Friday, December 13, 2024

Sitting Ducks

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[ed. Says basically everyone these days. Check out this recent email I got from YouTube. They don't care if you're outraged or not, whether you leave or not, whether you loathe the ads they've polluted their product with or not (enshittification). They know your options are limited (by design). I got the same thing from my insurance company - raising rates without any explanation or justification. They don't care enough to even play-act at being contrite these days.]

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From YouTube:

YouTube TV has always worked hard to offer you the content you love, delivered the way you want, with features that make it easy to enjoy the best of live TV.

To keep up with the rising cost of content and the investments we make in the quality of our service, we’re updating our monthly price from $72.99/month to $82.99/month starting January 13, 2025.  [ed. $10 bucks/mo!]

We don’t make these decisions lightly, and we realize this has an impact on our members. We are committed to bringing you features that are changing the way we watch live TV, like unlimited DVR storage and multiview*, and supporting YouTube TV’s breadth of content and vast on-demand library of movies and shows.

The price of your YouTube TV Base Plan membership will change in your first billing cycle on or after January 13, 2025, and will be charged to your payment method on file going forward. (...)

We hope YouTube TV continues to be your service of choice, but we understand that some of our members may want to cancel their subscriptions. As always, family managers have the ability to pause or cancel anytime. You can find more information in our Help Center.

With lots of exciting shows and live events ahead in the new year, we’ll continue to strive to deliver the best of TV, all in one place. Thank you for being a loyal YouTube TV member.

Sincerely,
The YouTube TV team
[ed. FYI. Basically the same thing from my State Farm Insurance "team".]