Discussion

• @mcmatt1033 Matt McClearin on x

  Big problem with this: I cut the cord because I didn't want all the damn channels. @YouTubeTV is adding 8 channels I don't care about but yet, I have to pay for them. Not the trend you want to see. https://twitter.com/...

• @teslatunity Michael Bodner on x

  Exactly as I predicted — cutting the cord costs the same as “the cord”. The problem isn't the cord, the problem is bundles including channels we don't want. What we all really want is a la carte channel selection — wake me up when someone offers that and I actually save money... …

• @youtubetv YouTube TV on x

  YouTube TV recently turned 3 years old. As we work to build the best TV experience possible, we have a few updates. This includes major additions in channels and an updated price. Read the full blog here → https://youtube.googleblog.com/ ...

• @macfaulkner Mac Faulkner on x

  How does YouTube TV think anyone is going to pay the same amount as all the major streaming services COMBINED: Netflix 4k: $15.99 Hulu (no-ads): $11.99 HBO Max: $14.99 Apple TV+: $4.99 Prime: $9.91 Disney+: $6.99 Total: $64.86 YouTube TV: $64.99 /mo https://www.theverge.com/...

• @ibogost Ian Bogost on x

  How's that cord cutting going? https://techcrunch.com/...

• @rampcapitalllc @rampcapitalllc on x

  They got ratioed pretty good https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @stevesi Steven Sinofsky on x

  YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99 https://www.theverge.com/... via @Verge // Unbundle tv they said. It will be cheaper they said.

• @trengriffin Tren Griffin on x

  1/ “Wholesale transfer pricing power” is a phenomenon I've written about often. If you don't understand this power, you can't understand something like a YouTube TV price increase. The best way to teach people about it is to tell a story about John Malone. https://techcrunch.com/…

• @karlbode @karlbode on x

  ingenious business strategy in pissing off a target market already hyper sensitive to high TV prices in the middle of a financial crisis https://twitter.com/...

• @theperezhilton Perez on x

  In the middle of a pandemic YouTube just increased their prices by $15! That makes A LOT of sense! To someone other than me! https://tinyurl.com/...

• @modestproposal1 Modest Proposal on x

  I stand corrected. The plan was to raise prices 25% and then raise them 30%. https://twitter.com/...

• @gartenberg Michael Gartenberg on x

  Well, it was a good idea but the economics were never going to work. One reason why Apple has stayed out of this game. Networks could never give Apple what it would need to make a cable alternative work. https://twitter.com/...

• @dontwalkrun @dontwalkrun on x

  Only reason I have YouTubeTV is so that I can record news shows and have easier access to make clips for the channel. I wish they would stop adding channels. Don't need 99% of what's there now! I'll see if my tax guy can still write all of this off... https://www.theverge.com/...

• @nealmohan Neal Mohan on x

  Some news for our @YouTubeTV customers. Eight news channels from @ViacomCBS , recent improvements like a new Live Guide on desktop and more viewing controls, and an updated price. Read more... https://youtube.googleblog.com/ ... via @youtube

• @jeffersongraham Jefferson Graham on x

  This stinks: @YouTubeTV just raised their monthly prices to $65, the highest of any of the providers, and tries to justify by telling us about all the additional channels. It's cable all over again. https://youtube.googleblog.com/ ...

• @scottagness Scott Agness on x

  .@YouTubeTV, which launched at $35/month in 2017 and is currently $50/month, is raising its monthly cost to $65 after July 30. Soon, we may all return to cable bundling after all. https://youtube.googleblog.com/ ...

• @firstadopter Tae Kim on x

  Google raises YouTube TV per month price to $64.99 from $49.99. The virtual MVPD business as an economies-of-scale play never made any sense https://youtube.googleblog.com/ ...

• @joeovies Joe Ovies on x

  The cord cutting dream has been dead for a while now. Content costs money. Especially sports content. Those costs get passed down to you one way or another. https://twitter.com/...

• @uoflsheriff50 Mark Blankenbaker on x

  In March @YouTubeTV dropped a number of sports channels that brought a large amount of fans onto the platform. Now a significant price increase & none of the additional channels are sports Early adopters probably shopping for the promise cutting the cord originally offered https:…

• @joshhemsley Josh Hemsley on x

  Remember when it only cost $30/mo? At what point is this just considered cable again? Paying for a bunch of channels I don't want. https://twitter.com/...

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x

  By moving from $50/month to $65/month for just one streaming service, we've finally made cord cutting just as expensive and less convenient than having a cable subscription. Inconceivable that Comcast's actually winning on customer experience at this point. https://twitter.com/..…

• @amandamull Amanda Mull on x

  being very “cool” and “before my time” by still having cable https://twitter.com/...

• @datnofact @datnofact on x

  Well that's one way to destroy a service I guess. https://twitter.com/...

• @dcseifert Dan Seifert on x

  the premise of over-the-top streaming services maintaining a lower price than their cable counterparts was always a temporary fantasy https://www.theverge.com/...

• @alex_kirshner Alex Kirshner on x

  It's been a fun journey: subscribing to YouTube TV when it was a great deal, saying “ah that's tough but no big deal” when the price went up to $50, and now realizing we've closed the circle at $65 https://twitter.com/...

• @binarybits Timothy B. Lee on x

  It's kind of funny seeing tech companies try to reproduce a cable bundle and finding that it costs about the same as what cable companies charge. https://youtube.googleblog.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @backlon Dieter Bohn on x

  YouTube TV is $65 a month now. I wonder what the licensing costs for these channels would be if fewer of them were owned by cable network that compete directly with OTT TV services. https://www.theverge.com/...