So. I have Hulu Plus for $60, ESPN + for $1.27 (it's a bundle price) and Disney+ for $90 per year. After football season I'll check out the options for live sports because Hulu has gone up twice in not much over a year.
I have unlimited medium speed (100 MBPS) Internet for $69 per month. Cell service for $15 per month (limited data) plus $17 per month phone payments.
Amazon Prime is my primary movie and music go to, $100 per year. Call it $160 USD per month for entertainment and phone. This year that comes out to about $10 per football game, $10 per car race, $10 per hockey game, $10 per basketball game. The per game isn't so high in a regular year without cancelled college football and basketball games.
I can afford it. I watch my expenses like a hawk watches a mouse.
I like that you know what they cost, I know people who have no clue. They just keep adding services and keep paying, sometimes on credit card too!
I think it's a little cheaper up your way through the fact you're bigger and there's more competition. My TV service is Foxtel and there's little option although there's a streaming sports service called Kayo available here which provides the sports aspect and it's about the same cost as Netflix. We were almost going to cancel the TV and add a couple extra streaming services to lower the cost but like you, we can afford it and decided against it at this time. The pay TV will be the first thing to go though.
!ENGAGE 25
Hulu isn't on life support, yet, but it's the first out. I'll look at YouTubeTV very closely between the end of Football and the start of the NCAA basketball tournament. Like you, if it becomes an 'eat beans and rice of watch TV' deal it's gone...
ENGAGEtokens.