X/Twitter is launching a TV app
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- Aug 18, 2024
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I sometimes miss regular TV channels. The only thing I can get here is a satellite downlink from a military feed (Armed Forces Network). They curate shows on their own channels, which isn't too bad.
However, there are a lot of shows I am missing out on if they don't go straight to streaming because of this.
I'm trying to find an app that won't charge an arm and a leg for some regular channels like History, Discovery, MTV, etc. The only thing I've found is YouTube TV, but it's like $60/month, and on top of YouTube Premium, it'd be closer to $75. That said, I would only be able to watch it on one of my TVs because it's a smart TV that allows me to download a VPN, which is always on so I can get American Netflix, Tubi, and Freevee.
Hopefully, this offers some channels for free.
However, there are a lot of shows I am missing out on if they don't go straight to streaming because of this.
I'm trying to find an app that won't charge an arm and a leg for some regular channels like History, Discovery, MTV, etc. The only thing I've found is YouTube TV, but it's like $60/month, and on top of YouTube Premium, it'd be closer to $75. That said, I would only be able to watch it on one of my TVs because it's a smart TV that allows me to download a VPN, which is always on so I can get American Netflix, Tubi, and Freevee.
Hopefully, this offers some channels for free.
- Feb 12, 2024
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If they could beat the current prices on TV streaming, they could become very popular, but I don't see this making waves.
- Aug 18, 2024
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Who knows? It is Elon behind it.
He could easily negotiate some good deals and possibly bring us a competitively cheaper product.
Only time will tell to see how things go though.
- Apr 10, 2024
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I think it's a great idea! It will be nice bringing the wide-array of X/Twitter content to a large screen. It will probably give me access to some interesting feeds from their trending video to exclusives on a big screen .
- Apr 10, 2024
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X/Twitter has to put in plenty of work into how they get video onto their platform. A lot still need to be done to thrive in this highly competitive environment.
- Aug 18, 2024
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That's what became the problem, in my opinion.
It was nice to have Netflix only for $10 a month. Then, studios started pulling their movies from the catalog and starting their own service for $10. If you add them all up, it'd be like a $70-100 cable subscription service.
I much would've preferred Netflix to raise their price to like, $40, and have the catalog grow much faster than all these other streaming services pop up. It makes it hard to manage which one to choose.
However, with all the services, you do have the ability to stream hop. In that, you can binge something on X for a month, cancel the subscription, then go to Y for a month, ultimately saving money from an increased Netflix subscription fee. Though, that seems like it would be annoying to manage to ensure you are canceled before the next billing cycle.