I have the one pay service -Philo – which is the “cable replacement” without sports and the various “news” [news/analysis/opinion/propaganda/rant] channels. I’m grandfathered in at $16/month and there’s unlimited cloud DVR [1 month to 1 year storage]. It has what I want, some I don’t care for.
I subscribe to four services, but I mostly just watch YouTube. It’s one of the four, even though I could watch it for free with ads. I’m tempted to get Hulu too so I can watch Futurama. Maybe this winter when I have more time at home.
Still have cable and pay an exorbitant price but we don’t travel or go out much so choose to spend our “vacation” money on home entertainment with multiple tv’s, dvr boxes, dvds, etc. We’ve recently tried streaming (to get college football when our cable company, which I refuse to name, took the sports channels off recently due to a dispute with a provider, who shall also remain nameless) and have had free trials of Fubo and YouTube TV. They were fun to try but we still prefer the “style of use” of cable.
I’m skeptical of all monthly subscriptions. People tend to fixate on the reasonable monthly price, forgetting that it’s gonna cost 12 times that much every year.
I don’t even want to think about how much I spend on the various streaming services each month. Between YouTube TV, Disney plus, peacock, HBO max, apple TV, Netflix, hulu and amazon prime, It’s enough to drive you crazy if you think about it too hard. Especially when the whole premise of streaming was that you could pay for only what you watch (I watch at least 1 show on each of the above services, but they are of course not on the same schedule so I probably could cancel them part of the year and save money – but that is a level of logistics I don’t want to spend time managing). And that it would cost less than cable! LMAO!
Just a general question, after reading these comments about streaming and cable fees: when do you find the time to watch all of that pay televsion?. We still have our antenna, and of course this connection to the internet. That’s it.
We never paid for cable or are even thinking of streaming charges. We have all the old TV shows on our TV, and then through our library we can access all the shows that our friends and/or family might suggest…
The only steaming service I pay for is Frndly. A lot of older shows I like on the various channels and have an antenna for local but we only seem to use it for Packers games.
When cable first came out, it promised to give you tons of channels. Then they started splitting off into more and more different “packages” associated with all these “premium” channels. It got increasingly expensive to watch the things you actually wanted to watch, while the basics stuff was just a whole lotta basically the same crap. Then Netflix moved beyond its original DVD-by-mail scheme and introduced a streaming service that changed the game; people started dropping those expensive cable packages for a single streaming service they could watch. And then new streaming services started coming, and now the problem is so, so, so much worse than it ever was with the cable packages.
Blu Bunny about 1 year ago
Yep, you’re insane all right! Hooked on paying to watch them. NOT me!
RickTengle about 1 year ago
it’s no cheaper than old fashioned cable
Wishingonastar about 1 year ago
Ubintold about 1 year ago
I don’t need no stinkin’ streaming services.
[Unnamed Reader - 8bb645] about 1 year ago
I have the one pay service -Philo – which is the “cable replacement” without sports and the various “news” [news/analysis/opinion/propaganda/rant] channels. I’m grandfathered in at $16/month and there’s unlimited cloud DVR [1 month to 1 year storage]. It has what I want, some I don’t care for.
Jeff0811 about 1 year ago
Hard to believe at one time I was paying over $200.00 a month for cable, so I can watch 5 shows on three channels every week.
BenGMan about 1 year ago
Are you ok Darryl?
Ermine Notyours about 1 year ago
I subscribe to four services, but I mostly just watch YouTube. It’s one of the four, even though I could watch it for free with ads. I’m tempted to get Hulu too so I can watch Futurama. Maybe this winter when I have more time at home.
einarbt about 1 year ago
Just got one. That will have to do.
H&M about 1 year ago
We use 2 streaming services Netflix and Hulu.
And also Xfinity I don’t know if Xfinity count as streaming service.
Mugens Premium Member about 1 year ago
I have more than I should have, but I’m not complaining yet. When I do, I’ll start paring them down.
hariseldon59 about 1 year ago
I’d consider Xfinity a cable service rather than streaming.
GerryRoss about 1 year ago
Streaming? BOSH! I stick to DVD’s. And I hit for oodles of cartoons.
hariseldon59 about 1 year ago
Had to subscribe to Hulu this summer after they brought back Futurama.
Ignatz Premium Member about 1 year ago
I have one. That’s plenty. I really don’t need more than hundreds of choices.
rmercer Premium Member about 1 year ago
If I have heard of any streaming services, I have ignored and instantly forgotten them….
CrimsonOne18 about 1 year ago
Still have cable and pay an exorbitant price but we don’t travel or go out much so choose to spend our “vacation” money on home entertainment with multiple tv’s, dvr boxes, dvds, etc. We’ve recently tried streaming (to get college football when our cable company, which I refuse to name, took the sports channels off recently due to a dispute with a provider, who shall also remain nameless) and have had free trials of Fubo and YouTube TV. They were fun to try but we still prefer the “style of use” of cable.
colddonkey about 1 year ago
I’ll watch FreeVee, Tubi and Pluto. I don’t mind the commercial breaks as you never know when you’ll need a bladder break.
Hickory about 1 year ago
I’m skeptical of all monthly subscriptions. People tend to fixate on the reasonable monthly price, forgetting that it’s gonna cost 12 times that much every year.
Chris about 1 year ago
what’s the price for sanity. ;)
ctolson about 1 year ago
Only stream the basic package from my provider and that’s expensive enough.
medaman15 about 1 year ago
All you really need is Max and Hulu and Tubi; and with ads that’s like $18 (as of 2023)
jhpeanut about 1 year ago
Glad I’m not connected to all that. Books and youtube on history (which is crazier than fantasy/fiction), cooking, and education.
jrankin1959 about 1 year ago
Only $65 a month?
Zen-of-Zinfandel about 1 year ago
I’m okay with just the digital antenna.
ilovecomics*infinity about 1 year ago
I don’t even want to think about how much I spend on the various streaming services each month. Between YouTube TV, Disney plus, peacock, HBO max, apple TV, Netflix, hulu and amazon prime, It’s enough to drive you crazy if you think about it too hard. Especially when the whole premise of streaming was that you could pay for only what you watch (I watch at least 1 show on each of the above services, but they are of course not on the same schedule so I probably could cancel them part of the year and save money – but that is a level of logistics I don’t want to spend time managing). And that it would cost less than cable! LMAO!
IndyW about 1 year ago
Disney+ is going up, that’s insane!
rick92040 about 1 year ago
I subscribe then ben watch for a month or two then cancel.
1JennyJenkins about 1 year ago
Just a general question, after reading these comments about streaming and cable fees: when do you find the time to watch all of that pay televsion?. We still have our antenna, and of course this connection to the internet. That’s it.
We never paid for cable or are even thinking of streaming charges. We have all the old TV shows on our TV, and then through our library we can access all the shows that our friends and/or family might suggest…
curtlyon19 about 1 year ago
we here (western U.S.) spend more but I see a lot cant afford that
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 1 year ago
To ask the question is to answer the question.
The Quiet One about 1 year ago
I got to go with Daryl on this one.
ChrisTrey about 1 year ago
My cable is almost $200 a month now – only my husband watches it. I do need the included internet connection, but it’s is getting out of hand.
John Jorgensen about 1 year ago
Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t.
dbrucepm about 1 year ago
The only steaming service I pay for is Frndly. A lot of older shows I like on the various channels and have an antenna for local but we only seem to use it for Packers games.
cafed00d Premium Member about 1 year ago
I pay $$$ each month for the privilege of being able to click through several hundred channels before declaring nothing’s on and turning the TV off.
calliarcale about 1 year ago
When cable first came out, it promised to give you tons of channels. Then they started splitting off into more and more different “packages” associated with all these “premium” channels. It got increasingly expensive to watch the things you actually wanted to watch, while the basics stuff was just a whole lotta basically the same crap. Then Netflix moved beyond its original DVD-by-mail scheme and introduced a streaming service that changed the game; people started dropping those expensive cable packages for a single streaming service they could watch. And then new streaming services started coming, and now the problem is so, so, so much worse than it ever was with the cable packages.
_buddy about 1 year ago
hard to say no to streaming!
ToneeRhianRose 8 months ago
Haha! (^▽^)