• mlc894@lemm.ee
    170·
    10 months ago

    This isn’t YouTube Premium; this is YouTube TV which is an entirely different product. YouTube Premium is like $13/mo. and cheaper for students.

      • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
        7·
        10 months ago

        Couldn’t you just use an antenna?

        Because … O(ver) T(he) A(ir)?

        I’m near Detroit and pick up ~50 channels with a $20 antenna.

        • InvaderDJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          10 months ago

          This is the best way, but it doesn’t work in every scenario. At my last apartment, I was basically unable to get OTA channels. Too much of the sky was blocked, and I think radio interference from a nearby military base didn’t help.

          In my current condo it works mostly well, but I do get some skipping and drops that can be annoying during a long game.

        • WarmSoda@lemm.ee
          1·
          10 months ago

          Sure. If you don’t mind watching Wheel of Fortune and Ellen all the time.

          • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
            2·
            10 months ago

            I get, over the air, in HD, free, with an antenna, the major networks and their subchannels, movie channels, retro channels, pbs, game show channels, scifi channels, comedy channels, local channels, etc. Free.

            But I don’t mind watching wheel of fortune.

            Anything I don’t get, I find a pirate stream for - which is usually found on one of 3 or 4 sites I use.

            • WarmSoda@lemm.ee
              2·
              10 months ago

              I’m just messing with ya. We used to have an antenna and those shows were on all the time just because of our schedules

      • Dips@feddit.de
        12·
        10 months ago

        Is this a normal price for TV in the US? In Europe it is more like 10-20€, which is why 50$ sounds out of this world ridiculous.

        • InvaderDJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          10 months ago

          If anything, that is low. Cable bills can get truly outrageous depending on what you add. You get an NFL or MLB subscription, a few premiums like HBO and you can have a $200/month cable bill.

    • dirtbiker509@lemm.ee
      20·
      10 months ago

      If there were no ads at all I’d instantly subscribe. But I don’t pay for anything that has ads. It’s either free with ads, or paid with no ads.

    • squidzorz@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      I think live sports is really the only reason most people pay for TV anymore. The rest of the content is available online on one of the 3,000 streaming platforms.

    • Default_Defect@midwest.socialEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Yup, my mom is trying to cut down on some bills but guess the one thing they can’t bring themselves to cut because they can’t imagine using anything else to watch their shows?

      • ikiru@lemmy.ml
        2·
        10 months ago

        True, I can understand if people are elderly, sorry for assuming that if it’s not the case. But it seems like this promo is for a platform for streamed “cable TV”. In that case, people might as well just have streamed individual shows or movies if they don’t know how to torrent.

  • PrimalAnimist@lemmy.world
    13·
    10 months ago

    I cancelled cable a few years ago and now use YouTube TV. I love it because I can record everything, never run out of DVR space. I can run 5 tvs with different shows on each. I can watch TV anywhere on my phone and laptop. I can stop on one device and pick back up on another. Well over 100 channels now (but I only really watch a handful). Every channel also has an on-demand section. Like TCM has what’s live but also a huge library to stream from.

    I have Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Peacock, Max…but if I had to just use one service, it would be YouTube TV. It follows me, and is not tied to my house. If I go visit another state, it will even switch to the local news wherever I am. It has, by far, the most content in one spot for one price.

    • ronalicious@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      thing that got me w/ YTV, and got it ultimately canceled was trying to share it w/ a family in another state. that doesn’t fly, which was a huge bummer.

      • greendakota99@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        Was this a few years ago? This is no longer true.

        The past 3 years, I have shared the service with 3 friends, one of which lives in a different state and we have had no issues. You just add them to your Google Account as “family” and they login their own devices.

        There is some weirdness where YouTubeTV gives you 5 family shares, but only 3 total streams (outside your home’s WIFI) can be active at once. That’s why I limited the sharing to 3 total.

        You should give it another try!

        • PsychedSy@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 months ago

          I randomly swap family members and friends out sometimes, too. It’s pretty sweet being able to share all of my apps, books, games and yt.

    • Bongles@lemm.ee
      4·
      10 months ago

      I used it when it was new for a little while. I liked it as far as a TV service goes but I’m kind of over live shows at this point.

    • variants@possumpat.ioEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      Holy cow how much do you spend on media a month, I’m over here thinking the $20 usenet I paid for the year was too much, but was debating on getting sling tv for the parents, right now I have an antenna connected to my plex server but it’s not the easiest to use

      • PrimalAnimist@lemmy.world
        5·
        10 months ago

        Well I think I pay something like $95 for YouTube TV +Max. Netflix is like 12? I’m on a sweet Spotify+Hulu for 9.99 promo for years, but I think it’s going up to $10.99. Disney is like $9. It may seem like a lot, but that’s all I spend on entertainment. I don’t eat outside the home regularly. I don’t go see movies at theaters. I don’t buy things like DVDs and stuff.

        And to be fair, it’s for the household. We’re poly so there’s a variety of interests. And if you divide that by 5 adults, it’s cheap.

  • boonhet@lemm.ee
    6·
    10 months ago

    I’d honestly rather pay the 6 euros for IPTV at that point (it’s only that cheap because our Internet is 3x more expensive than neighboring countries so they let you have cheap IPTV as an extra).

      • Zerush@lemmy.ml
        2·
        10 months ago

        This opens more than only Pluto, there I watch f.Exmpl also Euronews, BBC, NASA live and a lot of others, well, among these also Pluto, anyway better than YT TV. apart of free.

    • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz
      1·
      10 months ago

      Doesn’t work for me. Pretty much every link either says “This feature is coming soon. We’re currently working on it! Thanks for your patience.”, or it says that it’s not available in my country. :/

  • thecoolowl@lemmy.one
    5·
    10 months ago

    I use YouTube the most of all streaming services. Yet I don’t understand why there isn’t an affordable easy to use option, that includes no ads and a high CPM for creators.

    My understanding is YouTube premium, doesn’t highten the payout to creators, but rather just substitutes the dirt poor ad revenue per impression.

    • iAmTheTot@kbin.social
      15·
      10 months ago

      You’re misinformed. I watch many creators who have said in their own words that Premium subscriber views make more money for them.

      • Fosheze@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        All of the creators I watch say don’t bother because they just get demonitized from both and the money just winds up going to copyright trolls anyways.

    • shanghaibebop@beehaw.orgEnglish
      12·
      10 months ago

      It actually does get higher revenue for content creators for the majority of your creators. Average per view is something like 5-10x vs non premium views.

      It’s based around your watch time and something like 50%? of your subscription split across the channels you watch.

      Ad impressions pay very little on YouTube.

  • shiveyarbles@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Gawd yeah I get Hulu Live, and it costs $80+ a month… the video constantly drops or the image becomes static. And I’ve never been bombarded with more jardiance musicals and balance of nature ads in my life. It’s just non stop stuff I will never ever buy.