Google is Offering TV on YouTube. Have You Tried OR Will You Try It?
@cmoneyspinner (9221)
Austin, Texas
December 3, 2018 4:21pm CST
The other day when I was on YouTube, a banner popped up offering TV channels and said it was Free to Try. “Free to Try” translates into “If you like it you'll have to pay for it."
I have a sad TV story. First, the apartments we moved into have a cable TV service that sucks! So we don't have cable TV. I figured that was OK because my son bought us a digital converter box and we could still watch local TV channels. But the box broke!
That left us at the mercy of whatever we could find on YouTube. Surfing YouTube for current news reports is not fun! I liked it much better when all I had to do was turn on the TV at a certain time of the day and watch the local news and then maybe a world news report.
But the sad story has a happy ending. So that's good news! 
We received an early Christmas gift from one of my sons. It's a flat screen TV that doesn't need a digital converter box and we can get local channels again. YAY! 
So I'm going to pass of the Google YT offer.
But what about you?
Do you use or plan to subscribe to the Google YouTube TV service?
We received an early Christmas gift from one of my sons. It's a flat screen TV that doesn't need a digital converter box and we can get local channels again. YAY!
So I'm going to pass of the Google YT offer.
But what about you?
Do you use or plan to subscribe to the Google YouTube TV service?
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9 responses
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Dec 18
I can find plenty to watch on free You Tube.
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@cmoneyspinner (9221)
• Austin, Texas
5 Dec 18
You and me both. My husband is a YouTube bloodhound! He finds all kinds of stuff!
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@Hannihar (129420)
• Israel
27 Feb 19
@cmoneyspinner
I am going to pass on it too. I have Netflix and love it so much.
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@cmoneyspinner (9221)
• Austin, Texas
5 Mar 19
Not only do we have Netflix but I have stumbled across some websites that stream free movies and TV shows and have found some entertainment that's not on Netflix. I love Netflix. But sometimes they just don't satisfy my needs. 
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@cmoneyspinner (9221)
• Austin, Texas
7 Mar 19
@Hannihar - This is what I do and I know it's really stupid but I rewatch series that I've already watched, Even though there are new shows that I would like to watch and I put them in my list, I'll still rewatch Merlin or Midsomer Murders, etc. I think it's because since I've already seen the episodes, I don't have to work my brain too hard to keep up with the plot. I tend to watch Netflix late at night just to make my eye weary so I can go to sleep. My husband and I recently binge-watched "Designated Survivor". Have you seen that show? It's pretty good!
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@Hannihar (129420)
• Israel
6 Mar 19
@cmoneyspinner
I see and I have one that I can watch that my technician gave me but I am really busy finding things on Netflix and there are new things all the time to watch too.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
4 Dec 18
I guess it all depends om the kind of programming they are offering.
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@cmoneyspinner (9221)
• Austin, Texas
5 Dec 18
It was certainly a surprise gift. My son went shopping for Black Friday sales on a Thursday! That's Thanksgiving Day. Some stores had already started opening their doors and people had eaten their turkey dinner and came out to shop! Can you believe it? I've never gone shopping for anything on a holiday! There are some things I am just not flexible with. Shopping on a holiday is one of them. I feel like stores shouldn't even be open! Every time I see a store open I think "Mean boss! Mean boss!"
@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
3 Dec 18
No, we won't be using that service.
A TV that does not need a box and actually gets channels sounds nice.
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