wiscotitansfan Posted April 14, 2023 Report Share Posted April 14, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, abenjami said: Seems like it would be fairly easy to identify a lot of them by simply cross checking credit card billing zip codes to the IP addresses used to sign up. In other words, I doubt many people who live in Bolivia have their credit card bills sent to Wisconsin... That's the easiest way to do it but I did go to a website to generate an unused Bolivian address and set my residence towards that or something. I forgot exactly what I did it for but I did have to jump through that hoop Also, a lot of the supposed demographic is for American businessmen who are out of town and can't watch their team so the credit card isn't as much of a red flag as it may seem Edited April 14, 2023 by wiscotitansfan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted April 14, 2023 Report Share Posted April 14, 2023 The number of services and products that are cheaper across the world, rightfully so because they need to match both the local economy and the demand interest of the populace, is pretty substantial. It's just normal course of business. japan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiscotitansfan Posted April 14, 2023 Report Share Posted April 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jamalisms said: The number of services and products that are cheaper across the world, rightfully so because they need to match both the local economy and the demand interest of the populace, is pretty substantial. It's just normal course of business. Yeah, I guess at the end of the day demand is still half the equation for anything Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
japan Posted April 14, 2023 Report Share Posted April 14, 2023 28 minutes ago, wiscotitansfan said: This x1000. I understand student discounts but in general the idea behind basically the exact same service from an international company like this being offered in countless different packages over the internet which is global is ridiculous. I mean it seems obvious why they would offer these packages discounted in international countries who don't have a big history of NFL football support. I expect them to increase the security on these international packages to prevent google from losing out on so many subscribers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiscotitansfan Posted April 14, 2023 Report Share Posted April 14, 2023 (edited) 11 minutes ago, japan said: I mean it seems obvious why they would offer these packages discounted in international countries who don't have a big history of NFL football support. I get that but if you are international and planning on buying GPI you would assume that you are already a fanatic and willing to bend over for the NFL. The whole point of this type of dynamic pricing is obviously based on demand, I guess I am just being a simpleton in being confused at what customer overseas would be convinced to watch professional american football only when it's cheap enough. Edited April 14, 2023 by wiscotitansfan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aramis Posted April 14, 2023 Report Share Posted April 14, 2023 On 4/13/2023 at 11:13 AM, Starkiller said: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/googles-350-nfl-sunday-ticket-package-is-more-expensive-than-directv/ After Google's $2 billion-a-year deal to make NFL Sunday Ticket a YouTube TV exclusive, Google has now announced exactly how much football addicts will be paying to get every out-of-market NFL game, every week. The short answer is to not expect any revolutionary pricing packages or offerings just because this is moving online. Sunday Ticket used to be a major sports package on DirecTV, giving people access to around 13 NFL games per week. Between your Sunday Ticket subscription and a normal cable subscription, it's possible to see every NFL game, every week. The new home of the service, YouTube TV, isn't regular YouTube; it's more like cable TV channel bundles—but over the Internet. Instead of getting the usual pile of cable TV channels (CNN, ESPN, MTV, etc.) from Comcast, Spectrum, or whoever your local monopoly is, you can get it from YouTube instead, over the Internet, usually for the same price. Currently, YouTube TV costs $72.99 per month, just like a cable TV subscription. Google has two sets of prices for Sunday Ticket—one for people currently paying the base $72.99 a month fee for YouTube TV and another price for non-subscribers. For subscribers already paying the hefty YouTube TV monthly fee, Sunday Ticket is $349 per season. This is morethan it cost on DirecTV, where the price was $300 per season plus the base rate for a monthly DirecTV subscription, which is around $65. If you don't want to pay for YouTube TV's cable channels, you can subscribe to Sunday Ticket through "YouTube Primetime Channels," where the cost is $100 more or a flat $449 fee for the entire season. Google is offering an early bird plan. If you sign up before June 6, you'll get $100 off the first season. There is no longer a student discount. Google says you can sign up in the YouTube TV app, with the option beginning to roll out to some people today. Holy shit how fucking delusional can one company be? If you’re going to offer that price, at leaset offer conference, division or team specific packages. Why am I paying 349-449 for 31 other teams I care fuck all about? Fuck the NFL Jamalisms, and No1TitansFan 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat Posted April 14, 2023 Report Share Posted April 14, 2023 This thread should be renamed "Yearly cheap old man thread" I can't believe that some of y'all are pretending to be college athletes to save a couple hundred bucks, after bragging about having 83" TVs. Is it really so bad to do an extra hour or two of work and simply pay for a product you obviously want? japan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted April 14, 2023 Report Share Posted April 14, 2023 All I'll say is that I can confirm you walk that talk. I disagree but I know where you're coming from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titans279 Posted April 14, 2023 Report Share Posted April 14, 2023 They simply didn't care about people who used a VPN to sign up as if they lived in Bolivia just like Netflix didn't care if you shared your account with 5 other people. I don't know if anyone claimed there's no way that they could know or that they couldn't cancel your account. It's just that they probably wouldn't because they hadn't in the past. japan, and Mythos27 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titans279 Posted April 14, 2023 Report Share Posted April 14, 2023 18 hours ago, abenjami said: I'd rather pay the extra $125 to have it direct on every television in my house. No problems with VPN, outages, lag time, or needing multiple computers to stream to multiple screens. I like having 2 games + redzone going all at the same time. To each his own of course. If all you watch is Titans games and you don't mind watching on a small computer screen or streaming it to your regular TV (that isn't always high quality or seamless) I get that too. It isn't known how many concurrent streams you'll be allowed to have with it now, right? You'd definitely have some problems with outages, lag time, potentially shitty smart TV apps with the new system. You don't care about spending more money on an inferior product? japan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat Posted April 14, 2023 Report Share Posted April 14, 2023 YouTube TV is far superior to Sunday Ticket from a technical performance pov. Sunday Ticket was like a mall filled with power walkers and one JC Penney japan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titans279 Posted April 15, 2023 Report Share Posted April 15, 2023 3 hours ago, pat said: YouTube TV is far superior to Sunday Ticket from a technical performance pov. Sunday Ticket was like a mall filled with power walkers and one JC Penney Delay is an important part of technical performance for live sports and the difference in delay is massive. japan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
japan Posted April 15, 2023 Report Share Posted April 15, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, wiscotitansfan said: I get that but if you are international and planning on buying GPI you would assume that you are already a fanatic and willing to bend over for the NFL. The whole point of this type of dynamic pricing is obviously based on demand, I guess I am just being a simpleton in being confused at what customer overseas would be convinced to watch professional american football only when it's cheap enough. I assume the thinking is that 99% of international sports fans are soccer fans. Hell, American football could be 3 or 4 on the list of favorite sports of an international fan. Keep the price manageable with the hope of creating an international NFL fanbase. Edited April 15, 2023 by japan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
japan Posted April 15, 2023 Report Share Posted April 15, 2023 4 hours ago, Aramis said: Holy shit how fucking delusional can one company be? If you’re going to offer that price, at leaset offer conference, division or team specific packages. Why am I paying 349-449 for 31 other teams I care fuck all about? Fuck the NFL I'm going to bet that Google makes this package a lot more dynamic and exciting than anything that Directv could provide. May not happen in the first year but will over time. As far as the price being higher than last year? Yeah, everything is more expensive than last year... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
japan Posted April 15, 2023 Report Share Posted April 15, 2023 4 hours ago, Titans279 said: It isn't known how many concurrent streams you'll be allowed to have with it now, right? You'd definitely have some problems with outages, lag time, potentially shitty smart TV apps with the new system. You don't care about spending more money on an inferior product? I'm confused. What is the inferior product? The new google product? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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