11-08-2017, 11:17 PM
Killed off Charter TV. Prime pays for itself in shipping discounts. Netflix I already had. OTA is of course free.
It was amusing cancelling the service with Charter.
> be me
> call cable co to cancel TV
>>> omg oh noes not the cancel that's so sad let's transfer you to purgatory one moment please
... countless moments later ...
> be me
> still calling cable co to cancel TV
> explain everything over again to someone else
>>> omg oh noes here's a filibuster I'm now going to deliver off my computer screen ending in an unpublished offer for a cheaper rate
> no
>>> (uh oh ... I may not get a retention reward...)
>>> omg oh noes why you so cancel?
> YouTube TV + OTA. All I want. Alot less money.
>>> what do you watch?
> I fail to see how this is relevant to canceling but okay, let's see where your script goes. College football. And Kennedy.
>>> (realizes they have no CFB to offer I don't have)
>>> omg oh noes I'm going to filibuster yet again reading this script off the computer screen ending in yet another offer for an unpublished bundle ... this time, choose your own 10 channels + 1 premium for $106/mo
> *squint*
> Why don't you just make that the ******* offer in the first place? (verbatim)
>>> Shill.exe has encountered an error
>>> (brief false hope of retention reward)
>>> So you'll take the bundle then?
> No. The fact that you won't publicly sell that bundle makes me hate you even more now. Now I don't just want to cancel, I want to heave the converter box with an angry letter through your window.
>>> Shill.exe has encountered another error
>>> Sir I don't-
> Just cancel then.
>>> But-
> Cancel.
>>> Well I don't-
> Cancel now.
>>> Shill.exe has encountered another error
>>> *muffled talking*
>>> We have removed cable TV service from your account effective today. This means you'll have to now pay our bull**** totally unjustified pricing of $65/mo for the cheapest internet option, albeit for 100mbit. If this is OK say OK.
> Good enough.
>>> Sir you have to say-
> I won't say OK because it's not. You're fleecing me still through coercion with big government at all levels. What you have said will suffice as the least amount of ****** behavior your overlords will allow you to engage in.
>>> Shill.exe has encountered yet another error
>>> We'll get that changed on your account have a nice day.
> I don't hate the player, I just hate the game.
>>> (exasperated, but with a hint of laughter) Have a nice day sir.
Wish I remembered to complain about Goal Line only being offered in SD. There should be a special place in media hell for cable companies deliberately only providing content in SD if it doesn't have commercials for them to spam their own products (admittedly my own cynical conjecture).
Anyway ... pretty pleased with YouTube TV so far. It's actually capturing the WatchESPN feeds on DVR. You even get the WatchESPN "commercial break" bumpers. I've watched all the #MACtion games this week with it. No complaints.
It was amusing cancelling the service with Charter.
> be me
> call cable co to cancel TV
>>> omg oh noes not the cancel that's so sad let's transfer you to purgatory one moment please
... countless moments later ...
> be me
> still calling cable co to cancel TV
> explain everything over again to someone else
>>> omg oh noes here's a filibuster I'm now going to deliver off my computer screen ending in an unpublished offer for a cheaper rate
> no
>>> (uh oh ... I may not get a retention reward...)
>>> omg oh noes why you so cancel?
> YouTube TV + OTA. All I want. Alot less money.
>>> what do you watch?
> I fail to see how this is relevant to canceling but okay, let's see where your script goes. College football. And Kennedy.
>>> (realizes they have no CFB to offer I don't have)
>>> omg oh noes I'm going to filibuster yet again reading this script off the computer screen ending in yet another offer for an unpublished bundle ... this time, choose your own 10 channels + 1 premium for $106/mo
> *squint*
> Why don't you just make that the ******* offer in the first place? (verbatim)
>>> Shill.exe has encountered an error
>>> (brief false hope of retention reward)
>>> So you'll take the bundle then?
> No. The fact that you won't publicly sell that bundle makes me hate you even more now. Now I don't just want to cancel, I want to heave the converter box with an angry letter through your window.
>>> Shill.exe has encountered another error
>>> Sir I don't-
> Just cancel then.
>>> But-
> Cancel.
>>> Well I don't-
> Cancel now.
>>> Shill.exe has encountered another error
>>> *muffled talking*
>>> We have removed cable TV service from your account effective today. This means you'll have to now pay our bull**** totally unjustified pricing of $65/mo for the cheapest internet option, albeit for 100mbit. If this is OK say OK.
> Good enough.
>>> Sir you have to say-
> I won't say OK because it's not. You're fleecing me still through coercion with big government at all levels. What you have said will suffice as the least amount of ****** behavior your overlords will allow you to engage in.
>>> Shill.exe has encountered yet another error
>>> We'll get that changed on your account have a nice day.
> I don't hate the player, I just hate the game.
>>> (exasperated, but with a hint of laughter) Have a nice day sir.
Wish I remembered to complain about Goal Line only being offered in SD. There should be a special place in media hell for cable companies deliberately only providing content in SD if it doesn't have commercials for them to spam their own products (admittedly my own cynical conjecture).
Anyway ... pretty pleased with YouTube TV so far. It's actually capturing the WatchESPN feeds on DVR. You even get the WatchESPN "commercial break" bumpers. I've watched all the #MACtion games this week with it. No complaints.
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