I have tried a few different streaming services and Playstation Vue was my favorite but right around the same time I decided I wanted to leave they decided to shut down. I end up switching to YouTube TV and have been very happy with it. However with their rising fees, it makes me a little less happy.
There are some things that YouTube TV does that monopolizes ad revenue. YouTube TV removes Network ads to place their own ads or will place nothing playing because obviously they're not capitalizing on that channel's ad revenue. I don't quite understand how the networks stay in business selling ads when a company like Google can remove the ads from the television broadcast. I would imagine this has been happening for years with the local cable TV stations but was not noticeable until now when YouTube TV plus a big display showing that your channel is in a commercial.
I guess I should just be thankful that they are not forcing me to watch ads like they do on YouTube where sometimes the ad is longer than the time I spend watching the YouTube video. So what else don't I like about YouTube TV?
YouTube TV is battling Fox Sports in different areas like Orlando Florida where I live and I cannot watch Orlando Magic games. Maybe that is more of a Disney thing since you can't watch the games on any of the other streaming services either. But that doesn't make sense since Disney owns Hulu which doesn't have Fox local sports channels on it like the Magic in Orlando.
And back to the price, as YouTube TV increase the rate to 74.95 a month which puts that closer to the expensive DirecTV promotional rate. But I love YouTube TV so much more for a number of reasons that I will list here: nearly unlimited DVR, ability to watch on multiple devices at the same time, almost every channel that I'd like to watch with the ability to add on premium channels, very rarely is there a bad signal, and their customer service actually seems to be in tune with their customers on the few occasions I've had to communicate with them.
I find it interesting that Roku is having problems with YouTube TV
contracting. Google TV has allowed Apple TV to be on it so it seems kind of funny that YouTube TV is having issues with Roku. Giving YouTubeTV's monopolizing ways, I guess I could understand that Roku wants to have their hand in the cookie jar too. Thankfully I don't watch YouTube TV on Roku TV as I have a Google Chromecast with Google TV on the Roku TV that I own.
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