YouTube TV raises costs to an outrageous $73 per 30 days

YouTube TV is getting one other value hike, from $65 to $73. The corporate says new members will see the up to date pricing beginning right now whereas current subscribers can pay extra starting April 18th. 

It’s the most recent in an extended line of YouTube TV value hikes. Earlier than the most recent enhance, it had final raised them by $15 in June 2020. The service began at a mere $35 in 2017 and has ballooned incrementally as cord-cutting tv has advanced from a scrappy disruptor to oh my god this prices $73 each single month.

A message despatched this morning to YouTube TV subscribers reads, “As content material prices have risen and we proceed to put money into the standard of our service, we’re updating our value to maintain bringing you the absolute best service.” As well as, the e-mail notes that the service has dropped the price of its 4K Plus add-on from $20 to $10 per 30 days. The message additionally guides customers to cancel their subscriptions if the brand new month-to-month price pushes pricing out of their consolation zone.

Baseball followers could also be particularly peeved with the brand new value, as YouTube TV dropped MLB Community from its lineup final month after failing to succeed in a brand new settlement. Though the corporate saved the door open to ultimately restoring the service, that has but to materialize over six weeks later.