Look, I'm not a conspiracy theorist.
I'm not saying that anti-cord cutting myths
are in some cases perpetuated by traditional TV providers
that are hemorrhaging subscribers.
I'm just saying, let's dive in.
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Now, I see a lot of cord cutting myths articles out there.
Most often, it's fine, but too often,
I see some things slipped in there
that are in fact true.
So, let's tackle some of those most common true myths.
This one drives me a little crazy,
just because it's so misleading.
Are you going to save a ton of money?
Maybe, maybe not.
Can you, though?
Abso-freakin'-lutely.
When you get rid of a $100 cable bill,
and then you replace it with YouTube TV, Netflix 4K,
Prime Video, NFL Sunday Ticket, HBO, and CBS All Access,
and so on, and so on,
then yeah, you're not exactly coming out ahead here.
But, if you take the time to understand
your own watching habits,
and tailor your cutting accordingly,
ha-ha-ha, or even if you change a few of your habits,
then yeah, it could start looking pretty good.
It's not just the monthly sticker price.
When you cut the cord,
you're also getting rid of the ridiculous taxes
and regional TV fees, and regional sports fees,
and regional game show fees,
whatever other crap that they came up with last week,
not to mention the equipment
they've been having you lease for the last 10 years.
So, are you going to save a bunch of money?
Well, it depends on how good you are
at cutting the cord, really,
but you absolutely can.
Just subscribe to this channel, and you'll be just fine.
Yes, you will.
Okay, now it may take a little bit of hunting,
a little juggling of different services
if you want to keep the cost down,
but I'm not sure I can think of a single thing out there now
that is simply unavailable to cord cutters,
between live TV streaming services,
the big On Demand services, and apps for specific channels,
everything you're watching
is available after you cut that cord.
The CW is a good example of this.
Let's say I want to watch "The Outpost".
I don't even have to sign up for anything,
I just have to download the CW app on my Roku,
or Fire TV, or Apple TV, or whatever,
and I can watch all my favorite CW shows,
commercial-supported, for free.
Rinse and repeat for PBS, HGTV, Discovery, Adult Swim,
lots more out there.
Oh, hey, what do you know?
It's a topic I've covered twice already.
It is easy to watch live sports if you cut the cord,
between MLB.TV, NBA TV, NFL Sunday Ticket,
ESPN+, Sling TV, and Fubo, and many more,
it is in fact easy to find the sports you want to watch.
The nice thing here is that you can choose
which sports you care about enough to pay to watch.
If you take this approach,
then not only is it easy to watch live sports,
but you can probably save quite a bit of money doing it.
Yeah, it kind of is.
Or, to put a finer point on it,
streaming is the death of TV as we know it.
AT&T, which owns DirecTV, announced last year
that they've launched their last satellite.
They're moving their focus away from their satellite service
and toward streaming services.
Now, does that mean that DirecTV
will cease to exist in a year,
or some apocalyptic notion like that?
No, but consumers are changing the way they think about TV,
and therefore, so are the providers.
So, if what we mean to say here
is that this is the death of traditional TV,
then I still say, yes, it is, eventually.
The days of scheduled programming are numbered.
It won't end today or tomorrow,
but the end is coming, and the only things that will survive
will be sports and maybe, maybe the news.
Streaming has made TV more specialized and personalized,
and I don't see us reversing course on that anytime soon.
Look, I'll be one of the first people to say
that cord cutting may not be for everyone,
yet, anyway, but if you're inclined toward it,
then don't let a bunch of scare posts out there
keep you from doing it.
It really can be liberating,
both for you and your wallet.
All right, thanks for watchin', everybody.
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