but the Top 250 package is not comparable to Fubo, and with the promo Dish offered you could have switched to a lower Dish package with more channels than Fubo for less than half that amount.
Yep. More channels in those packages. But...
Here's what got me to switch, ultimately to Philo, for now at least.
Channel content has been decimated
News? Nope. Just political wings of the two parties.
Sports? Nope. Covid, and now platforms for activism.
Specific content? Nope. The
weather channel shows trucks being towed out of the ditch. The
learning channel shows pimple popping. The
history channel shows hucksters negotiating junk.
Tru TV is fake TV.
Comedy Central is politics central. Music TV is ridiculousness TV. Video Hits 1 is not that.
Scripted TV? Some of the best shows are not on the networks. And the networks have gone from 39, to 24, to 13 shows per year.
And so on.
So I had to stand back and ask myself, "What do I really need to watch?" Hmmm. Turns out there is
a little of something interesting scattered among the various services. So, onto the idea of
streaming rotation. I'm currently on Philo, so I can get some "reality" junk, and also some favorite stuff on Science channel. Other people like the "History" channel stuff. That's cool. Later when my sports team is in action, I can switch to Hulu+live or YTTV for sports. But I don't have to do it all season.
The cable/Dish monopolies want you to stick with them and make it hard to leave. Contracts. Fussy CSRs who give you a hard sell when you want to cancel.
Instead, consider rotating through the seasons for various services, and maybe even taking a break all together to save some dough.
For premium services, rotating through Netflix, Disney+, HBOMax, etc. is possible. And maybe just taking a break, perhaps when you go on vacation. No fuss, just a click from the web site.
Networks? Try an antenna. If not, maybe just subscribe during the few months of the year that your favorite show is on. It won't be many.
Need some mindless background noise? This is a common need. PlutoTV is free and full of it. You can watch Baywatch 24/7. You can watch dogs or cats running around 24/7. My favorite is watching the view from the engineer's chair on various train trips on Slow TV. Nothing but the view from a train. Awesome stuff! And I'm not joking.
Pluto also has some surprising good content we used to pay for on cable, like actual weather and actual news. Who knew?