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marshaldan
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10:06p, 12/27/22
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Looking for suggestions to trim back the streaming bills. Currently have:
Netflix
Amazon Prime
Hulu + (main Tv provider)
Paramount +
Apple TV
Disney

Mainly considering dropping back to Hulu w/ESPN + ($65.99/no) and looking at Sling TV ($40/month). Should still provide all Texas Aggie football options.

Thoughts?
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In reply to marshaldan • 10:10p, 12/27/22
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Prime is not a tv cost in my opinion. It's free shipping on products.

I'd drop paramount+ and apple+ and only activate for binge watching shows. Apple+ doesn't have enough content IMO.

Do you have HBOmax? AT&T usually offers it for free.
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10:23p, 12/27/22
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My suggestion is to figure out which ones you want to keep and then cancel the other ones.
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In reply to Tobias Funke • 10:31p, 12/27/22
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We will keep Netflix for the kids - it gets used a lot

Amazon Prime comes with the service. It get used a lot.

The things that get used most are Hulu + Live, and it looks like we can get all the CBS, FOX, ESPN and SEC games with Sling Tv for half the price. That's how I'm leaning.
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Cancel your subscription to TexAgs, stop posting, and make extra money being productive in those hours and you can keep them all!
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11:03p, 12/27/22
Ditch anything sports related except during football season.

Or

Ditch all sports forever because Aggie football will just make you upset.
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C@LAg said:
maroon barchetta said:
Ditch anything sports related except during football season.

Or

Ditch all sports forever because Aggie football will just make you upset.
Ditch all sports.

Period.

watch the highlights on youtube for free.


WoodlandsAggie FTW
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We have YouTube tv from august until Super Bowl. Then we pause it. Saves $70x8 months or so. We never really miss it.

Rest of the year it's Netflix, stand-alone Disney which is cheap, Amazon which we'd have even without tv content, shared paramount PW, and free HBO with our AT&T.
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In reply to 62strat • 12:41a, 12/28/22
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62strat said:
We have YouTube tv from august until Super Bowl. Then we pause it. Saves $70x8 months or so. We never really miss it.

Rest of the year it's Netflix, stand-alone Disney which is cheap, Amazon which we'd have even without tv content, shared paramount PW, and free HBO with our AT&T.
Was going to suggest something similar, if you've got it primarily for football you only need it in the fall.

The other obvious answer is figure out what you want to watch and keep that, or just rotate based on what's coming out that you want to see.
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In reply to 62strat • 6:46a, 12/28/22
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62strat said:
We have YouTube tv from august until Super Bowl. Then we pause it. Saves $70x8 months or so. We never really miss it.

Rest of the year it's Netflix, stand-alone Disney which is cheap, Amazon which we'd have even without tv content, shared paramount PW, and free HBO with our AT&T.


We do similar, but cut out January/February Sling by having an antenna. A $35 antenna in the attic ends up saving 1-2 months a year of NFL playoffs. Outdoor/Indoor ones do a much better job than the little indoor ones (Something like this)

Keep Netflix/Amazon year round and rotate through content on Paramount/Apple/Hulu/Disney as they backfill.
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In reply to marshaldan • 7:48a, 12/28/22
marshaldan said:
Looking for suggestions to trim back the streaming bills. Currently have:
Netflix
Amazon Prime
Hulu + (main Tv provider)
Paramount +
Apple TV
Disney

Mainly considering dropping back to Hulu w/ESPN + ($65.99/no) and looking at Sling TV ($40/month). Should still provide all Texas Aggie football options.

Thoughts?


It looks like you have everything, and I don't see how you're getting your money's worth out of any single one of them. This is a major First World Problem. Just for posting your problem, I'd like to see you discipline yourself by cutting everything for one year. Read some books in 2023.
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9:00a, 12/28/22
What is on Paramount+ that you watch?
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marshaldan
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In reply to Philo B 93 • 9:55a, 12/28/22
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It IS a major First World Problem! Most of it acquired slowly over the past 6-7 years with 4 teenage girls. Definitely cutting the majority. I was an English major, so reading 4/5 books a month for the last 40 years has been a common practice. I just love good dramas and Aggie sports.
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In reply to marshaldan • 2:15p, 12/28/22
There is no way you love Aggie sports all year.
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In reply to marshaldan • 8:11a, 12/29/22
marshaldan said:
It IS a major First World Problem! Most of it acquired slowly over the past 6-7 years with 4 teenage girls. Definitely cutting the majority. I was an English major, so reading 4/5 books a month for the last 40 years has been a common practice. I just love good dramas and Aggie sports.



4-5 a month?


Amateur.
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In reply to Tanya 93 • 10:08a, 12/29/22
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I know. It's cause I watch too much tv. I need to up my game.
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In reply to Philo B 93 • 1:13p, 12/29/22
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Philo B 93 said:
marshaldan said:
Looking for suggestions to trim back the streaming bills. Currently have:
Netflix
Amazon Prime
Hulu + (main Tv provider)
Paramount +
Apple TV
Disney

Mainly considering dropping back to Hulu w/ESPN + ($65.99/no) and looking at Sling TV ($40/month). Should still provide all Texas Aggie football options.

Thoughts?


It looks like you have everything, and I don't see how you're getting your money's worth out of any single one of them. This is a major First World Problem. Just for posting your problem, I'd like to see you discipline yourself by cutting everything for one year. Read some books in 2023.

Psssssshhhhh

I have ALL of them and it's still much cheaper than my cable triple bundle BS was 4+ years ago.

But 4 people have varied tastes. At various times any of us might watch any service but we all have our favorites.

Me - Hulu+Live TV is a must for sports year round and Peacock for EPL soccer and ESPN+ content. And I watch a smattering of movies and series on several of them including Paramount+.
Wife - Netflix and some Hulu+Live TV for housewife shows and ice skating and Apple+
Son - Hulu shows and Disney+
Daughter - Netflix and Hulu and HBOMax

We get the Hulu/Disney+/ESPN+ bundle
We get HBO Max for free with ATT.
We have AppleOne Family for both Apple Music and Storage and we have watched some shows
And Amazon Prime is a given for shipping alone so we get that content too.

The one I can probably get rid of is Paramount+ which I only had for certain shows.

I am about to switch to Fubo TV instead of Hulu+Live because they are picking up the Bally regional sports networks - Mavs, Stars, Rangers games which I currently have to pirate.

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