Thursday night's Game 3 ALCS win for the Guardians over the Yankees resulted in another win for cable TV, as streaming platform Hulu suffered a nightmare situation.
Many fans flooded social media in the bottom of the fateful 10th inning as live sports viewing was shockingly shut down before David Frey's two-run walk-off home run off Clay Holmes cut the Yankees' series lead. , expressed dissatisfaction with the Disney-owned streaming giant. Go to 2-1.
“Two baseball playoff games, the NFL, college football, and @hulu are out of action. If the issue is not resolved within 2 minutes, I will switch to YouTube TV. This is a sick joke and my money It’s a waste of time” X account @crunkilton22 Posted on X The post had 1,300 likes as of Friday morning.
A disaster for streaming platforms is like the Buffalo Wild Wings commercial that was released just when gaming was at its peak.
one X user and Reddit thread It showed that some people were already upset with Hulu Live TV, as the streaming platform had just increased its per-user price by $6, bringing the total cost for the network to $83.
As it happened, the price increase happened on the same day as the service failure.
“The company is also increasing prices for ESPN+, increasing prices by $1 per month to $11.99, and Hulu With Live TV by $6 per month to $82.99 per month (including ad inventory on Hulu and Disney+) and $95.99 per month. For ad-free slots, hollywood reporter I wrote this in August. “All price increases will take effect from October 17th.”
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When the cost approaches the same as a cable bill, it's a huge loss for streaming enthusiasts. Because the most important day to work efficiently is the day you demand more of the working class's money.
Thursday's game proved to be a classic, but Yankees fans won't remember it as such.
Back-to-back Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton ties tied the game in the eighth inning, but the Guardians responded in the ninth to send the game into overtime.
Frye's two-run homer continued the Guardians' World Series dream and put pressure on the Yankees heading into Friday's Game 4 with Lewis Gil starting.
