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OT: Cutting the Cable Cord

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pistola Keepin' it đź’Ż

Over the past few years I’ve gone from DirecTv ($150/mo) to Vue ($80/mo) which was awesome until it was canceled) to YTTV ($55/mo). With Covid, none of the few shows I like are anywhere near being released and now aim not even watching sports or ESPN because fuck Woke ESPN. I get my news from YouTube and Google News (so I can see both sides - Fox, HuffPost, Politico, Al Jazeera, etc.) I think over the last two weeks I watched a few things on Food Network and an episode or two of that 60 day Fiancé Show or whatever it is (yes I like Darcy’s juicy tits.). I will keep Netflix and Amazon Prime and I have Showtime thru Amazon Prime. Don’t have HBO because all their new shows are super-woke. Without sports I just don’t see the need.

Any of you cut out cable wholly since Covid?

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ime
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No cable for years, I use SlingTV for $40 a month, have Amazon Prime and Netflix. Use a HD Antenna for regular TV though it usually only during football season. I usually get the NFL Ticket which has an app on my Roku but I probably won't this year since the games are gonna probably stink and will just cast the streams I can find to my TV through Chromecast.

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I don’t have cable

I rent movies at my local video store. Yes, video stores still exist and they are way cooler than Netflix 👍

And I know a website in which I can stream most of the major sports for free, including ANY NFL game and the quality is good and I get very little to no buffering

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Reddit usually has lists of streams for games. If not shoot me a message, i may need it this year.

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I have YouTube-TV (YTTV), seemed a like a good value - when YTTV started a couple of years I think it started at $35/mo - it's increased w/ time and channels-added - it recently went up again from $55/mo to ~$65/mo after they added a few more channels including Comedy-Central - seems a bit hard to find a package that has the channels-you-want/best-price - IDK the inner-workings of these things but I assume often times they don't have a lot of choice w.r.t. increasing prices, there seems to be a lot of interest$ involved - I assume channels like ESPN charge the carriers an-arm-and-a-leg and it's a big reason for the increasing costs - paying these primadonnas like LeBron $40+million per year, that cost is gonna get past down to you and I w/ a multiple of interest$ taking their cut along the way.

I too can do w/o ESPN b/c of the woke BS - I'm currently not watching any sports b/c of it except Formula-1 and MotoGP (with Formula-1 being shown on ESPN) - I have about 70-channels on YTTV but only watch about 5 or so - my fave channel is "The Smithsonian Channel" since I don't have "The History Channel" - I also watch "National Geographic" but not as much as Smithsonian - and watch a few other things in 2 or 3 other channels - def would be nice if one could choose the channels one wants a-la-carte but the providers are like handtied w.r.t. that to a large extent since they probably have to tack-on a certain # of channels to get the best price possible and offset expensive vs cheap channels.

Sports and Entertainment are a HUGE biz so I can only imagine prices rising more although I'm currently turned-off by most of it and don't watch it like I used to.

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Muddy
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Cable is gone and I do mlb.tv for baseball.

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mark94
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SlingTV is the best value.

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Hannathedog79
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No cable for about 5 years. Don't even have a TV anymore. Netflix and mlb.com are all I have. Following D-2 basketball in the winter (while it was happening) via the school websites. Been reading a lot more, which is a good thing. Generally, the books are far better than the movies.

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I haven’t subscribed to cable since I separated / divorced almost 10 years ago. Don’t really miss cable at all. I have antennas pointing that pull in the Baltimore and Washington DC stations to a DVR. And Amazon Prime & Netflix. I only care to watch four or five sporting events a year, so I’ll go to a sports bar or even SC on those occasions.

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I had directtv, $180 a month for just TV, I have spectrum online tv ( pick 15 or so channels plus basic for $30ish and works on my phone as well, HBO for a little extra) netflix, hulu, Disney +, Amazon prime and internet for around $120 a month. Literally I had more TV during Covid than I needed. Spectrum as lets you get AMC, history and a bunch of other channels Apps. Cant imagen Cable or satellite will be a thing much longer.

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I quit cable TV about 10 years ago. I am a movie buff but really don't like the cheap made for TV movies or series type shows. I have Netflix, Hulu/Starz that I pay for and I have add Tubi TV which is free with limited commercials. It has lots of old but good movies. Tonight I watched "It's a mad mad mad mad world" that came out about 50+years ago. Talk about nostalgia!

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Icey
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Regular tv is good enough. And any show can be found for free online

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pistola
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Thx for the replies gents, going to cut out YTTV and see how it goes.

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Warrior15
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Cable is the fastest and most reliable internet provider though. Until that changes, I"m not sure I"m going to cut the cord.

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skibum609
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Wr have cable. Irs $55 a month. Probably 200 channels. Mlb and NFL in basic package. Three stooges in 10 minutes.

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rickdugan
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I wish I could cut the chord, but we have a few favorite channels that we can't get in one place otherwise, including a couple that still have exclusive satellite/cable deals. Once my kids are older it will probably get easier.

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TheElmerFudd
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i only watch sports, and i have youtubetv as that fits what i want best. i only get internet through the cable company.

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RandomMember
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We have Netflix and Amazon Prime and it's tempting to cut the cord entirely. But Dish is dirt cheap and it's not cost effective to let them go...at least not yet.

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shailynn
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Wife likes a few TV shows and I like sports when they're actually happening. Right now I pay $131 a month for cable and internet.

One cool thing, my cable provider recently added an app that you can run through a ROKU, or a newer model VIZIO, Samsung or LG TV. You can get all your channels through the app, no need to run cable or need for a cable box or cable card. Pretty cool, I wanted to put a TV in every room in the house but I was talked out of it. I don't know what's the point I didn't turn on the TV since March until the other day when the NBA playoffs started.

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Jascoi
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The only time i had satellite was in northern arizona for the wife. after our split (and divorce) no satellite or cable. i get 40 channels on antenna tv at my arizona casa. my cabin in the southern california gets NO antenna tv and i won’t pay for cable or satellite. i’m just not at the cabin enough to justify the cost. besides that money is better spent on a sexy girl interaction.

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