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Posted: 11/15/2019 3:51:38 PM EDT
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Weird, these companies bait suckers in telling them it’s cheaper than cable but then increase fees?
Who could have seen that coming? |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 3:51:44 PM EDT
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I have been a sling user for 2 years now. I don't watch a ton of TV, but the shows I want I get.
They haven't raised the rates since I got it, and the quality has improved a bit. (When I first got it the streaming was mediocre) |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 3:59:16 PM EDT
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On top of the monthly charge, do they hit you with fees and tax? |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:00:54 PM EDT
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Just saw the email about the rate increase. I've not been happy with them recently anyway. Going to look at youtubeTV.
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:01:02 PM EDT
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On top of the monthly charge, do they hit you with fees and tax? |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:02:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:09:13 PM EDT
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Damn, can't believe it's spiraled like that. I used to watch hulu for free when I got divorced, nearly every season of Stargate.
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:15:05 PM EDT
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Weird, these companies bait suckers in telling them it’s cheaper than cable but then increase fees? Who could have seen that coming? |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:17:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI have no use for live streams myself. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:19:07 PM EDT
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I have been a sling user for 2 years now. I don't watch a ton of TV, but the shows I want I get. They haven't raised the rates since I got it, and the quality has improved a bit. (When I first got it the streaming was mediocre) |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:21:29 PM EDT
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They're all going to raise their rates to where you may as well keep you cable
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:22:15 PM EDT
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Not just no but hell no. I haven't paid for anything with commercials for about 20 years now and I don't see myself starting anytime soon. If they make money from showing me commercials, why aren't they paying me to watch them? Screw that.
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:25:23 PM EDT
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Netflix is still pretty cheap. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Weird, these companies bait suckers in telling them it’s cheaper than cable but then increase fees? Who could have seen that coming? I’m just saying everything subscription based will increase. They got ya hooked. (Along with EVERYTHING else but) I have some friends who do this stuff and some stuff I would like on one carrier and other stuff I’d want from another carrier. How many different sub services do I have to have to get the 10% content (combined) I want to watch? 3-4? That adds up to a lot plus internet. It’s a scam in my eyes, most things monthly based are to “hide” how much it is actually costing the consumer. Take Spotify, $10/mo not bad but $120/yr to listen to music? I better be listening to that shit 10 hrs a day every day for that much. I can buy a pretty darn decent radio for that much so you are paying the bribe for no commercials (until everyone is a subscriber) |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:27:10 PM EDT
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Didn’t that start out at like $6.99/mo? What is it now? I’m just saying everything subscription based will increase. They got ya hooked. (Along with EVERYTHING else but) I have some friends who do this stuff and some stuff I would like on one carrier and other stuff I’d want from another carrier. How many different sub services do I have to have to get the 10% content (combined) I want to watch? 3-4? That adds up to a lot plus internet. It’s a scam in my eyes, most things monthly based are to “hide” how much it is actually costing the consumer. Take Spotify, $10/mo not bad but $120/yr to listen to music? I better be listening to that shit 10 hrs a day every day for that much. I can buy a pretty darn decent radio for that much so you are paying the bribe for no commercials (until everyone is a subscriber) |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:31:34 PM EDT
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You guys are kidding yourselves if you thinking streaming will reamin cheaper then cable in the near future.
They traded growth for cheap prices to kill cable. Now that everyone has or is switching and cable is dying they can start jacking up prices. WTF did you "cut the cable" guys think was going to happen? You really think they wouldnt care about their bottom line at some point? |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:32:59 PM EDT
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Anyone have problems with their IP address using Hulu Live?
I have to pay extra for a static IP and I’ve read you get “verify location” error messages. And you can only get 4 or 5 before you’re locked out if you don’t have a static IP |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:34:24 PM EDT
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I think it was less during the days of the DVD. I think the current price is reasonable for what you get at today at $8.99 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Didn’t that start out at like $6.99/mo? What is it now? I’m just saying everything subscription based will increase. They got ya hooked. (Along with EVERYTHING else but) I have some friends who do this stuff and some stuff I would like on one carrier and other stuff I’d want from another carrier. How many different sub services do I have to have to get the 10% content (combined) I want to watch? 3-4? That adds up to a lot plus internet. It’s a scam in my eyes, most things monthly based are to “hide” how much it is actually costing the consumer. Take Spotify, $10/mo not bad but $120/yr to listen to music? I better be listening to that shit 10 hrs a day every day for that much. I can buy a pretty darn decent radio for that much so you are paying the bribe for no commercials (until everyone is a subscriber) 
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:34:36 PM EDT
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You guys are kidding yourselves if you thinking streaming will reamin cheaper then cable in the near future. They traded growth for cheap prices to kill cable. Now that everyone has or is switching and cable is dying they can start jacking up prices. WTF did you "cut the cable" guys think was going to happen? You really think they wouldnt care about their bottom line at some point? |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:36:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I pay for the $16.99/month version since I got my 4k TV. It's worth it for the stuff that is 4k. The Planet Earth/Blue Planet stuff is amazing |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:39:41 PM EDT
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Put up an antenna and get free over the air v like we had in the old days. I love my antenna.
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:39:44 PM EDT
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Dumped Nutflix a while back and told DirecTV Now to take a hike when they went to 60.
Now have Philo, $20 a mo and no buffering |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:42:40 PM EDT
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Hulu has been a good option for us that I like better than strictly cable. Live TV, no-ads Hulu on demand, ESPN+, and Disney+ for about $60 a month. They bundle Hulu, ESPN+, and Disney+ together so when Disney+ came out it was essentially free with the 3 bundled. Ill take that for $60 a month vs. cable which is just whatever is playing on each channel at the time.
This will be about $10 a month increase for us so $70. I'd love it if we lived in an area with good OTA reception but we're in a natural valley with a high side in between us and where the TV towers mostly come from. When I've done online channel searches for our address we'd get 2-3 shit channels at best. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:44:54 PM EDT
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I think it was less during the days of the DVD. I think the current price is reasonable for what you get at today at $8.99 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Didn’t that start out at like $6.99/mo? What is it now? I’m just saying everything subscription based will increase. They got ya hooked. (Along with EVERYTHING else but) I have some friends who do this stuff and some stuff I would like on one carrier and other stuff I’d want from another carrier. How many different sub services do I have to have to get the 10% content (combined) I want to watch? 3-4? That adds up to a lot plus internet. It’s a scam in my eyes, most things monthly based are to “hide” how much it is actually costing the consumer. Take Spotify, $10/mo not bad but $120/yr to listen to music? I better be listening to that shit 10 hrs a day every day for that much. I can buy a pretty darn decent radio for that much so you are paying the bribe for no commercials (until everyone is a subscriber) But how many have that plus a couple or few other ones. They see people will pay it and they come out on top so we’ll be seeing most everything be subscription based. Look at phones, pay $33/mo and when your 2 yrs is up, you give us a perfectly good phone we’ll sell and you can keep the sub going for the next two years and so on. You never have a phone that is “paid for” but adds another $30+ /mo onto your bill which is already pushing too high. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 4:46:30 PM EDT
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Trying both hulu and YouTube tv right now since PS vue is going away.
Hulu live plus unlimited DVR and more than 2 streams is $60 a month (now $70 with the increase), YouTube TV is $50 for unlimited DVR and 3 streams (which I can deal with), guess it's YouTube tv for me. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 5:20:41 PM EDT
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Roger that - still $25/month plus tax. I have an antenna on the roof and and that's another 30+ channels on top of Sling and about 4 other free streaming sites available on ROKU. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I have been a sling user for 2 years now. I don't watch a ton of TV, but the shows I want I get. They haven't raised the rates since I got it, and the quality has improved a bit. (When I first got it the streaming was mediocre) And neither the net nor sling have increased in the 2 years, even tho my internet was bumped up for free. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 5:29:01 PM EDT
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That is a perfectly reasonable price, just not for me as I’m only interested in maybe 2-4 shows. But how many have that plus a couple or few other ones. They see people will pay it and they come out on top so we’ll be seeing most everything be subscription based. Look at phones, pay $33/mo and when your 2 yrs is up, you give us a perfectly good phone we’ll sell and you can keep the sub going for the next two years and so on. You never have a phone that is “paid for” but adds another $30+ /mo onto your bill which is already pushing too high. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 5:31:28 PM EDT
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Again?
time to cancel. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 5:31:29 PM EDT
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That's why I am contemplating getting cable again. I don't really watch too much TV in the first place but I do have a few subscriptions. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That is a perfectly reasonable price, just not for me as I’m only interested in maybe 2-4 shows. But how many have that plus a couple or few other ones. They see people will pay it and they come out on top so we’ll be seeing most everything be subscription based. Look at phones, pay $33/mo and when your 2 yrs is up, you give us a perfectly good phone we’ll sell and you can keep the sub going for the next two years and so on. You never have a phone that is “paid for” but adds another $30+ /mo onto your bill which is already pushing too high. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 5:32:09 PM EDT
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People don't think Carriage fees be the way they are but they due.
 I bet that $10 increase is because of ESPN. That's about what they charge cable companies per subscriber even if the subscriber doesn't watch ESPN. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 5:34:55 PM EDT
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Isn’t there some a la cart cable deal where you pay for the channels you want? Probably still too expensive for what it is but at least you get the channels you want. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That is a perfectly reasonable price, just not for me as I’m only interested in maybe 2-4 shows. But how many have that plus a couple or few other ones. They see people will pay it and they come out on top so we’ll be seeing most everything be subscription based. Look at phones, pay $33/mo and when your 2 yrs is up, you give us a perfectly good phone we’ll sell and you can keep the sub going for the next two years and so on. You never have a phone that is “paid for” but adds another $30+ /mo onto your bill which is already pushing too high. You can buy different packages, but not channels individually. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 5:52:14 PM EDT
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Not tnat I have seen. You can buy different packages, but not channels individually. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That is a perfectly reasonable price, just not for me as I’m only interested in maybe 2-4 shows. But how many have that plus a couple or few other ones. They see people will pay it and they come out on top so we’ll be seeing most everything be subscription based. Look at phones, pay $33/mo and when your 2 yrs is up, you give us a perfectly good phone we’ll sell and you can keep the sub going for the next two years and so on. You never have a phone that is “paid for” but adds another $30+ /mo onto your bill which is already pushing too high. You can buy different packages, but not channels individually. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 6:01:57 PM EDT
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Just cancelled them, have been trying out them and youtube tv and was going to go ahead with hulu live today since they were cheaper. Not anymore I got the email that they were going up and just cancelled my trial and told them why. I will be going youtube tv
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Posted: 11/15/2019 6:02:22 PM EDT
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I got the email today....Live with no commercials going up to $60.99.
I’ll be canceling it when I get home. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 6:06:20 PM EDT
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They are getting lit up on social media, people are ripping them a new one.
 Phone wait times of 315 minutes
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Posted: 11/15/2019 6:09:51 PM EDT
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What in the blue fuck is going on in here?
Ad free Hulu+ is only $13 a month. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 6:11:18 PM EDT
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What in the blue fuck is going on in here? Ad free Hulu+ is only $13 a month. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 6:14:39 PM EDT
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pretty soon we will go full circle and cable will be cheaper than the streaming services, with my bundle I pay about that much for cable I think what is going to happen is people will just tune out. I think they all are pricing themselves out of existence. TBH, most of the price increases come from the content creators, not the distributors. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 6:24:59 PM EDT
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youtube TV makes financial sense, but dang I hate google
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Posted: 11/15/2019 6:27:57 PM EDT
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Hulu live is live tv basically cable same channels and same content and same times as cable Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What in the blue fuck is going on in here? Ad free Hulu+ is only $13 a month. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 6:36:20 PM EDT
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[Rick] Well, that's just CableTV with extra steps. [/Rick] Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What in the blue fuck is going on in here? Ad free Hulu+ is only $13 a month. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 6:38:36 PM EDT
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Isn’t there some a la cart cable deal where you pay for the channels you want? Probably still too expensive for what it is but at least you get the channels you want. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 6:59:11 PM EDT
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https://www.fubo.tv/welcome is another option
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Posted: 11/15/2019 7:02:40 PM EDT
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youtube TV makes financial sense, but dang I hate google |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 7:08:58 PM EDT
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Yea, fuck that! I have the low end hulu for about $8 a month. For sports, maybe check out Sling. I was a subscriber for $25 a month but dropped it because I didn't watch much. Picked it back up for a month to watch the baseball playoffs. No contract. Do you have a tv antenna?
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Posted: 11/15/2019 7:17:52 PM EDT
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You guys are kidding yourselves if you thinking streaming will reamin cheaper then cable in the near future. They traded growth for cheap prices to kill cable. Now that everyone has or is switching and cable is dying they can start jacking up prices. WTF did you "cut the cable" guys think was going to happen? You really think they wouldnt care about their bottom line at some point? I’m only paying a monthly fee for Netflix and getting ready to cancel it. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 7:29:30 PM EDT
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Dumped Nutflix a while back and told DirecTV Now to take a hike when they went to 60. Now have Philo, $20 a mo and no buffering |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 7:43:01 PM EDT
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Weird, these companies bait suckers in telling them it’s cheaper than cable but then increase fees? Who could have seen that coming? |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 7:43:49 PM EDT
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How do you like Philo? That seems to be a deal. $20/month for cable channels. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Dumped Nutflix a while back and told DirecTV Now to take a hike when they went to 60. Now have Philo, $20 a mo and no buffering |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 7:53:50 PM EDT
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Hulu live is live tv basically cable same channels and same content and same times as cable Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What in the blue fuck is going on in here? Ad free Hulu+ is only $13 a month. |
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Posted: 11/15/2019 8:05:07 PM EDT
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[Rick] Well, that's just CableTV with extra steps. [/Rick] Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What in the blue fuck is going on in here? Ad free Hulu+ is only $13 a month. 
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