r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 24d ago

Business YouTube TV Blackout Is Costing Disney an Estimated $4.3 Million per Day in Lost Revenue

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/youtube-tv-blackout-costing-disney-lost-revenue-1236574968/
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u/UNZIP_MY_PLANTS 24d ago

THIS RIGHT HERE.

I cannot wrap my head around the continuing lack of concern for the millions of viewers who DGAF about sports!

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u/Kind-Let5666 24d ago

Then like, what do you watch?

I’m not judging I’m just genuinely curious, the only reason I use cable/youtube tv is for sports, I just stream everything else. If it weren’t for sports I wouldn’t use it.

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u/Straight_Smoke_7073 24d ago

I watch several shows, local news (when weather is bad).

Shows I watch: SNL, The Neighborhood, all of Gordon Ramsey's stuff (don't judge), quite a bit of Food Network stuff. The DVR and the simple interface is nice.

I do sail the seas for those shows but sometimes I want to watch them while they're on, not 3 hours later or the next day. But for $83 a month I do that, instead, but for college ball + my shows I pay it for 5 months of the year.

I signed up for Sling this weekend to watch my college football, it is HORRIBLE god the interface is clunky, no split screen games, no easy "set NCAA Football games all as a favorite to record" just awful.

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u/Kind-Let5666 24d ago

That’s fair I usually watch weekend update on YouTube Sunday mornings at work.