Cord-cutting—the act of ditching traditional cable TV—has been gaining popularity for over a decade. Streaming is great, but it’s not the home run it used to be. In fact, I made the decision to switch back to cable.
Streaming TV in the Early Days
The rise of streaming live TV services came at a perfect time for me. I was living on my own for the first time, and cable wasn’t something I wanted to deal with. When Sling TV was announced, I was very excited, and I signed up immediately,
Since then, I’ve used just about every streaming TV service you can imagine. Sling TV, Hulu Live, Playstation Vue (RIP), YouTube TV, and some of the smaller services. My experience with most of these services has been very positive.
The early days of streaming live TV was great. The channel packages were small and very affordable. Most services let you choose from add-on bundles to expand your channel list. It was pretty easy to get the channels you wanted without much extra “fluff” jammed in.
However, in the years since, I’ve watched as these services have…
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