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How I’m Rebuilding My Streaming Bundle After Quitting YouTube TV!
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Nov 13, 2024
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stream more spend less let's get it done
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for 2025 but is that even possible with
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the rising cost of streaming well today
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I'm showing you how I'm rebuilding my
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streaming bundle for the new year live
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TV streaming on demand streaming free
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streaming it's all covered in this video
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now it's been a few months since I told
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you about my decision to quit YouTube TV
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mostly for personal reasons and I've
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been surprised by just how much money I
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saved so far let's take a look YouTube
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TV is $73 a month and the least
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expensive of the premium live TV
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services shown here but in recent months
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I've been tracking a price War among
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live TV services and taking advantage of
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some of the great deals myself the first
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month after canceling YouTube TV I got a
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rare deal from Direct TV stream paid 50
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bucks it got better from there when I
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moved to sling TV I got the first month
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for 20 $ and the second for the regular
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price of $40 2 months for only 60 bucks
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and when I went to cancel sling TV look
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at this they offered me
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$16 off a month for 4 months plus sports
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extra now the only reason I didn't take
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that deal well that's because fubo sent
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me this deal $75 off and I really wanted
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to retest the service anyway now check
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out the math If I Stay with YouTube TV I
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would have paid $73 a month for all four
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months total cost
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$292 instead I paid
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$132 by taking advantage of the deals
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and I saved 160 bucks not bad for a few
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minutes of effort now I've got to
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mention YouTube TV does have a free
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trial usually a pretty good one as well
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as deals for new customers but as a
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longtime subscriber I was not eligible
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for any of those discounts got a lot
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more to share today and before we get to
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the ond demand Services I want to tell
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you about the three things I learned
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after cancelling YouTube TV and going
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back into rotating the competing
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Services more often first if price and
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carriage disputes were not factors
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Direct TV stream is the service that I
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would probably use the most I really
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like this app so I understand why
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customers who aren't price sensitive and
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really want their Regional Sports
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networks will go toward this service it
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has improved a lot but hard for me to
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look past the pricing second I don't
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want to spend $75 a month for background
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noise now let me explain when I switched
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from Direct TV stream to sling TV I
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ended up losing a channel that had
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become part of my morning routine I
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watched it for years even back when I
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had YouTube TV but I was able to find a
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reasonable substitute with sling TV and
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I really haven't looked back so a
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channel that I thought was a must have
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Channel turned out to not be a must have
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Channel after all and third sling TV is
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probably the live TV service that makes
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the most sense for me at this point and
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not just because it's cheaper I'm down
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to about five maybe seven channels that
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I watch pretty regularly and two of
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those are seasonal so if I can get most
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of those channels with sling TV and
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supplement with an antenna for my locals
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I think that's worth the savings over
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the premium live TV services now I've
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got my indoor antenna hooked up right
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now and inside this Amazon package is a
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tableau that I want to test out and see
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if I can make it part of my cord cutting
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setup but for now here's what I'm
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planning for live TV services in 2025
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most importantly and probably no
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surprise based on what I've said so far
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I'm done paying $75 $5 a month for any
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service on a regular basis sure I'll
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take advantage of the deals for the
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months when I want a live TV service but
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I really am hoping to go without one for
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at least half the year and I do plan to
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test any new cheaper options that come
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on the market let's talk about on demand
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services and this is where a lot of
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people who cancel Live TV and up
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spending most of their TV time and I've
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made some changes here as well I've done
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a total reset and heading into 2025 the
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services that I am most interested in
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are Netflix and mac and that's based on
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content recommendations in my notes app
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some of those have come from you so
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thank you another reason I'm thinking
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about starting with these to it's the
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discount I get for having Verizon 5G
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home internet I can get a bundle of AD
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supported Netflix and Max $10 a month if
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you are a Verizon customer you may be
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eligible too now between the live TV
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service for about half the year and
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those two on demand services that is
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probably enough for me personally but
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there are two additional services that
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I'm thinking about adding to the mix the
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first is Paramount plus and mostly
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that's because it comes included with
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Walmart plus which is discounted at
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recording time $49 for the full year I
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canceled Amazon Prime about a month ago
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and I'm doing okay so far but Walmart
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plus is a more affordable option for a
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service that includes free shipping and
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I'd get the Paramount plus as an extra
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perk let me know if you think Walmart
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plus is worth it I'll decide on this one
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before the deal expires December 2nd and
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also peacock premium I know this is a
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service that people either love or hate
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I happen to like it my yearly
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subscription recently expired and since
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there are some things that I do like to
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watch on this service I'm planning to to
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sign up again if I can get it for less
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than $3 a month it's one of the services
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I'm tracking closely for Black Friday on
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Michael saves deals.com now that's a lot
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of OnDemand streaming at a very low
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price it should cost less than $20 a
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month if the deals line up the way that
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I'm hoping we'll see now before we get
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to the free services let me explain why
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Hulu is not on my list this year I
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actually like Hulu's content a lot but
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even with the black Friday deals I found
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myself not using the app very often and
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that's for one reason too many ads of
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the ond demand services that I am
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planning to get three of them have
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pretty reasonable ad loads Netflix Max
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and peacock although that can change at
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any time I am bracing for more ads and
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if there's anything that I really want
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to watch on Hulu during the year I'll
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probably just sign up for a month of the
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ad free plan and binge watch it here's
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something else El that I realized a lot
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of the time that I used to spend with
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live TV services has shifted to free
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services particularly YouTube and this
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is where I'm getting most of my
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background noise from at least lately
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but I've also been opening other free
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streaming services more often for the
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same reason background noise usually
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news or weather but I know they have a
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lot more to offer because many of you
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have told me so in 2025 if I end up with
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fewer paid Services than I've planned I
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could see myself leaning into tuby Pluto
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TV and the Roku Channel it really just
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depends if they've got original content
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that catches my attention for nearly a
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decade I've been advocating for smaller
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more affordable bundles and I hope that
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that actually happens in 2025 now for
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you $75 a month for a live TV bundle may
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still be worth it it's cheaper than
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cable but ask yourself this where are
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you spending most of your t time these
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days if it's regular YouTube and not a
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live TV service like YouTube TV you may
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have the opportunity to rebuild your own
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streaming bundle and put more money back
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into your pocket for 2025 get started by
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checking out my streaming TV internet
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