awesome.. Also thousands of Video on Demand. Plus all the good networks... History, Discovery etc
We cut the cord about a year ago. We have older FireTV box (original) and stick (10 years old), a new Fire Stick, TiVo and regretfully, an Apple TV box (which the cable company talked us into) it totally sucks so , I put it in the guest room 😉 . Anyway, we do not care for 95% of new mainstream programming but do subscribe to a few streaming services including one news source that fulfills our desires. Otherwise, we have downloaded numerous "free" streaming services. It was a slight learning curve but not a problem overall. We used roku once in a hotel and it was OK. We are most satisfied with Fire TV/sticks (the newer works faster) but will never recommend the Apple box. It might be a little different if we subscribed to Apple TV but Apple box does not have internet access app that we often utilize. TiVo is our second favorite. Overall, with internet costing $75 per month plus three streaming services, we are saving about $130 per month and have at least quadruple the viewing options. Spotty over-the-air TV antennas satisfy local programming--most of the antennas are more than 10 years old and work just fine even with a lot of trees. Don't spend a lot of money on the hype, Unless you need to spend the money. I spent $25 on a new antenna and it works the same as the old ones. Retired and loving it.
I hate that You tube tv does not have any telephone support. I recently wanted to go on a 6 month vacation hold. Absolutely no customer support.
VERY IMPORTANT: If you switch to JUST internet, be aware of your data usage. I'm a family of 5 with Xfinity, during remote learning AND work from home, we were always on the cusp of going over our internet limit of 1200GB and that's with watching tv with a cable box. I researched cord cutting a while back, the only way to avoid going over my data limit and paying overage fees was to upgrade to unlimited internet usage which made my internet much more expensive.
**I have seen on their website IF you go with their streaming device(free), your internet usage is unlimited. Not sure how that works since their device is like a roku and its free, worth looking into
Good information. I talk about this in my cord-cutting guide for beginners, but definitely something larger families with heavy usage should be aware of! Thank you for leaving this comment!
I recommend the premium Roku devices, I have had several and the premium devices work much better and last longer.
I do enjoy the Ultra. Thanks for your tip.
@@MichaelSaves welcome 😊
Streaming is basically DIY cable without the contracts.
Wish Philo had a sports add on option.
I doubt that will happen. If it did, Philo would look like the other services and would have to be priced around $70/month as well.
Less-confusing for me, because charter's "broadcast TV surcharge" just went over $21. That's insane! I get better picture from the rooftop antenna, and there are more channels than cable delivers. It would be different if I wanted sports or premium selections, but I don't.
Samsung TV with NVIDIA Shield TV Pro, for my living room; and a Insignia Fire TV for backporch (warmer months) or basement (colder months) both have antenna for live local channels, with free streaming services; plus paid on demand streaming services. I don't have a live cable like TV service, like RUclips TV, or DirectStream TV. Only live TV I want/need is news; and CBSN is a 24/7 streaming service for free.
I got an add for fubo tv lol
It wasn’t complicated for me. Returned all my xfinity equipment except the router since I kept them for internet only.
Same here.
I have the X-finity 100mbs UNLIMITED plan, and it works just fine for my streaming needs.
With RUclips tv I'm still paying between $50 and $100 less than cable (depending on any extras I might subscribe to).
👍
To get local sports channels, Dodgers, Angels, Kings, Ducks, Lakers, Clippers, both MLS teams, and Pac 12 channel, Spectrum Cable TV and Internet bundle, is still cheaper than any of the streaming services.
It’s not that damn complicated get the best internet service get a streaming device that you can add third-party apps too in extra storage Buy your own equipment your own modem and router and buy the best
Preach brother 🙌
Nearly everyone can get local channels. Just realize 90% of all antennas sold on amazon and walmart grossly falsify the mile range. It is never possible to have greater than 80miles range irregardless of amplification. Pro tip 2: antenna amplifiers never add range to an antenna.
@Chief Sitting Feather eh I was legally deaf as a kid in school with no money for hearing aids so english/grammer/spelling is not my best subject. Good thing Im good with math because I make a fortune as an engineer. My company hired some english major to proof read anything I have to communicate publicly.
Just get a Sony TV with Google tv so that you can cast or activate apple airplay. Add a sound bar with Atmos this way you don't need 2 remotes. This is a very easy set up. At&t and cox charge rent on equipment. For the internet see if TMobile home internet works for you only $50 a month speed may very but In my case it's 3 times faster that what at&t was providing (at&t speeds was 100 Mbps and out of the blues they cut it to 75 Mbps and give me a price increase) . Also Verizon offers something similar.
this host sounds like Howard Hamlin.
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding......
@@markfuller apparently Don Hector agrees!!!!...lol.
I have spectrum internet ultra and spectrum tv add on so it same me some money at least for 2yrs but I also have the ebb program that helps with my internet bill so only pay like 30 a month and just have Disney plus and Hulu bundle I have peacock premium for free for six months with my Google Chromecast with tv so that's Kool but don't really see it so after the 6 months free not planning to pay for it
Amazon Prime?
Yes that’s a good one too!
It was better when it was $99 a year!
And some of my shows now have ads
@Eddy Edwards I agree Bezos is a truly greedy man.
@Eddy Edwards well I have metro by T-Mobile so I get the Amazon prime membership free and get to watch movies for free 2 even thou I really don't see Amazon movies at least I have free shipping and it depends on what you ordered too sometimes my wife orders things and they arrive quick or something withing the week so just depends but yeah don't know if you like metro but that's something to think about
I am very interested in watching documentaries and crime shows. What apps can I watch them for free?
Docs are hard, even with paid services. I like docs myself and seem to have to hop around to find them. For crime shows, much easier. In addition to Pluto TV, which has various crime channels, I like Peacock's free version.
We enjoy britbox and acorn for crime show viewing. Paramount + has a few documentary channels, such as, Smithsonian and docuseries, as well.
You're not "cord cutting" if you're spending more on streaming than cable... You're just trading one over priced bill for another.
As far as "ease" of cord cutting, it's has hard as you make it.
If broadcast stations aired something other than news shows, tabloid shows reality shows, or infomercials, I'd watch them more often.
It is really complicated. All I want is cut the Internet from COX and keep T V/Phone. That can’t be very complicated. And I don’t ‘stream’ anything.
wow not a word on the fire stick , hmmmm
Have you watched my other videos? I mention Fire TV often, but I prefer Roku devices for first-time streamers.
Side load any main streaming device watch everything free then get internet $50 a month or less
Not complicated to me. Cut cable over 10 years ago best thing I ever did and will NEVER go back to cable. Big time greed lack of good content and lack of customer service is what got them kicked to the curb and sad to say I am beginning to see that GREED rearing its ugly head in some of the streaming services and that same GREED will get them cut and kicked to the curb same as cable.
I pay 320$ a month at spectrum for 3 cable boxes, top tv package, internet and home phone. I have to call every year and bitch to get a discount.
Thats a rip off. Get rid of it
I don't think you really need a streaming device. You can just watch on your laptop or tablet and plug your tv in if you want.
I touch on that in a more recent video! ruclips.net/video/P-PsYCHpFEw/видео.html
@@MichaelSaves Thanks, I will watch it.
Internet proven it locks up in time yet my vhs tapes and buying offline proven it doesn't lock up specially still more saveing on money then internet specially when the VHS gets your home everything become free
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If you cut the cord and cancel your cable and then get a live streaming service then that's not cord cutting I know y'all want it to me but it's not. Cord cutting is when you get rid of cable TV and live streaming service. Basically getting rid of bundled cable channels bundled live TV channels.
I think there are multiple definitions for cutting the cord, but I definitely recommend not having a live TV service if you don't need it -- saves a lot of money without one!
$65/mo is not expensive
Disney plus proven it needs be at 400 dollars
My cable company had ratcheted my tv, phone and internet bill up to $290/ month. And I never got the internet speed I was paying for. Our neighborhood recently had a new fiber service installed so I ditched cable and now pay $65 for internet and use fubo for our tv service. I chose fubo as my wife is a tennis fanatic and fubo has that plus all the usual local, national networks and other stuff we need. I use an ooma service for house phone. My total monthly cost is now $140/ month. We could choose either 100, 500, or 1000 mbps. The fiber guys said 100 mbps was plenty for our needs. He was right. I use Amazon Fire sticks on existing TVs and my wife has a new Fire TV in the bedroom. I have an Apple TV box in the living room. I feed the fiber service into a new eero 6+ mesh wi fi. So easy to set up. Everything works gangbusters and never outages and slow downs like cable company. I get 98 mbps upload and download readings without fail. I am saving $150/month. Cable called my to ask why I changed. I replied …. Lousy service, never getting speed I paid for, TV outages and rediculous price. They offered to give me $80/month phone and internet. I said no thanks as I know they would ratchet it back up and their internet speed history was bad. My new fiber service is price fixed forever. I can adjust my app choices on my computer any time, instantly. I am nearly 80 yrs old and I had no problems doing all this. You should see the pile of cables, amplifiers and cable boxes I have turfed out!
Cutting the cord has now become more expensive than my local cable company.
No its not. I spend $100/mo because I want it all even if i never watch it
@@thedude5040 That's...really wasteful lol.
I'll never buy a Roku device again. Roku is like the Comcast of streaming. Horrible customer service. They push out untested software updates that break devices. They made antenna watching with a Roku tv almost unusable. Customers complain, Roku doesn't care. They don't make any money from you watching antenna tv. You're not the customer. You're the product being sold (as demographic information, carriage fees).
Streaming comes naturally for gen Z, millennials and the majority of Gen Xers, the problem is with a good portion of boomers who have a hard time extricating themselves from traditional cable boxes and the simplicity they offer, with a live channel guide and one stop consumption station and a single remote. I guarantee you lost most boomers by the time you mentioned HDMI. Most boomers have their children or paid professionals hook stuff up for them and they "just want it to work" anything beyond that is too much work, trust me I've tried helping a few and it's a steep hill to climb. A lot of the terms and devices you mention in your video need to be defined for this crowd before you even wade into explaining which is the best choice. Once you start mentioning subscriptions and keeping up with login information for multiple subscriptions it's over.
I agree with you for the most part! I do try to explain things in a simple way and have a beginner's guide for cord cutters. But since my channel serves not only first-time streamers, I can't stop and define HDMI in every single video. But I hope the visual in this video helped some people get the point. If my tutorials are unhelpful, hopefully it will inspire them to ask the children or paid professionals as you noted.
Not being butt hurt or anything 😁, but I'm a proud son of the GREATEST GENERATION, who has fully embraced streaming in order to save money.
I still prefer the cable experience, but prices FORCED me to drop them in exchange for streaming.
I occasionally run into an issue, but I am always able to solve them.
My mother, on the other hand pretty much personified the confusion you're talking about.
I gave her a new tv for Christmas about 5 years before she died, and she was never able to fully grasp how to operate it.
The technological leap for many in her generation was just too great for them to handle at their age and life experiences.
I knew better than to try to expose her to the internet.
She would have been completely overwhelmed.
Don't care about liberal sports....don't care about liberal local channels....was so easy to decide to cut cord...
Prefer Firestick. Can sideload apps and watch websites. We like free apps for local news. MLB TV app usually has a free game of the day. Apple TV has MLB free on Fridays. RUclips has some free games too. We watch TV shows and movies on websites for free. Sometimes we get free trials for showtime and others. We set up Kodi and Tivimate.
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