@@rogershark9223 My girlfriend just canceled her YTTV today. She signed up for Philo...it has all of the regular cable channels without sports and locals. Very inexpensive!
I gave up on RUclips TV earlier this year. I realized I didn't watch it enough to justify the cost. My alternative is a roof top antenna and rotating between streaming services. For instance I'll have Max for a while and binge watch their content then switch to Apple TV and do the same with that service.
With everything going up, cutting RUclips TV is an easy decision for me. I watch RUclips exclusively anyway and I’m not watching sports as much as I used to.
Millions of people have time to watch a game tf and watching highlights doesnt give the same experience as to seeing things live but to each its own @brad3605
I canceled RUclips TV and I absolutely loved it I went to sling TV I got an air TV box and a really good antenna once you figure it out it's absolutely amazing
If you currently subscribe to RUclips TV you can cancel through their webpage, specify cost as reason for cancelling, and you will likely be offered to continue at $72.99 for another 6 months so your price won’t go up to $82.99 until June. I did that earlier today.
The channel owners sort of had a fresh start with the cord cutters, but of course they are going to run it into the ground again just like they did with cable. I decided to cancel back when RUclipsTV exceeded $50, so they got rid of me quite a while ago.
RUclips TV sent a email notifying me of the increase. It was scheduled to renew on Dec 15th and I wasn’t going to pay the added $10 a month increase so I cancelled the service. I don't need to watch tv that badly and I’m not willing to pay $82.99 a month. So long RUclips TV 👋🏼
My internet bill is $82.99 a month. That is what I pay monthly for ALL of my video and audio entertainment unless I'm playing physical media I already own. By the way, I "cut the cable" on tv channels in the very early 2000's. I turned in my DVR back then and never looked back. I have an indoor antenna for about 10 channels, and the rest is what I find online for my $82.99 per month. Which is WAY too much already!
There is only one problem. The only reason these services will continue is for live sports. And there are not that many direct to consumer options for live sports at a lower price.
Yeah that's literally the only reason I pay for RUclips TV. I get it for 5 months every year to watch football then I cancel it. Time to look into less savory ways to watch...
When I was growing up, the local university's football and basketball games were shown on the local CBS affiliate. The regularly scheduled programming was preempted. Now, you're lucky to get two games a season shown over the air. No way would that be allowed to happen nowadays. The local games showed local ads, while the national programming showed much more expensive national ads.
Yup. After the Superbowl I'm cancelling RUclips TV. I get baseball from MLB directly, so I won't need it again until September. I get Max and other streaming services directly from them, so I don't need TV for that either. It was a good deal at $50 just a few years ago. Not any more.
@@javi10mobilegameplayer23 I really appreciate everything Lon does to keep us updated but I'm not looking for my local channels for news. News is free everywhere. I'm trying to find the most affordable way to watch sports without using pirated streams. Sometime in early 2024 there was an announcement ESPN & FOX Sports were starting a streaming service but I've never heard anything since.
I'm still saving money. I'm not paying #10/mo for three extra TV's in my house. As long as cable companies keep charging for the access boxes RUclips will still be cheaper.
I don't watch TV, but the wife does and we've had RUclips TV for awhile because of it. I was excited when she sent me the e-mail about this price increase and that I could cancel RUclips TV. :)
Thank you for this informative content. I was just about to subscribe to RUclips TV when news of the price increase came out. I agree that they are no better than cable at this point, and their price increases seem to outpace the general rate of inflation. Regular RUclips and Roku carry my fav local news channel, so I think I will just opt out of this high-priced madness for the foreseeable and try some of the alternatives you've presented. 👍
RUclips TV needs to STOP paying Billions of $$ for rights to stream sports content (example: NFL) and then forcing ALL of its subscribers to subsidize overpriced sports content.
The problem is a large portion of people only subscribe because of sports. They need to make 2 packages. One sports package and one entertainment package.
@ Agree 100%, but unfortunately the companies know that no one would be able to afford the sports content without it being subsidized by all the people who don’t want to watch and pay for sports content as well.
How about putting some blame on the NFL who tell these networks or YT to pay this or forego the rights to broadcast. The NFL who cannot make enough money so they they have to stage games on Christmas Day or make up stupid new ones like black Friday.
Another option are those grey market IPTV services that I suspect are originating from Hong Kong or similar locations. The one I use was $40 for 6 months. Not only do you get US channels, but all sorts of international channels.
IPTV, they are illegal...these bad actors have been raided by FBI taken down, but they still pop up ...don't give them your personal info, you will regret it.
@@Ray-iz7tv - Because of the nature of their business, these companies are usually "fly-by-night" operations. The first company I signed up with was called LiggityTV. One day it stopped working. I went to their web site and it was gone. Even though I have been with my current company for a couple years, I suspect it will disappear some day. You are on your own.
By 2030, Live TV streaming services will be considered "utilities," and the subscription cost will be lumped into your property taxes. (You can't cancel, and you obviously can't NOT pay your property taxes)
I live with my father, and caretake for him these days as he is in his early 80s with health problems. We subscribe to RUclips TV for him because it has the local channels and is the most "cable tv like" experience. Sadly, that does mean cable tv prices. We use the RUclips TV app on a Apple TV, and as simple of a remote control that thing has, my father often struggles with it. He forgets which button does what and the dexterity of his fingers is not great so he will press things by accident. For some reason, you can't just flick through channels with RUclips TV like you can with Pluto (or traditional over the air tv). That would be a HUGE bonus and it seems like a no-brainer to me. He has to hit Back to get to a channel grid every time he changes the channel. But the more complicated these industries make watching content, the more frustrating a experience it is for the older generation. I don't know, its all a big mess. If you had told people in 1994 how the state of TV watching would be in 2024, they would be dumbfounded or call you insane. Because watching tv should in no way be as problematic or expensive as it is today.
My mom was paying an obscene amount for two Comcast decoder boxes, so I got her set up with their app on the two TVs. She's constantly switching to the wrong input and asking one of us to come over and fix her broken TV.
@@thedude5040he’s discussing the interface and it is horrible. DirecTV, Sling, Hulu, and Prime have a simple guide and is easy to navigate. Being “cheap” has nothing to do with it. That being said, not everyone has the disposable income you do.
Unfortunately the broadcasters will be encrypting their new TV signals soon and the Tablo won't support that format. ruclips.net/video/NNTc5OWrDic/видео.html
@@LonSeidman Maybe, but he charges $40 for a sight unseen recommendation. That's a significant expense for some. My locals are 25 miles or less but I have two large trees in my yard directly between my house and the tower location which present reception problems.
When I lived in flat Florida, I used my 20-year-old RCA rabbit ears exclusively, and they worked great. However, I now live in the mountains and channel signals do not go through or over the mountains. I will just find alternatives to RUclipsTV. Sling does not work for me, as it only offers Fox New and I definitely don't want Fox in my house.
I love Philo. It has a DVR and lots of channels. I can’t get my local stations w an antenna. Use Paramount and Peacock to get my local stations in my area to live stream CBS and NBC. $27 for both
I just canceled. Upgrading my over the air antenna, viewed my available channels in my area and it has almost everything I need, local news and local sports. Also, I started buying physical media again, buy what I want to watch not what the network wants.
YT TV would be smart to drop ESPN from it's lineup and offer it as an add-on for Sports junkies. Would help keep the costs down for many users. Luckily I am grandfathered on Philo with the $20 monthly plan. Also lucky I'm in a major market and get plenty of OTA broadcasts.
I have cable. It is also going up dramatically year-after-year. I have pretty basic channels plus internet for $160 per month, CAS Cable in rural state.
@@jasonheminger4844 NFL+ gets the nfl network. You all the replays of the games. If you get red zone that is the best way to watch the games in my opinion. It only $100 a year.
There's not many other ways to watch live sports (which I think is why A LOT of people continue paying for RUclips TV). I like watching college and pro football and that's all I subscribe to RUclips TV for. Unfortunately college football games are spread out over a bunch of networks controlled by different media conglomerates so either I pay for RUclips TV or I miss half the games. It'd be great if someone came out with a streaming service just for live sports, but with so many hands in the cookie jar you'd end up paying just as much money as RUclips TV.
The problem with a live tv streaming service just for sports is that not many people would keep it year-round. Their subscription numbers would be flat-lined. A million people would subscribe because football season is starting, but at the same time, a million people would be unsubscribing because baseball season just ended (for example)
@robd9921 That's true. I'm sure that happens to RUclips TV now, but they have plenty of people subscribing for the cable channels and locals to smooth things out.
@@vinyfiny ESPN, Fox and Turner Sports are trying to launch an all sports streaming service in 2025. It will be called Venu and the prove was announced at $42.99/month. It will include ESPN+
Cancelled my RUclips plan yesterday. Their new price comes out to close to $1,000 a year; when I first joined back in 2020 it was high enough at I believe $62.99, then went to $72.99. I will use the money that I save from cancelling RUclipsTV to cover the increases to both Medicare and my supplemental healthcare policy. For now, I have BritBox and may add either Peacock or Paramount, whichever is cheaper.
Thank you for your video about this. Cable is definitely not sustainable at it's current level, nor are most streaming platforms currently. At some point something is going to have to break in a very big way/the bubble is going to burst on all of this. I don't know how/when/why that will be, but it's very much coming.
Very informative. A $10 a month additional bump to my account made me pause my account to see if I can live with out it. If I can, I will cancel and spend less money elsewhere,
Longtime dish customer here and totally understand why existing YTTV customers are frustrated with the continued price hikes. I’ve been paying roughly $148 (includes sports add on) a month for dish network and only have the ability to watch content on one tv. Can’t use dish anywhere on mobile without upgrading my box which will likely lead to increased monthly cost. Even at the new price, I could save around $500 a year and have limited 4K and additional features like multiview. While the increase sucks I’m sure, the whole industry is seems to be out of touch, but I’m finding YTTV to be the best option available based on my personal needs and the additional value it brings versus what I’m use to! It could be even worse!
The old "make all customers pay for all packages" is what originally drove cutting cable. The setup only works for those with disposable income. It's time we be able to pick and pay for the channels we want. If a channel doesn't get enough customers, it shuts down.
I cut the cord about 15 years ago. Lon, one reason you can't pick only the shows you want is because cable companies, and online providers, get paid by some content to be aired. Channels like HSN and QVC pay them. So, the providers pay for some channels and get paid by others.
@Jimmer-Space88 maybe 14. When Windows 7 was released. Actually started with Vista. Used Windows Media Center (WMC) back then. I set up an antenna, but didn't use it much for a few years because you could get local channels on cable without cable TV. It was harder back then, but still possible. Cord cutting isn't new.
YTTV was such a beacon of hope when it was new and $35/mo. It has increasingly become exactly like cable/satellite. Dumped it years ago. My solution: Tablo 4 tuner dvr with HD antennae. And a couple streaming services both paid and unpaid. I’m probly under $50/mo with more content than I can ever watch.
Too bad houses don't come with outside antennas anymore. Over the air sucks when you don't live near a bigger city. We were sold out by politicians again when we switched to digital. We use to get locals free but they are increasingly trying to find ways to monetize the viewer while still getting advertising money.
I use RUclips TV because it's the only streaming service I've found where I can share 1 account with my parents and my grandmother. This still sucks, but it's a hell of a lot cheaper still then my family having to pay for their own accounts.
I don’t even subscribe to RUclips TV but another price increase during the time of year when people’s wallets are spread the most thin is an out of touch move that’ll hopefully come back to bite them sooner rather than later.
@@LonSeidman 50 miles from metropolitan areas is still limiting. i'm 130 miles from meto areas and put up two fairly expensive antennae on a 25 foot pole and still only get two local channels. i've been a dish network subscriber for 28 years but i'm gonna cancel now that its over 180 per month. sucks, there is just no good options. not to mention, internet is also expensive out here in the boonies. oh well, still prefer living in the sticks.
Thx for the heads-up as I just fake canceled my YT-TV Base Plan due to "Cost" and redeemed the $10/mo off credit for 6 months with the Retention program... I truly hope better options come out later in 2025 because at this rate YT-TV will cost the same as cable before you know it!!!
Another nightmare is Fanduel has taken over one of the sports channels. That means when watching a basketball game you see Fanduel logos and the flow of the game interrupted by multiple Fanduel commercials. Television has become a series of commercials interrupted by programming.
They did us a favor. We looked around and saved a ton of money. We choose programing that we are interested in and got rid of programming that we had no interest in.
The key feature I need is recording so I can watch shows when I want and skip ads. What solutions are there for that outside of RUclips TV? I cannot get antenna TV as reception is very poor. If there's a solution for that I would definitely dump YTTV.
The price is getting more and more closer to cable, and it doesn't have the quality of cable. For example, cable is better for sporting events, since the delay is significantly smaller. So what is the point?
RUclips TV is expensive because it's cable TV 2.0 Google is your TV cable TV provider and your streaming device is your cable box. When people say I'm getting rid of cable and then sign up for RUclips TV they didn't get rid of cable TV at all.
Good point , the cost to stream is costly maybe 60 to 75 monthly plus a subscription service. Id never pay that much. 30 or so over the air free channels, great reception, signal not compressed is fine with me.
The DVR recording capability of YTTV is better than cable. The YTTV app works on mobile, ipad, etc., so you can start watching on tv and continue later on your ipad.
I had RUclips TV because where I live in South Dakota, I can’t get anything over antenna and it was cheaper than cable. Now, it’s as expensive as cable
Good god man. I used to pay $40 a month in Korea for gigabit Ethernet AND 300 channels of cable. I spend $150 now in the US. add the other subscriptions most people have and no wonder everyone here is living on credit.
South Korea has had great pricing for cell phones, data plans, home internet, etc for 15-20 years. Around 2015, I had faster internet on my cellphone with a $35 a month plan than I had at home in the states for $70 plus $35 for the cellphone plan at that time. Our system is great for investors, not so great for the people.
I bought a Sears Beta Video Recorder in 1977 and started recording every Movie and TV Show I could, I replaced it with a RCA VHS/DVD Reorder and then in 2005 bought a TV Tuner for my Windows 7 Media Center HP Laptop and rcorded the heck out of it, filling up HDD after HDD. Now with ATSC 3.0 and DRM I guess I am done, but I figure I got everything I might want. I knew greed has only begun. A $10 increase on RUclips is only the beginning.
What's being overlooked is the cost of Internet service. Locally it's about 55, I don't have it tho I saw a commentor pays 75 plus the subscription costs. I rarely watch TV so the 30 or so free on air channels r fine with me.
Used sling for years starting in like 2014/15. Thinking I was an early subscriber and got the combination package for the same price as just 1. However, I didn't get new features that they started rolling out. Forgot to update my card and got booted out of my promo. Realized we weren't watching it enough to keep it going so didn't sign back up. However, while we had it, it worked well.
I really like RUclipsTV. However, the cost is getting higher than I am willing to pay for a year. I am a sports fan, so I may cancel April through August when there aren’t any football or basketball games.
I have direct tv. Not direct tv stream but my subscription is still through the internet. I have to be honest that for 117 a month i love it. That price is with the sports package included. I had to agree to 2 years but at least i know my price wont change for that period of time. Tv is expensive. If you dont love live sports its probably not worth it. But, i do and am willing to pay for it.
I've been a youtube user since 2018. I'm in the country and I can't get local channels with an antenna. I need a provider for local channels but Sling isn't available here for local. I don't watch any sports channels at all. I really like TCM and FXM which youtube offers. Comcast packaged TCM with their sports channel. I absolutely refuse to pay for a sports channel and that's why I left Comcast. I also like to have dvr capability to omit commercial times. RUclips is just too expensive. I wish they would create a smaller package for some of us. As of now I am relying on Samsung TV Plus for local news and RUclips for news clips. It feels isolating.
I still have cable and I've tried trials of RUclips TV and Hulu Live TV. Both would have saved me about 80 dollars a month which isn't enough considering how much worse the experience is than cable. Maybe if the difference gets to more like 100 dollars I'll reconsider.
Lon. To be clear, the original YTTV $35 price was offered at a huge loss to try to hook the rubes who didn’t understand the model. The price was ALWAYS $70-80.
I'm cancelling RUclips TV. The most frustrating thing is there are more ads in the programming too. That was the straw that broke the camels back for me.
Get RUclips premium. It's only $15 a month for commercial free TV and millions upon millions of channels. It has all the features of cable TV without the price. Got it a few years ago and canceled my cable and I've never looked back.
I'm about to cut out watching RUclips videos as well. The amount of ads that pop up, many in the middle of videos now, is something I will no longer accept. I tried RUclips TV and it was too expensive and full of the same old crap. Books and magazines are looking better and better with each passing day. Perhaps newspapers will make a comeback. 😆
I’ve been a YTTV member since it was $35. I can’t do this anymore. We’ve cut all our streaming channels except YTTV. The problem is that there aren’t good sports alternatives. I’ve got an OTA antenna and it gives me all locals except CBS.
Local TV channels in my area are just silly and I bet many other people think the same for their areas. With decreasing demand I'm not sure what leverage local channels really have. I think they'll go the same way as newspapers. Just cold reality.
Been trying DirecTV Stream HDMI Wi-Fi dongle & remote, decent but basic package doesn’t include Lifetime, and a bit unstable at times, buggy more often than the last 25 years of TiVo. The remote is a bit hard to operate by feel alone, perhaps they’ll get the next remote right (all gear is leased).
Number go up also 83 so, how long until the Teen Titans Go live stream? Looks like I was right about cord-cutting meaning pocket tvs. Remember to ask around in the different local coffee shops if they have a charging Outlet you can use. Sometimes it's built right into the front underside of the booth
They really need to offer a package for people who don't care about sports at all.
Absolutely. Dish Network has/had plans like this.
@@rogershark9223 My girlfriend just canceled her YTTV today.
She signed up for Philo...it has all of the regular cable channels without sports and locals.
Very inexpensive!
Or religious channels.
@@chessnord7934 Yes exactly!
That is me. That's how I was able to abandon television in 1997. But my package is no package at all. It's awesome!
I saw a news article a few hours ago about it. Thought oh its nothing.
But when Lon has something to say, now my ears listen
Peacock premium gives you a local NBC channel stream.
Granted.. 🤣 where I use starlink, I'll get streams from other states
Meet the new cord. Same as the old cord.
I'm so old I remember $35 a month.
Same, and I jumped in when my area finally got RUclips TV it was $50 a month plus tax.
@@kitdinker I had it when it was $30 a month.
Not that long ago. The rate skyrocketed fast.
I remember free TV. I must be really old.
I had PlayStation Vue when it first came out and was $30/month. My parents probably used my PS4 as much as I did.
I gave up on RUclips TV earlier this year. I realized I didn't watch it enough to justify the cost. My alternative is a roof top antenna and rotating between streaming services. For instance I'll have Max for a while and binge watch their content then switch to Apple TV and do the same with that service.
With everything going up, cutting RUclips TV is an easy decision for me. I watch RUclips exclusively anyway and I’m not watching sports as much as I used to.
Who has time to sit and watch a whole sports game these days anyway? I just watch the highlights on RUclips for 15 mins the next day.
@@brad3605Been doing that for the past couple of years.
@@brad3605plenty of people choose to sit down and enjoy a game
Millions of people have time to watch a game tf and watching highlights doesnt give the same experience as to seeing things live but to each its own @brad3605
@@brad3605 i do
I canceled RUclips TV and I absolutely loved it I went to sling TV I got an air TV box and a really good antenna once you figure it out it's absolutely amazing
If you currently subscribe to RUclips TV you can cancel through their webpage, specify cost as reason for cancelling, and you will likely be offered to continue at $72.99 for another 6 months so your price won’t go up to $82.99 until June. I did that earlier today.
Yep, just did this, too. Although my account still does denote the $82.99 price, so we'll see what happens.
I axed cable TV when it went up to $60 CDN years ago. I never replaced it, and I don't miss it.
@@gtsuby Same here. Got the promo and email confirming, but showing 83 as well. Will have to wait and see my Jan bill.
@@drh0d3s they'll just hope you forget in June
That's still too much.
After 7 years I've just canceled - selected "cost" as the reason.. Signed up for Sling at half the price
@@TheNotaRubicon
And half the channels with a restricted DVR.
The channel owners sort of had a fresh start with the cord cutters, but of course they are going to run it into the ground again just like they did with cable. I decided to cancel back when RUclipsTV exceeded $50, so they got rid of me quite a while ago.
Same here. I think it was around $34 when i first signed up with them. What a complete Rip-Off it has become.
RUclips TV sent a email notifying me of the increase. It was scheduled to renew on Dec 15th and I wasn’t going to pay the added $10 a month increase so I cancelled the service. I don't need to watch tv that badly and I’m not willing to pay $82.99 a month. So long RUclips TV 👋🏼
A TV-free life is a blessed life.
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I axed the cable 6 yrs ago and replaced it with saving money. Never miss it.
@@GregM2022 was my axe year.
I heard that!
So you watched this video on your phone? You’re brilliant. LOL.
My internet bill is $82.99 a month. That is what I pay monthly for ALL of my video and audio entertainment unless I'm playing physical media I already own. By the way, I "cut the cable" on tv channels in the very early 2000's. I turned in my DVR back then and never looked back.
I have an indoor antenna for about 10 channels, and the rest is what I find online for my $82.99 per month. Which is WAY too much already!
82 a month?? Let me guess. No competitor in the neighborhood?
@@JeskidoYT I have COX and pay $70 a month. 1 GIG down 1 GIG up
I cut the TV cord about 3 years ago and was paying about $83 just for the cable TV alone.
@@JeskidoYT This is Spectrum territory.
$25/mo for internet for me, Comcast's second-lowest tier. Works for me. T-Mobile also has a $30/mo deal.
There is only one problem. The only reason these services will continue is for live sports. And there are not that many direct to consumer options for live sports at a lower price.
I bet you can find any live sporting event you can name being streamed from another country. You'll need a VPN probably to see it.
Yeah that's literally the only reason I pay for RUclips TV. I get it for 5 months every year to watch football then I cancel it. Time to look into less savory ways to watch...
When I was growing up, the local university's football and basketball games were shown on the local CBS affiliate. The regularly scheduled programming was preempted. Now, you're lucky to get two games a season shown over the air. No way would that be allowed to happen nowadays. The local games showed local ads, while the national programming showed much more expensive national ads.
Yup. After the Superbowl I'm cancelling RUclips TV. I get baseball from MLB directly, so I won't need it again until September. I get Max and other streaming services directly from them, so I don't need TV for that either. It was a good deal at $50 just a few years ago. Not any more.
@@javi10mobilegameplayer23 I really appreciate everything Lon does to keep us updated but I'm not looking for my local channels for news. News is free everywhere.
I'm trying to find the most affordable way to watch sports without using pirated streams.
Sometime in early 2024 there was an announcement ESPN & FOX Sports were starting a streaming service but I've never heard anything since.
Thanks!
Thank you !
I'm still saving money. I'm not paying #10/mo for three extra TV's in my house. As long as cable companies keep charging for the access boxes RUclips will still be cheaper.
Once upon a time, streaming used to be viewed as the cheaper alternative. Unfortunately, their constant price hiking undermines that claim.
i saw this coming along time ago
Unfortunately cable or satellite is no joke like $130 in my area.
@@cinemapigeon4898 Internet and almost basic cable "No movies like HBO etc." $240 in my area.
The industry was never going to sit back and earn less.
Antenna and year end deals with streaming services along with free ones like Pluto is cheap.
I watch all my local news on RUclips and that’s good enough for me
And the best part is you can choose which stories to watch vs. having to sit through the whole newscast!
@@LonSeidman I went to my local news affiliate on YT and they don't have full news programs to watch, just hundred's of 1 to 3 minute videos. Hmmm....
@@saveamerica423 Yeah generally they post each package separately.
@@saveamerica423 That's what I've found, as well. They are only posting "selected" news stories.
I don't watch TV, but the wife does and we've had RUclips TV for awhile because of it. I was excited when she sent me the e-mail about this price increase and that I could cancel RUclips TV. :)
😂😂😂 I don’t think you ever like paying for it in the first place
Thank you for this informative content. I was just about to subscribe to RUclips TV when news of the price increase came out. I agree that they are no better than cable at this point, and their price increases seem to outpace the general rate of inflation. Regular RUclips and Roku carry my fav local news channel, so I think I will just opt out of this high-priced madness for the foreseeable and try some of the alternatives you've presented. 👍
I just wanted to get through the holidays for Christmas shows. No renewal from me. I could see $3, maybe 5. $10? They are outside their minds.
RUclips TV needs to STOP paying Billions of $$ for rights to stream sports content (example: NFL) and then forcing ALL of its subscribers to subsidize overpriced sports content.
I wish I could get a non sports package IDGAF about sports
The problem is a large portion of people only subscribe because of sports. They need to make 2 packages. One sports package and one entertainment package.
@ Agree 100%, but unfortunately the companies know that no one would be able to afford the sports content without it being subsidized by all the people who don’t want to watch and pay for sports content as well.
How about putting some blame on the NFL who tell these networks or YT to pay this or forego the rights to broadcast. The NFL who cannot make enough money so they they have to stage games on Christmas Day or make up stupid new ones like black Friday.
How about not paying the players hundreds of millions of dollars?
Another option are those grey market IPTV services that I suspect are originating from Hong Kong or similar locations. The one I use was $40 for 6 months. Not only do you get US channels, but all sorts of international channels.
IPTV, they are illegal...these bad actors have been raided by FBI taken down, but they still pop up ...don't give them your personal info, you will regret it.
@@Zoyx Any suggestions for services?
@@Ray-iz7tv - Because of the nature of their business, these companies are usually "fly-by-night" operations. The first company I signed up with was called LiggityTV. One day it stopped working. I went to their web site and it was gone. Even though I have been with my current company for a couple years, I suspect it will disappear some day. You are on your own.
Google them. There are alot.
I can't wait till 2030 so I can give them $150 a month. I'm so excited!
Yehey!!!
Ha will be 2026-7 at this rate
@@curtispavlovec Probably.
By then most of these services will be long gone.
By 2030, Live TV streaming services will be considered "utilities," and the subscription cost will be lumped into your property taxes.
(You can't cancel, and you obviously can't NOT pay your property taxes)
This is super informative, thanks. It really helps me think about my budget choices and why streaming service prices are rising.
I live with my father, and caretake for him these days as he is in his early 80s with health problems. We subscribe to RUclips TV for him because it has the local channels and is the most "cable tv like" experience. Sadly, that does mean cable tv prices. We use the RUclips TV app on a Apple TV, and as simple of a remote control that thing has, my father often struggles with it. He forgets which button does what and the dexterity of his fingers is not great so he will press things by accident. For some reason, you can't just flick through channels with RUclips TV like you can with Pluto (or traditional over the air tv). That would be a HUGE bonus and it seems like a no-brainer to me. He has to hit Back to get to a channel grid every time he changes the channel. But the more complicated these industries make watching content, the more frustrating a experience it is for the older generation. I don't know, its all a big mess. If you had told people in 1994 how the state of TV watching would be in 2024, they would be dumbfounded or call you insane. Because watching tv should in no way be as problematic or expensive as it is today.
RUclips tv is not cable prices. It's for cheaper. You are just cheap
My mom was paying an obscene amount for two Comcast decoder boxes, so I got her set up with their app on the two TVs. She's constantly switching to the wrong input and asking one of us to come over and fix her broken TV.
@@thedude5040he’s discussing the interface and it is horrible. DirecTV, Sling, Hulu, and Prime have a simple guide and is easy to navigate. Being “cheap” has nothing to do with it. That being said, not everyone has the disposable income you do.
@CantankerousDave the US actually ranks dead last in adults ability to use technology against all 1st and 2nd world countries.
@@thedude5040 Welcome to 2nd grade grammar class.
I just switched to RUclips TV from DirecTV because of rate hikes. I have no problem dropping RUclips TV.
Slingtv
@cycomyco14 directv owns sling tv. So you're still paying directv
@ScottRock-mr6qk but only paying $40.....but getting rid of it after Playoffs
Earlier this year I switched to HDTV antenna+ Tablo (no subscription) and cancelled RUclips TV. I kept regular RUclips (non-TV). Could not be happier!
Unfortunately the broadcasters will be encrypting their new TV signals soon and the Tablo won't support that format. ruclips.net/video/NNTc5OWrDic/видео.html
I tried that, reception too poor.
@@mikesgarage394 Check out the Antennaman - with the right antenna you might have better luck.
@@LonSeidman Maybe, but he charges $40 for a sight unseen recommendation. That's a significant expense for some. My locals are 25 miles or less but I have two large trees in my yard directly between my house and the tower location which present reception problems.
Philo tv = 28 bucks, 70 channels, 30 days of DVR.
$12 RCA rabbit ears antenna for local stations. Plus free apps PlutoTV, Tubi, PBS, Roku
When I lived in flat Florida, I used my 20-year-old RCA rabbit ears exclusively, and they worked great. However, I now live in the mountains and channel signals do not go through or over the mountains. I will just find alternatives to RUclipsTV. Sling does not work for me, as it only offers Fox New and I definitely don't want Fox in my house.
I love Philo. It has a DVR and lots of channels. I can’t get my local stations w an antenna. Use Paramount and Peacock to get my local stations in my area to live stream CBS and NBC. $27 for both
WOW! My brother and friend are canceling their subscription! So glad I never joined and knew in time the price would go up!
I just canceled. Upgrading my over the air antenna, viewed my available channels in my area and it has almost everything I need, local news and local sports. Also, I started buying physical media again, buy what I want to watch not what the network wants.
YT TV would be smart to drop ESPN from it's lineup and offer it as an add-on for Sports junkies. Would help keep the costs down for many users. Luckily I am grandfathered on Philo with the $20 monthly plan. Also lucky I'm in a major market and get plenty of OTA broadcasts.
Sling just announced a rate increase effective 12/20/24 of $6 each for Blue and Orange.
I have cable. It is also going up dramatically year-after-year. I have pretty basic channels plus internet for $160 per month, CAS Cable in rural state.
Thanks for this very timely video and your suggestions - subscribed
This is the breaking point. Live TV is done.
Just use an antenna!
@@aytviewer2421 same, that into Plex works fine.
How close to the broadcast tower do you need to be?@@aytviewer2421
You would think with supply/demand, prices would be going down, since demand for the large bundle is way past it’s peak.
The free NFL Channel is not the NFL Network. That channel just mostly re-airs games and basic game previews during the season.
He didn't say NFL Network...he said "NFL Channel", which is accurate.
@@jasonheminger4844 NFL+ gets the nfl network. You all the replays of the games. If you get red zone that is the best way to watch the games in my opinion. It only $100 a year.
There's not many other ways to watch live sports (which I think is why A LOT of people continue paying for RUclips TV). I like watching college and pro football and that's all I subscribe to RUclips TV for. Unfortunately college football games are spread out over a bunch of networks controlled by different media conglomerates so either I pay for RUclips TV or I miss half the games.
It'd be great if someone came out with a streaming service just for live sports, but with so many hands in the cookie jar you'd end up paying just as much money as RUclips TV.
The problem with a live tv streaming service just for sports is that not many people would keep it year-round. Their subscription numbers would be flat-lined.
A million people would subscribe because football season is starting, but at the same time, a million people would be unsubscribing because baseball season just ended (for example)
@robd9921 That's true. I'm sure that happens to RUclips TV now, but they have plenty of people subscribing for the cable channels and locals to smooth things out.
@@vinyfiny ESPN, Fox and Turner Sports are trying to launch an all sports streaming service in 2025. It will be called Venu and the prove was announced at $42.99/month. It will include ESPN+
All most all those channels advertise. Why do they charge? Stupid.
Why would you pay to view anything that has ads?
Cancelled my RUclips plan yesterday. Their new price comes out to close to $1,000 a year; when I first joined back in 2020 it was high enough at I believe $62.99, then went to $72.99.
I will use the money that I save from cancelling RUclipsTV to cover the increases to both Medicare and my supplemental healthcare policy. For now, I have BritBox and may add either Peacock or Paramount, whichever is cheaper.
Thank you for your video about this. Cable is definitely not sustainable at it's current level, nor are most streaming platforms currently. At some point something is going to have to break in a very big way/the bubble is going to burst on all of this. I don't know how/when/why that will be, but it's very much coming.
I just love your eng kinda format. What made youtube awesome in 2009.
As soon as I heard the news I knew Lon wouldn’t be happy!
This why I left Direct TV and Dish. They were constantly raising their rates. Now I am searching a replacement for RUclipsTV
Very informative. A $10 a month additional bump to my account made me pause my account to see if I can live with out it. If I can, I will cancel and spend less money elsewhere,
Longtime dish customer here and totally understand why existing YTTV customers are frustrated with the continued price hikes. I’ve been paying roughly $148 (includes sports add on) a month for dish network and only have the ability to watch content on one tv. Can’t use dish anywhere on mobile without upgrading my box which will likely lead to increased monthly cost. Even at the new price, I could save around $500 a year and have limited 4K and additional features like multiview. While the increase sucks I’m sure, the whole industry is seems to be out of touch, but I’m finding YTTV to be the best option available based on my personal needs and the additional value it brings versus what I’m use to! It could be even worse!
I ended mine at $50. Guaranteed HULU TV will increase in a few months.
This was really helpful. Thank you.
This just goes to prove how much severe financial distress youtube is in. They make any excuse to demonetize content producers, and now this.
We are all paying for the NFL Sunday Ticket. Pretty obvious when RUclips bid on that they were going to pass on the costs to regular subscribers.
You hit the nail right on the head.
It seems like streaming is cable 2.0 nowadays
The old "make all customers pay for all packages" is what originally drove cutting cable. The setup only works for those with disposable income. It's time we be able to pick and pay for the channels we want. If a channel doesn't get enough customers, it shuts down.
I cut the cord about 15 years ago. Lon, one reason you can't pick only the shows you want is because cable companies, and online providers, get paid by some content to be aired. Channels like HSN and QVC pay them. So, the providers pay for some channels and get paid by others.
15 years ago eh???
@Jimmer-Space88 maybe 14. When Windows 7 was released. Actually started with Vista. Used Windows Media Center (WMC) back then. I set up an antenna, but didn't use it much for a few years because you could get local channels on cable without cable TV. It was harder back then, but still possible. Cord cutting isn't new.
It's been 16 years for me. I use an antenna and streaming. I also have a huge DVD and Blu-ray library.
Roku+TubiTV+Digital Rabbit Ears is all I need.
The best alternative is to sail the high seas. Those who know will never go back to these ridiculously high prices to watch average to lousy content.
YTTV was such a beacon of hope when it was new and $35/mo. It has increasingly become exactly like cable/satellite. Dumped it years ago. My solution: Tablo 4 tuner dvr with HD antennae. And a couple streaming services both paid and unpaid. I’m probly under $50/mo with more content than I can ever watch.
My local news posts their broadcast on YT ad-free after a couple hours, no need to pay for stuff like that.
You're still paying for it via your internet bill.Or, you know, you could plug an antenna into the back of your TV.
Too bad houses don't come with outside antennas anymore. Over the air sucks when you don't live near a bigger city. We were sold out by politicians again when we switched to digital. We use to get locals free but they are increasingly trying to find ways to monetize the viewer while still getting advertising money.
Thank you for this video. I forgot about the alternatives
I use RUclips TV because it's the only streaming service I've found where I can share 1 account with my parents and my grandmother. This still sucks, but it's a hell of a lot cheaper still then my family having to pay for their own accounts.
I don’t even subscribe to RUclips TV but another price increase during the time of year when people’s wallets are spread the most thin is an out of touch move that’ll hopefully come back to bite them sooner rather than later.
Thank you, very timely topic. I love RUclips TV but enough is enough and it's time to seriously plan on moving to alternatives.
Antennas only work in metropolitan areas.
Not true - I'm about 50 miles out here and able to receive OTA
@@LonSeidman 50 miles from metropolitan areas is still limiting. i'm 130 miles from meto areas and put up two fairly expensive antennae on a 25 foot pole and still only get two local channels. i've been a dish network subscriber for 28 years but i'm gonna cancel now that its over 180 per month. sucks, there is just no good options. not to mention, internet is also expensive out here in the boonies. oh well, still prefer living in the sticks.
Thx for the heads-up as I just fake canceled my YT-TV Base Plan due to "Cost" and redeemed the $10/mo off credit for 6 months with the Retention program... I truly hope better options come out later in 2025 because at this rate YT-TV will cost the same as cable before you know it!!!
Another nightmare is Fanduel has taken over one of the sports channels. That means when watching a basketball game you see Fanduel logos and the flow of the game interrupted by multiple Fanduel commercials. Television has become a series of commercials interrupted by programming.
They did us a favor. We looked around and saved a ton of money. We choose programing that we are interested in and got rid of programming that we had no interest in.
The key feature I need is recording so I can watch shows when I want and skip ads. What solutions are there for that outside of RUclips TV? I cannot get antenna TV as reception is very poor. If there's a solution for that I would definitely dump YTTV.
The price is getting more and more closer to cable, and it doesn't have the quality of cable. For example, cable is better for sporting events, since the delay is significantly smaller.
So what is the point?
the point is to empty your wallet
RUclips TV is expensive because it's cable TV 2.0
Google is your TV cable TV provider and your streaming device is your cable box.
When people say I'm getting rid of cable and then sign up for RUclips TV they didn't get rid of cable TV at all.
Good point , the cost to stream is costly maybe 60 to 75 monthly plus a subscription service. Id never pay that much. 30 or so over the air free channels, great reception, signal not compressed is fine with me.
The DVR recording capability of YTTV is better than cable. The YTTV app works on mobile, ipad, etc., so you can start watching on tv and continue later on your ipad.
I had RUclips TV because where I live in South Dakota, I can’t get anything over antenna and it was cheaper than cable.
Now, it’s as expensive as cable
Good god man. I used to pay $40 a month in Korea for gigabit Ethernet AND 300 channels of cable. I spend $150 now in the US. add the other subscriptions most people have and no wonder everyone here is living on credit.
We pay around $40 a month for my streaming services and we have 6 different streaming services.
You're lucky. My cable plus internet just went up to 267.
South Korea has had great pricing for cell phones, data plans, home internet, etc for 15-20 years. Around 2015, I had faster internet on my cellphone with a $35 a month plan than I had at home in the states for $70 plus $35 for the cellphone plan at that time. Our system is great for investors, not so great for the people.
it hurts to be poor here, the people who spend freely without thought drive up prices for everyone.
I bought a Sears Beta Video Recorder in 1977 and started recording every Movie and TV Show I could, I replaced it with a RCA VHS/DVD Reorder and then in 2005 bought a TV Tuner for my Windows 7 Media Center HP Laptop and rcorded the heck out of it, filling up HDD after HDD. Now with ATSC 3.0 and DRM I guess I am done, but I figure I got everything I might want. I knew greed has only begun. A $10 increase on RUclips is only the beginning.
bows and tips hat!
Two words for you. Super box❤❤❤
I’d like to see pay raises proportional to this type of increase. Who do they think they are? That’s a 14% raise in one year.
How about 50% property tax increase.
One thing I really enjoy about RUclips TV is the ability to record programs. This way I watch when I want to.
You can do that with Philo too. It’s $28 a month
What's being overlooked is the cost of Internet service. Locally it's about 55, I don't have it tho I saw a commentor pays 75 plus the subscription costs. I rarely watch TV so the 30 or so free on air channels r fine with me.
Used sling for years starting in like 2014/15. Thinking I was an early subscriber and got the combination package for the same price as just 1. However, I didn't get new features that they started rolling out. Forgot to update my card and got booted out of my promo. Realized we weren't watching it enough to keep it going so didn't sign back up. However, while we had it, it worked well.
@@jcwatkins6 sling is wassup
You know with Sinclair and their buddies in the WH, costs will continue to go up.
Those $20 Onn Streaming Box from Walmart has Live TV Built in from Plex/Tubi/Pluto
There are so many free services, Free Sling, Free Prime, Pluto, Plex, Xumo and of course You Tube.
Where we live we cannot get the local network channels over the air due to distance from the towers. Complicates our selection process.
I don't watch to much TV anymore. Thinking of getting one of those gateway devices.
I really like RUclipsTV. However, the cost is getting higher than I am willing to pay for a year. I am a sports fan, so I may cancel April through August when there aren’t any football or basketball games.
My understanding is you can pause your service, so you don't have to keep resubscribing.
I was thinking about switching to RUclips TV but its price is getting closer to what I’m paying for cable.
I have direct tv. Not direct tv stream but my subscription is still through the internet. I have to be honest that for 117 a month i love it. That price is with the sports package included. I had to agree to 2 years but at least i know my price wont change for that period of time. Tv is expensive. If you dont love live sports its probably not worth it. But, i do and am willing to pay for it.
I've been a youtube user since 2018. I'm in the country and I can't get local channels with an antenna. I need a provider for local channels but Sling isn't available here for local. I don't watch any sports channels at all. I really like TCM and FXM which youtube offers. Comcast packaged TCM with their sports channel. I absolutely refuse to pay for a sports channel and that's why I left Comcast.
I also like to have dvr capability to omit commercial times. RUclips is just too expensive. I wish they would create a smaller package for some of us. As of now I am relying on Samsung TV Plus for local news and RUclips for news clips. It feels isolating.
Sling is now $50 per month.
I still have cable and I've tried trials of RUclips TV and Hulu Live TV. Both would have saved me about 80 dollars a month which isn't enough considering how much worse the experience is than cable. Maybe if the difference gets to more like 100 dollars I'll reconsider.
Hey Lon, why wont anyone offer and ala carte service?
Lon. To be clear, the original YTTV $35 price was offered at a huge loss to try to hook the rubes who didn’t understand the model. The price was ALWAYS $70-80.
*The pirates rejoice* keep on raising those prices 😁😁🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm cancelling RUclips TV. The most frustrating thing is there are more ads in the programming too. That was the straw that broke the camels back for me.
Get RUclips premium. It's only $15 a month for commercial free TV and millions upon millions of channels. It has all the features of cable TV without the price. Got it a few years ago and canceled my cable and I've never looked back.
I'm about to cut out watching RUclips videos as well. The amount of ads that pop up, many in the middle of videos now, is something I will no longer accept. I tried RUclips TV and it was too expensive and full of the same old crap. Books and magazines are looking better and better with each passing day. Perhaps newspapers will make a comeback. 😆
Use the adblock browser. No ads with RUclips. There aren't any ads in my huge DVD and Blu-ray library either.
I’ve been a YTTV member since it was $35. I can’t do this anymore. We’ve cut all our streaming channels except YTTV. The problem is that there aren’t good sports alternatives. I’ve got an OTA antenna and it gives me all locals except CBS.
Local TV channels in my area are just silly and I bet many other people think the same for their areas. With decreasing demand I'm not sure what leverage local channels really have. I think they'll go the same way as newspapers. Just cold reality.
Been trying DirecTV Stream HDMI Wi-Fi dongle & remote, decent but basic package doesn’t include Lifetime, and a bit unstable at times, buggy more often than the last 25 years of TiVo. The remote is a bit hard to operate by feel alone, perhaps they’ll get the next remote right (all gear is leased).
Unfortunately, there aren't many options to get Turner Classic Movie channel. Where are they?
Looking at all these alternatives. But am I missing something? Fubo doesn't seem to have a free tier, or if it does I definitely cannot find it.
I believe that was a mistake, he probably meant TUBI not FUBO which is even more expensive than RUclips TV
In the end there is no perfect solution...just a bunch of compromises that you have to choose between.
Number go up also 83 so, how long until the Teen Titans Go live stream? Looks like I was right about cord-cutting meaning pocket tvs. Remember to ask around in the different local coffee shops if they have a charging Outlet you can use. Sometimes it's built right into the front underside of the booth
I stopped paying for TV 2 years or so ago. I miss it sometimes, but not enough to pay these crazy prices.
My biggest reason for cancelling Live TV/ Cable is because the bulk of my show's got cancelled or final season