I hate all TV providers

I hate all tv providers

Do you hate the TV providers as much as I do? I have had cable, Dish, DirecTV and now YouTube TV. I hate them all. I had cable until my provider got into a spat with ESPN and took it off the air. I lost a week of college football which occupies space when I have little else to do. So I dropped the cable and went to the Dish which then had a dispute with another network at an inconvenient time. I went to Directv which then had a spat with TNT and TBS. Satellite tv was a pain especially during bad weather. I then went to YouTube TV.  Then YouTube tv had a spat with Bally Sports and I lost the Braves games. I almost changed to Fubu until I found out that it did not carry TNT or TBS and some networks that my other half watched. So I stayed with YouTube TV. Then they dropped the MLB Network forcing me to buy the MLB package. The Braves are still blacked out since they do not carry Bally Sports but I can listen to the broadcasts. I wish MLB had a package to include all the teams that are blacked out. But my patience is wearing thin with YouTube TV. Comcast had a dispute with ESPN right at the start of college football. Enough is enough. Now if YouTube tv takes any network I watch off the air, I will dump it. Anyhow, I have Roku and look at only a few of the networks on YouTube tv.

Ideally I would like to stream with all the news channels for my other half, stream MLB and college football and then one where I can pick and choose the networks. My grandchildren watch very little network programing and stream instead. I do not watch movies so I have no need for the movie networks. I don’t watch the basketball or hockey and watch the NFL if I have nothing else to do. The NFL is abusing its fans. It is moving more and more games to pay for view. I read that if a fan wanted to look at all the NFL games it would cost over $1,200. I am not an NFL fan so I won’t buy the NFL package, subscribe to Prime Tv, Netflix, ESPN+ or any of the rest. Are you going to pay for a Prime TV subscription to watch NFL on Fridays? I’m not. I will watch a baseball game instead.

Most Sundays in the Fall I am hunting unless it is raining. Then I will watch the NFL if it is on network tv– maybe. At night if I watch at all, I will turn it off at halftime. So I am wondering if the NFL will alienate its fan base and start losing viewers. Right now is a golden age with billions in TV contracts, sky high team valuations and diehard fans. But the league feels that the demand for its product is inelastic allowing it to continually raise prices and basically screw its fans. The NFL right now is a national sport with fans tuning in regardless of who is playing. Kansas City Chiefs versus Baltimore Ravens draws a national audience. Baseball on the other hand is a regional sport. Few fans outside the home area will watch other teams play unless it is a national brand like the Yankees or Dodgers. You won’t likely see a national broadcast of the Kansas City Royals versus the Baltimore Orioles. But I will watch it on the MLB Network.

As to the tv providers, I’ve about had it. Sooner or later YouTube TV is going to make a favorite network go dark. The next time that happens, I will cut the cord and stream free on Roku. I will get my local (free) channels just like in the olden days and say goodbye to the rest. I think the providers are digging their own graves and I will help shovel dirt on them.