<story><title>YouTube TV, which costs $73 a month, agrees to end &quot;$600 less than cable&quot; ads</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/youtube-tv-which-costs-73-a-month-agrees-to-end-600-less-than-cable-ads/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>paxys</author><text>Are people here really so young that they never had to deal with traditional cable subscriptions? Let me tell you what it was like. You signed up for Comcast, paid a $50+ installation fee, prayed that the technician would even show up in the allotted window, paid $100-150 month for basic service, paid for a cable box&amp;#x2F;modem rental, paid for HD, paid for DVR, paid for each extra TV in your house, paid for premium channels, paid for on-demand, paid for sports packages, and then watched a shit load of ads to cap it all off. Complaining that YouTube TV is too pricey or is making things worse just shows that you don&amp;#x27;t know of the media world outside of YouTube and Netflix.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>time0ut</author><text>Ah, don’t forget the incredible experience of calling Comcast customer service because your special promotional rate expired and your monthly bill went up 25%, or the free HBO promotion that you couldn’t opt out of expired and you are paying $10 more, or any of half a dozen other anti consumer nonsense some scumbag at Comcast dreamt up. The most outrageous was one some Comcast rep called me to tell me I qualified for a free DVR upgrade because I was such a loyal customer. By loyal I guess they meant captive, but ok. I don’t watch TV and only had a TV package cause it was somehow cheaper than just internet due to some promotion, but sure whatever. Turns out by free he meant like an extra $30 per month. Took me a few billing cycles to notice. I had never even unboxed it. They refunded me after several hours on the phone. I should have invoiced them for my time. I got rid of them as soon as I had an alternative.</text></comment>
<story><title>YouTube TV, which costs $73 a month, agrees to end &quot;$600 less than cable&quot; ads</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/youtube-tv-which-costs-73-a-month-agrees-to-end-600-less-than-cable-ads/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>paxys</author><text>Are people here really so young that they never had to deal with traditional cable subscriptions? Let me tell you what it was like. You signed up for Comcast, paid a $50+ installation fee, prayed that the technician would even show up in the allotted window, paid $100-150 month for basic service, paid for a cable box&amp;#x2F;modem rental, paid for HD, paid for DVR, paid for each extra TV in your house, paid for premium channels, paid for on-demand, paid for sports packages, and then watched a shit load of ads to cap it all off. Complaining that YouTube TV is too pricey or is making things worse just shows that you don&amp;#x27;t know of the media world outside of YouTube and Netflix.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>NegativeK</author><text>We were paying about $350 for internet + the full package to get sports.&lt;p&gt;Now it&amp;#x27;s $60 for faster internet and $73 for TV. The ads are infuriating, but it&amp;#x27;s less than half the cost for pretty much the same TV experience. This is a very clear upgrade.</text></comment>