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Like many others, I use streaming services as a lower-cost solution to cable TV. After enjoying YouTube TV for nearly five years and dealing with countless price increases, I’m looking for other options. And for me, the best option would be a cheaper YouTube TV tier.
Google’s streaming service arrived in 2017, packed with channels for only $34.99 per month. It’s aviable alternative to Sling TV, cable, and other services. Like everything else lately, that affordable price point didn’t last. By the end of 2019, price increases took it to $50 per month, and six months later, in June 2020,YouTube TV jumped to $64.99 per month.
YouTube further increased theprice in 2023, and it’s happening again next month, officiallyjumping from $72.99 to $83 per month. What gives?
YouTube TV Needs Different Packages
At this point, things are getting too expensive, and it’s time for YouTube TV to offer different channel lineups in separate tiers for customers. If it costs nearly as much as traditional cable, give us flexible channel selections to suit our preferences, just like cable does.
Sling TV isn’t the only one giving its users more choices. You can choose frommultiple streaming providers these days. For example, Fubo TV has a wide array of channel packages; even legacy cable brands are available as a streaming package.
You can get DirecTV Stream in three different tiers, whichever fits your needs and budget. And while they’re all a little more expensive than YouTube TV, even after the price increase, at least you have options. With YouTube TV, it’s all or nothing.
YouTube TV Is Great, But It Could Be Better
YouTube TV already offers a slew of add-on packages for premium content, like MAX, Showtime, Starz, Sports Plus, etc., so it shouldn’t be too hard to branch out the main offering into additional add-on tiers.
